Endgame #2 (Live)

1866 wilhelm steinitz
1894 emmanuel lasker.

How straightforward the game
When one has trust in one's player!

1921 jose capablanca.

And how great the relief, working for one who believes in
Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind, come what may.

1927 alex alekhine.

How straightforward the game
When one is free from distraction!

1935 euwe
1948 mikhail botvinnik.

When your only concern, is laid out so clearly before you
64 squares they are the reason you know you exist.

1957 vasily smylov
1960 tal.

It is the weak, who accept tawdry untruths about freedom.

1963 tigran petrosian.

Prostituting themselves, chasing a spurious starlight
Trinkets in airports, sufficient to lead them astray.

1969 boris spassky.

Does the player exist in any human endeavor?

1972 bobby fischer
1975 anatoly karpov.

Who has been known to resist
Sirens of fame and possessions?
They will destroy you--not rivals, not age, not success.

1956 budapest is rising
1956 budapest is fighting!
1956 budapest is falling
1956 budapest is dying!