Chess Quote by Jan Timman

Typically, in the last round of open tournaments the level of play is markedly lower, the number of blunders higher.

— Pal Benko

Each tournament is different.

— P. V. Sindhu

In the European competition, when the knockout rounds start, it's always 50-50.

— Ederson

I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.

— Jill Ellis

During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.

— Peter Schmeichel

Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw,…

— Helen Wills Moody

The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.

— Venus Williams

There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them out there,…

— Brendan Daly

Every tournament's different.

— Ali Krieger

One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Each tournament is equally important.

— P. V. Sindhu