Draws

 

If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the remainder of the game. - Dan Heisman

 

A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.  -  Bent Larsen

 

I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.  - Bobby Fischer

 

The fatal hour of this ancient game is approaching. In its modern form this game will soon die a drawing death - the inevitable victory of certainty and mechanization will leave its stamp on the fate of chess.  -  Emanuel Lasker

 

I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw ...  -  Nigel Short

 

A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move.  -  Savielly Tartakower

 

Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.  -  Savielly Tartakower

 

Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.  -  Savielly Tartakower

 

He played with enormous energy and great fighting spirit. Offering him a draw was a waste of time. He would decline it politely, but firmly. "No, thank you," he would say and the fight would go on and on and on.  -  Lubomir Kavalek on Bent Larsen