First-move advantage in chess draw given best play prevails. Even if it cannot be proved, this assumption is considered "safe" by Rowson and "logical" by Adorján. Watson agrees that "the proper result of a perfectly played chess game ... is a draw. ... Of course, I can't prove this, but I doubt that you can find a single strong player who would disagree. ... I remember Kasparov, after a last-round draw, explaining to the waiting reporters: 'Well, chess is a draw. World Champion Bobby Fischer thought that "it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically". Similarly, British grandmaster Nigel Short wrote that
Chess columns in newspapers History and Reminiscences" estimated that there were 150 chess columns. Less than thirty years later in 1913 H. J. R. Murray in his "A History of Chess" estimated there existed at least 1,000 chess columns worldwide. American Grandmaster Robert Byrne wrote a column for "The New York Times" from 1972 to 2006. GM Lubomir Kavalek's column in "The Washington Post" ran from 1986-2010. GM Nigel Short wrote a chess column for the "Sunday Telegraph" from 1995-2005, and then for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2006. GM Jon Speelman wrote for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2008. GM Patrick Wolff was