EN PRISE

From the French meaning ‘in taking’. Said of a piece that can be captured without compensation.

People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000. Anatoly Karpov
2005
Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized! Mahir Mamedov
2014
It is true, in chess so far that men and women cannot be on the same level from an economic situation, but there can always be a more reasonable way to combine the financial part and the players’ situation. Hou Yifan
2016
Fischer wanted to prove that all world championship games after his victory were prearranged. He did not convince me. Vishy Anand
2008
When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queenside. Garry Kasparov

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