EN PRISE

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

Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’. Vikor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC
Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great. Anatoly Karpov
2015
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means. Jan Timman
1993
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization. Georgios Makropoulos
2013
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong! Garry Kasparov
2017

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