In chess composition, an alignment of Chessmen identical to the formation of a battery except that two attacking men are interposed between other piece and enemy King.
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Quotes of the Day
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me!
Eduard Gufeld
“Chess is the struggle against the error.”
Johannes Zukertort
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov