A square that cannot be guarded by one’s own pawns. Holes can become outposts for knights. Also called a weak square.
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Quotes of the Day
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me.
Silvio Danailov 2014
There was a moment at the beginning when the machines were a positive, but lately we’ve being passing to the other extreme. Now it seems that a move isn’t good unless the machine says so.
Veselin Topalov 2016
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp