HOLE

A square that cannot be guarded by one’s own pawns. Holes can become outposts for knights. Also called a weak square.

If the 12th game (from the match Carlsen-Karjakin)… were a restaurant dish, I would send it back to the chef. Nigel Short 2016
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth Wilhelm Steinitz
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017
I was pushed out of USSR by the hands of Petrosian and Karpov. But now, after 10 years, Petrosian is not longer alive and Karpov is not longer World Champion, so it seems that everything is in place now. Viktor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC
When I saw MVL’s position, it is like a football match where you’re 3:0 down, with two minutes to go and you’re down to 10 men! Lev Aronian
2016

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