In composition a final position in which there is total economy and purity in use of the forces; every piece being involved and essential to the mate and no duplication of effort.
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Quotes of the Day
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition.
Anatoly Karpov NIC 2010
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.
Yury Balashov
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.
Lev Polugaevsky 1990 NIC
I believe motivation is one of the most important things one has to have after playing for many years. Chess is a very complete, well thought-out game, which is why people have been playing it since ancient times.
Judith Polgar