Term derived from the Yiddish (peewit) which means a bystander whose comments on a game of chess are audible to the players.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess
Siegbert Tarrasch
Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight.
Tigran Petrosian
Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.
Veselin Topalov 2014