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
“Chess is the struggle against the error.”
Johannes Zukertort
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
Garry has done a lot over the chess board – unbelievable things. He is the greatest world champion in the chess history. The question is what he has done for the federations, what he has done for his own federation.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
The duty of a World Champion is not only to play games but also to explain to the public why he is winning
Garry Kasparov NIC 1989
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev