The portion of the game between the opening and the endgame.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
No player, however strong, no member, however large, shall stand above FIDE
Florencio Campomanes
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
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
For goodness’ sake, how could Kasparov, after all his matches against Karpov, support him in the FIDE President elections? What sort of unprincipled person do you have to be? I would never understand that.
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky