An Italian word meaning time. The unit of time expressed in terms of a move. A gain of time (move) during the game in that a player has gain or loss tempi. Tarrasch called it: “the time value for a move”.
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Quotes of the Day
I think the players in this world championship are in different leagues. Karjakin is excellent—Carlsen is special.
Garry Kasparov 2016
Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
Alexander Kotov
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
I’ve got no regrets about the games themselves, as frankly I’ve never been narcissistic about my play.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.
Yury Balashov