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
Not this time, Mr. Carlsen! (after winning the World Blitz Championship 2016)
Sergey Karjakin 2016
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!
Boris Spassky
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
Rudolf Spielmann