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Setting forth an idea. Often used by problemists.
Kipping, C.S.. vs Mate in 3 moves 1-0 First Prize S. Glasnik
1947.02.27

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Theme Valve : The black opens a line for one of his pieces, closing another line of the same piece.
1. Qf6! Bh7
1… Ba7 2. e6 Bb8 3. Qd8#
2. Qh4 Bg8 3. Qd8# 1-0

Chess needs Kasparov, he’s very important for chess, he’s a very important figure who can open a lot of doors for chess. And for Kirsan, of course, it was a joke. Silvio Danailov
2013
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
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989 Garry Kasparov
1989 NIC
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on! Yasser Seirawan
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents. Yury Balashov

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