In the opening, to play a usual sequence of moves and reach a standard position. For instance in the Panov attack of the Caro-Kann Defense, the position arisen is seen in the Queen’s Gambit Declined or the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
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Quotes of the Day
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
W. Steinitz
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.
Hans Ree