A problem composer’s description of a move by black that open the line for a black line-piece and closes a line previously commanded by the same line-piece.
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Quotes of the Day
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
What’s been bothering me is not that I haven’t won tournaments, but that I haven’t played very well.
Magnus Carlsen 2017
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017