To take – an offered pawn – Like in the Queen’s Gambit, Accepted 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4. Antonym: declined.
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Quotes of the Day
Preparation for a world championship was always an arms race, in previous times with books, then with seconds, today with computers.
Vishy Anand 2008
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles.
Hans Ree
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012