An active threat against an enemy piece or position.
Minority Attack is a term used in an attack of minor pieces against a majority of minor pieces with the objective of creating a weakness in his position, as in the Queen’s Gambit Declined.
A term for an opening variation initiated by White.
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Quotes of the Day
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now!
Sergey Karjakin 2016
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
I was pushed out of USSR by the hands of Petrosian and Karpov. But now, after 10 years, Petrosian is not longer alive and Karpov is not longer World Champion, so it seems that everything is in place now.
Viktor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess. Others give only 2 percent!
Robert Fischer
