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
Fischer’s strength, among other things, was his ability to evolve the most efficient plan for the middlegame right after the opening.
Boris Spassky
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
I am a totally normal guy. My father is considerably more intelligent than I am.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games.
Garry Kasparov 2004
