A grip on the position, usually held by pawns, e.g. the Maroczy bind arises from one variation of the Sicilian defence.
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Quotes of the Day
Agon was just sold for one pound and the reputation of Ilyumzhinov’s FIDE is worth even less than that.
Garry Kasparov 2014
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010
With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation.
Magnus Carlsen 2012
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch