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
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.
Mark Dvoretsky
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
Savielly Tartakower
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)