To develop pieces and pawns towards the centre where they can control the maximum number of squares.
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Quotes of the Day
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
Botvinnik and Tal are among the best; I also like Spassky, but I think Petrosian is better than all of them. His weakness is too many draws, even against players he could beat easily. Maybe he lacks self-confidence.
Robert Fischer 1960
In chess,honestly,nobody cares how beautiful you play,if Morphy would be 2710 today,he would not get a single invitation.
Teymur Rajabov 2017
Peter Svidler clearly needs to be more ambitious and take more risk. 12 draws out of 14 games, I mean, come on, that’s not a Champion’s attitude there!
Anish Giri
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017