A general term applied to all Pawns and pieces. The word ‘man’ is used for any one of the 32 chessmen.
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Quotes of the Day
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
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
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.
Savielly Tartakower
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989
Garry Kasparov 1989 NIC