Term used by Hans Kmoch and Prins in 1946 to mention the sacrifice of the White’s Bishop (i.e on h7)
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Quotes of the Day
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down.
Garry Kasparov 2014
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
Preparation for a world championship was always an arms race, in previous times with books, then with seconds, today with computers.
Vishy Anand 2008
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
