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The exercising of power over a piece, a position or a square. Some opening like the French Defence is an immediate struggle for the control of the center.

” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.” David Bronstein
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion. Garry Kasparov
2016
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
Time trouble is blunder time. Alexander Kotov
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. Irving Chernev

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