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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.

Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me … Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
2014
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language. Boris Spassky
1995
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess. Nigel Short
2016
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches. Veselin Topalov
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition. Anatoly Karpov
NIC 2010

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