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.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games.
Garry Kasparov 2004
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess
Siegbert Tarrasch
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004
In one game it is too difficult to play both for win and draw simultaneously.
Mihail Tal 1969