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.
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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
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal
Magnus is playing fantastic and I play like I always play, pretty badly
Anish Giri 2017
We lost the crowns of World Champions, it is sad, of course. But if you look at the rating list of top 100 players, Russia is still dominating. However, the competition is constantly growing stronger.
Arkady Dvorkovich 2011