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
Sport can make girls feel more stronger, more stable and you can fight in the future when you enter the society. It is a really good quality for a girl and I think sports are a good way to generate your personality which is really important.
Hou Yifan 2016
No player, however strong, no member, however large, shall stand above FIDE
Florencio Campomanes
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
Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great.
Anatoly Karpov 2015
Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized!
Mahir Mamedov 2014