To arrive at a position in which equilibrium is established. This is usually used to describe the result of an opening, when Black strives to equalize White’s opening initiative.
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Quotes of the Day
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.
Hans Ree
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015