HALF-BATTERY

In chess composition, an alignment of Chessmen identical to the formation of a battery except that two attacking men are interposed between other piece and enemy King.

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Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead! Mikhail Tal
1966
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. Irving Chernev
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men Savielly Tartakower
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down. Garry Kasparov
2014

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