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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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A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose. Savielly Tartakower
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose… Vladimir Kramnik 2017
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’! Boris Spassky
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match. Boris Spassky (1974)
Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev

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