KIBLITZER

Term derived from the Yiddish (peewit) which means a bystander whose comments on a game of chess are audible to the players.

Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess Siegbert Tarrasch
Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized! Mahir Mamedov
2014
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles. Hans Ree
When I saw MVL’s position, it is like a football match where you’re 3:0 down, with two minutes to go and you’re down to 10 men! Lev Aronian
2016

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