Term derived from the Yiddish (peewit) which means a bystander whose comments on a game of chess are audible to the players.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead!
Mikhail Tal 1966
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
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
” Chess is most certainly not my life.”
Tony Miles
We lost the crowns of World Champions, it is sad, of course. But if you look at the rating list of top 100 players, Russia is still dominating. However, the competition is constantly growing stronger.
Arkady Dvorkovich 2011