The process of chasing your opponent’s King from a square where he is protected to a square where he is vulnerable.
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Quotes of the Day
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else!
Boris Spassky
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
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
Magnus Carlsen
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp