LOSE A TEMPO

Where a player makes a move and subsequently makes another move which he could have done in just one move instead of two. 1 e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Be7 4.d4

I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else! Boris Spassky
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’. Vikor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC
One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences. Magnus Carlsen
2010
I was pushed out of USSR by the hands of Petrosian and Karpov. But now, after 10 years, Petrosian is not longer alive and Karpov is not longer World Champion, so it seems that everything is in place now. Viktor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann

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