A player has a pawn majority when he has more pawns on one side of the board than his opponent.
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Quotes of the Day
Carlsen will sooner or later become World Champion. I like him, he is a Monty Python fan, just like me.
Vishy Anand 2008
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself.
Lajos Portisch 1990
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)