The portion of the game between the opening and the endgame.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess
Siegbert Tarrasch
If the 12th game (from the match Carlsen-Karjakin)… were a restaurant dish, I would send it back to the chef.
Nigel Short 2016
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else!
Boris Spassky
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky