Abbreviation for over the board. A player which faces his opponent face to face.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
Irving Chernev
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.
Lev Polugaevsky 1990 NIC
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein