A tactical concept when a piece, usually a bishop, attacks two or more opponent pieces on a row or diagonal.
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Quotes of the Day
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
Some players lose ability to think independently and rely on computers completely.
Lajos Portisch 2012
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
For goodness’ sake, how could Kasparov, after all his matches against Karpov, support him in the FIDE President elections? What sort of unprincipled person do you have to be? I would never understand that.
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.
Anatoly Karpov 2005