A mat given by a knight to a king, the adjoining squares of which are occupied by pieces of its own colour or by enemy pieces that it cannot take.
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Quotes of the Day
I am fighting for the future of chess, for the integrity of the game I love. Only when it’s clean it can grow.
Garry Kasparov 2014
I can’t tell the difference between 100 zillion positions and 497 zillion positions, but if it helped Deep Blue play stronger, so be it. I was looking forward to Deep Blue boldly going where no man had gone before. 1997″
Vishy Anand
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess
Siegbert Tarrasch
“Chess is the struggle against the error.”
Johannes Zukertort