TEMPO

An Italian word meaning time. The unit of time expressed in terms of a move. A gain of time (move) during the game in that a player has gain or loss tempi. Tarrasch called it: “the time value for a move”.

Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. Garry Kasparov
2004
According to my experiences, in key events, normally the games’ quality is not as high as other major events. Most brilliant games are not found in championships at present. Garry Kasparov
2014
A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose. Savielly Tartakower
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.” David Bronstein
.If we compare Carlsen with Anand or me or someone else, by ten criteria, he will be stronger in eight of them. Veselin Topalov
2015

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