In the opening, to play a usual sequence of moves and reach a standard position. For instance in the Panov attack of the Caro-Kann Defense, the position arisen is seen in the Queen’s Gambit Declined or the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
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Quotes of the Day
In chess,honestly,nobody cares how beautiful you play,if Morphy would be 2710 today,he would not get a single invitation.
Teymur Rajabov 2017
Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
W. Steinitz
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition.
Anatoly Karpov NIC 2010
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017