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
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2015
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game!
David Janowski
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
We lost the crowns of World Champions, it is sad, of course. But if you look at the rating list of top 100 players, Russia is still dominating. However, the competition is constantly growing stronger.
Arkady Dvorkovich 2011