A problem composer’s description of a move by black that open the line for a black line-piece and closes a line previously commanded by the same line-piece.
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Quotes of the Day
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp
One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016