The position of any piece, especially that of the king, where a player’s opponent encounters little opposition in making threatening contacts.
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Quotes of the Day
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
Carlsen simply plays chess well. It seems to me that in such cases people are inclined to look for some supernatural explanation, although the simplest explanation is also the most appropriate: the guy simply plays chess well.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal