An important square on the chess board that cannot be well protected. During the game, a strong square may become weak, and a weak square may become strong, depending upon how quickly a weakness is discovered and exploited.
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Quotes of the Day
When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queenside.
Garry Kasparov
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan
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
“Chess is the struggle against the error.”
Johannes Zukertort
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
Irving Chernev