The gaining of an opponent’s pawn or piece. This may be accomplished by capturing an opposing piece without losing one’s own men or by capturing an opposing piece of greater value in exchange of one’s own piece of lesser value.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
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
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013