WINNING MATERIAL

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.

Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons. Veselin Topalov
2014
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
People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000. Anatoly Karpov
2005
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made. Savielly Tartakower
When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player! Nigel Short
2016

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