A symbol for captures, used both in algebraic notation and descriptive notation. (For example, e4xf5 is the algebraic notation while PxP is the descriptive notation).
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Quotes of the Day
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else!
Boris Spassky
There was a moment at the beginning when the machines were a positive, but lately we’ve being passing to the other extreme. Now it seems that a move isn’t good unless the machine says so.
Veselin Topalov 2016
Kasparov is great as a chess player, but all his attempts to prove himself as an organizer – let’s say, is beyond the champion’s level.
Boris Gelfand 2016
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009