To give up all concern in a game or formally stating a voluntary decision to give up a game because of discouragement, weariness, distaste etc.
In this position, the Belgian player decided to stop the clocks, sign his score sheet and shake the hand of his opponent. At the postmortem, he discovered that after 36…Nxe5, 37. Rxe6 Nxd3 he had in fact, a winning the game…
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Quotes of the Day
When I saw MVL’s position, it is like a football match where you’re 3:0 down, with two minutes to go and you’re down to 10 men!
Lev Aronian 2016
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches.
Veselin Topalov
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
After an upsetting defeat the best psychology for the next game is a placid draw
Dr. Vidmar
I enjoy it when I see my opponent really suffering when he knows that I’ve outsmarted him
Magnus Carlsen 2012