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
Agon was just sold for one pound and the reputation of Ilyumzhinov’s FIDE is worth even less than that.
Garry Kasparov 2014
After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me!
Eduard Gufeld
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.
Lev Polugaevsky 1990 NIC
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan