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A position that cannot be broken down. Typically it refers to an endgame situation where one side has what would normally be a winning material advantage, but cannot win due to the fortress.

Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev
Botvinnik and Tal are among the best; I also like Spassky, but I think Petrosian is better than all of them. His weakness is too many draws, even against players he could beat easily. Maybe he lacks self-confidence. Robert Fischer
1960
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level. Dr. Chad Witherspoon
2014
When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker
It is true, in chess so far that men and women cannot be on the same level from an economic situation, but there can always be a more reasonable way to combine the financial part and the players’ situation. Hou Yifan
2016

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