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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.

Carlsen simply plays chess well. It seems to me that in such cases people are inclined to look for some supernatural explanation, although the simplest explanation is also the most appropriate: the guy simply plays chess well. Alexander Grischuk
2014
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it. Magnus Carlsen
2016
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
2009
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men Savielly Tartakower
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do. Hans Ree

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