ODDS

The action of giving to an opponent an initial advantage in material or in a move. Frequently used by strong players like Philidor, Morphy, etc., in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.” Marcel Duchamp
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
2015
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately. Mark Dvoretsky
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did” Magnus Carlsen
2017
” The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.” Alexander Alekhine

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