HANG, HANGING

To be unprotected and exposed to capture. Slang term to describe a piece left en prise.

” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.” David Bronstein
” 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
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).” Nathan Divinsky
When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player! Nigel Short
2016
Chess needs Kasparov, he’s very important for chess, he’s a very important figure who can open a lot of doors for chess. And for Kirsan, of course, it was a joke. Silvio Danailov
2013

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