HANG, HANGING

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

The duty of a World Champion is not only to play games but also to explain to the public why he is winning Garry Kasparov
NIC 1989
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!” Tigran Petrosian
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on! Yasser Seirawan
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’. Vikor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC

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