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.

” 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
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me. Silvio Danailov
2014
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
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov Vladimir Kramnik
2015

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