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.

I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations! Vlastimil Hort
1987
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself. Lajos Portisch
1990
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
2009
If the 12th game (from the match Carlsen-Karjakin)… were a restaurant dish, I would send it back to the chef. Nigel Short 2016
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game. Lajos Portisch

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