A ruse by which a player with a losing position achieves to win the game. BCM64/273
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Quotes of the Day
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
Robert Fischer September, 1 1992
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
Kasparov is great as a chess player, but all his attempts to prove himself as an organizer – let’s say, is beyond the champion’s level.
Boris Gelfand 2016
