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
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.
Veselin Topalov 2014
” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it.
Magnus Carlsen 2016
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017
