Also named zeitnot (in German), which is a situation when the player has only a little time to reach time control.
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Quotes of the Day
Maybe I had something of Capablanca. Why should I prepare when I have ideas?
Svetozar Gligoric 1989 NIC
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov.
Efim Bogoljubov
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now!
Sergey Karjakin 2016
A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose.
Savielly Tartakower
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw.
Judith Polgar FT, 2014