A term used by the chess problemist Harley, a plausible first move that nearly, but not quite, solves the problem.
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Quotes of the Day
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017