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A term used by the chess problemist Harley, a plausible first move that nearly, but not quite, solves the problem.

[Event "Zlata Praha"] [Date "1918"] [Round "Mate in 3 moves"] [White "Havel, Miroslav "] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/Q7/8/2Bp3p/6k1/8/6NK w - - 0 1"] {A possible try could be 1. Qf6 then Qf3#~~ but 1..h3 defeated that.} 1. Nh3! Kxh3 {1… Kg4 2. Kg2 Kf5 3. Qe6# 1… d3 2. Be6 Kf3 3. Qxd3#} 2. Qg6 d3 3. Qg2# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking. Anatoly Karpov
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless. Magnus Carlsen
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game! David Janowski
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do. Hans Ree
We must finish once and for all with the neutrality of chess. We must condemn once and for all the formula “chess for the sake of chess”, like the formula “art for art’s sake”. We must organize shock brigades of chess-players, and begin immediate realization of a Five-Year Plan for chess. Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko

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