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In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which players in a losing position trick their opponent and thereby achieve a win or draw instead of the expected loss. It may also refer more generally to obtaining a win or draw from a clearly losing position. I. A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld distinguish among "traps", "pitfalls", and "swindles". In their terminology, a "trap" refers to a situation where players go wrong through their own efforts. In a "pitfall", the beneficiary of the pitfall plays an active role, creating a situation where a plausible move by the opponent will turn out badly. A "swindle" is a pitfall adopted by a player who has a clearly lost game. Horowitz and Reinfeld observe that swindles, "though ignored in virtually all chess books", "play an enormously important role in over-the-b

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  • Arnaque (échecs) (fr)
  • Swindle (chess) (en)
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  • Au jeu d'échecs, une arnaque (en anglais : swindle pour « escroquerie ») consiste à tenter de renverser une position perdue dans une partie d'échecs en tendant un piège ou en jouant un coup inattendu. Parfois, on appelle aussi swindle le fait d'utiliser une tactique de distraction de l'adversaire en dehors de l'échiquier, par exemple : * se mettre en zeitnot volontairement, pour jouer des coups rapides et inciter l'adversaire à faire de même ; * jouer un coup en soupirant et faisant mine d'avoir commis une bourde, alors qu'il s'agit d'un piège. (fr)
  • In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which players in a losing position trick their opponent and thereby achieve a win or draw instead of the expected loss. It may also refer more generally to obtaining a win or draw from a clearly losing position. I. A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld distinguish among "traps", "pitfalls", and "swindles". In their terminology, a "trap" refers to a situation where players go wrong through their own efforts. In a "pitfall", the beneficiary of the pitfall plays an active role, creating a situation where a plausible move by the opponent will turn out badly. A "swindle" is a pitfall adopted by a player who has a clearly lost game. Horowitz and Reinfeld observe that swindles, "though ignored in virtually all chess books", "play an enormously important role in over-the-b (en)
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