I found myself on the humble end of this situation in a game on the live server a few weeks ago, and miraculously, I was able to save the draw with this trick: GM Serper wrote an entire article about the Hail Mary play in chess, focusing on the threat of checkmate turning a losing position into a win.īut as IM Rensch pointed out, a Hail Mary could also be a desperate stalemate trick attempt. Chess Comparison: A desperate trick in a losing game. Play: Hail Mary, a long pass attempted at the last second by a trailing team. Let us know your proposed sports/chess metaphors in the comments section. Which applicable chess ideas could related to common sports situations? Instead of spouting the cliche that "it's a chess game between the coaches," announcers who actually knew chess could use more relevant references. IM Daniel Rensch recently observed, while watching a sports game, that it would be interesting if announcers used more realistic chess comparisons in their commentary. Sports commentators love to mention chess during their broadcasts of football, basketball and baseball games, but often these shallow metaphors don't show a true understanding of chess.
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