hope chess
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Noun edit
- (chess) Play that relies on hoping one's opponent blunders or does not find a tactic.
- 2018, Joel Benjamin, Better Thinking, Better Chess, →ISBN, page 190:
- I have told many a kiddie not to play 'hope chess'. The term, coined by my good friend Hall-of-Fame Grandmaster John Fedorowicz, suggests that you should play moves you will be comfortable with if your opponent makes the best reply.