To come to a dead-end.
Going nowhere; blocked.
A road with no exit.
A position that offers no hope of progress.
To defraud.
for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw
To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
when a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
An instance of swindling.