Sentence examples for in a lost position from inspiring English sources

Though Mr. Topalov managed to squirm and prolong the game, he had to give up his queen and ended up in a lost position.

and Black overstepped the time limit in a lost position.

Jakovenko's best chance came against Boris Gelfand, but the Israeli grandmaster outfoxed him in a lost position and saved the game in a spectacular way.

Instead, 22... Ne4, jettisoning two pawns in order to castle, led to a lost position.

And 30... Kh8 would also have resulted in a losing position after 31 Bf4 Bg4 31 Qh4 Qf6 31 Bg5 Qg5 31 Qg5.

Ohio is not a great problem for Mr. Romney to have — but it is a better one than being in a losing position all over the map.

Second half we were in a losing position and we can give everything more easily and that we have done but then you have to score the first chance".

With the party divided, its poll ratings tanking fast, and its leadership unwilling to risk an actual default, it has been clear for some time that it was in a losing position.

When we take a position that isn't willing to embrace evolution, when we take a position that basically runs counter to what 98 of 100 climate scientists have said, what the National Academy of Science Scienceses has said about what is causing climate change and man's contribution to it, I think we find ourselves on the wrong side of science, and, therefore, in a losing position.

Even after the merger and Tina Brown's ascension to the editor role, it was seen to have still been in a losing position around this time last year.

Microsoft has been in a losing position throughout the "console wars" and, while it hasn't released its own numbers recently, it's estimated that the quantity of Xbox One units sold may make up just about half of what Sony has shipped this generation.