Every chessplayer makes up excuses for every situation. Here are some excuses that players say -- and what they really mean. EXCUSE TRUTH Mind if we use my set and board? My only set is this green and red It's my favorite set and, besides, plastic Florentine set. Christ- Larry Christiansen liked it. iansen was playing blindfold. Interesting game. Your 12th move I was out of book on move three. must be a theoretical novelty. I I seem to be losing after that have never seen it before. 12th move that I overlooked. I played this game in a postal match This has been played against me and I crushed my opponent in 15 in a postal game and I was mated moves. in 15 moves. I unconsciously thought I was playing Not that again. I keep forgetting the guys at work; they don't know how the en passant rule works. I en passant so I don't use it. forgot the pawn could be captured. Yes, I said "J'adoube" before I I'm not going to move my Queen now. touched my Queen. I wasn't going to It would have been trapped. I'll move it. I'm just adjusting it. move another piece. Besides, he Try to listen better next time. needs witnesses that I touched it. Fischer played that against Evans in Little known all right. Johnny Fischer 1963. It's a little known line. I lost to Danny Evans the same way back should have played the improvement. in the elementary school championship.