a chessboard in mid-game, abandoned , plans gone awry or giving up.

abandoned aborted adrift ai ambushed awry baffled broken capitulation chessboard collapsed conceding confounded defeat derailed deserted desolate disappointment disarray discarded disheartened disrupted failure forsaken frustration generated givingup halted incomplete interruption midgame misguided neglected overwhelmed relinquished resigned stalemate standstill stranded strategy surrender suspended tactics uncertainty unfinished unresolved vacated vanquished withdrawn