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

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incomplete disarray failure neglected collapsed unfinished awry surrender adrift broken resigned forsaken baffled withdrawn abandoned confounded misguided relinquished deserted stalemate tactics unresolved stranded standstill disheartened vanquished suspended aborted interruption ai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