Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.

Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.

"Whom would fardels bear under such a weary and long life.... when he could his quietus make with a bare bodkin?"

What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.

Last night also put the quietus to that numbing “small ball” we kept hearing from the game announcers all summer, in a season dominated by enormous heat-radiating relievers and resulting low scores and shrivelled offense.