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«One could probably liken the task of improvising a six-part fugue to the playing of sixty simultaneous blindfold games of chess, and winning them all»
Author: Douglas Hofstadter
| Keywords:
blindfold, blindfolded, chess, chess game, fugue, fugues, improvise, improvised, improvising, liken, simultaneous
«In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| Keywords:
checkmate, checkmated, chess, chess game, continues, The Game, unlike
«Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.»
«The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| About:
Law and lawyers,
Nature,
Universe,
World
| Keywords:
board, board game, chess, chess game, chess player, Laws of nature, Other side, phenomena, player, Rules of, the laws of nature, The other side, The Player, The Rules
«My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.»
«Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers or the dog - to get myself checkmated in under three minutes. I challenge any computer to do it faster.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Against A, checkmate, checkmated, chess, chess game, computer game, opponent, younger
«Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.»
Author: Seneca
| Keywords:
chess, chess game, chess player, earthen, emptiness, manifest, pot, shattered
«I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
chess, chess game, If I were a, opponent
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