" "There are no hopeless positions;there are only inferior positions that can be saved. There are no drawn positions;there are only equal ones in which you can play for a win. But at the same time, don't forget that there is no such thing as a won positionin which it is impossible to lose."
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"THE KING The King himself is haughtie care, Which ouerlooketh all his men, And when he seeth how they fare, He steps among them now and then, Whom when his foe presumes to checke, His seruants stand, to giue the necke. THE QUEENE The Queene is queint, and quicke conceit, Which makes her walke which way she list, Ans rootes them up, that lie in wait, To worke hir treason ere she wist: Hir force is such against her foes, That whom she meets, she ouerthrowes... |
Nicholas BRETON (1542-1626), The Chesse Play. |