Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 79 | On the View more quotes about master">master's level, it might be mentioned, it is not unusual for red, because of the disadvantages attendant on the second move, to play for a draw. |
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Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 76 | This is one reason certain irregular, or eccentric, defenses, though often theoretically weak, are occasionally used by players with red. |
| 12 | 77 | In this way the game is opened and new trails, even if dubious ones, must be blazed. |
| 12 | 78 | If these irregular or eccentric defenses tend to be successful, of course, they soon, too, become part of the familiar, analyzed lore of the game. |
| 12 | 79 | On the master's level, it might be mentioned, it is not unusual for red, because of the disadvantages attendant on the second move, to play for a draw. |
| 12 | 80 | "You still have red," observed my opponent. |
| 12 | 81 | "I have waited long for this moment of vengeance," I said. |
| 12 | 82 | "My triumph here will be all the sweeter for having experienced so many swift, casual, outrageously humiliating defeats at your hands". |
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This is one reason certain irregular, or eccentric, defenses, though often theoretically weak, are occasionally used by players with red.
In this way the game is opened and new trails, even if dubious ones, must be blazed.
If these irregular or eccentric defenses tend to be successful, of course, they soon, too, become part of the familiar, analyzed lore of the game.
On the master's level, it might be mentioned, it is not unusual for red, because of the disadvantages attendant on the second move, to play for a draw.
"You still have red," observed my opponent.
"I have waited long for this moment of vengeance," I said.
"My triumph here will be all the sweeter for having experienced so many swift, casual, outrageously humiliating defeats at your hands".
- (Players of Gor)