Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 38 | 275 | He with the advantage had View more quotes about apparently">apparently been overconfident, or careless, in the endgame. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 38 | 272 | "I wish you well," said the pit master. |
| 38 | 273 | Terence then gathered together his things, and left the chamber. |
| 38 | 274 | The game between the two guards, unexpectedly, I gathered, did turn out to be a draw. |
| 38 | 275 | He with the advantage had apparently been overconfident, or careless, in the endgame. |
| 38 | 276 | The draw turned, apparently, on a single Spearman. |
| 38 | 277 | Some games are such, that the outcome depends not on the pieces of power, which may balance one another, but on the smallest move of the most insignificant piece on the board. |
| 38 | 278 | I suppose that this may upon occasion be true in greater games, as well, that even a child, or slave, properly placed, at a critical juncture, might serve to topple empires. |
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"I wish you well," said the pit master.
Terence then gathered together his things, and left the chamber.
The game between the two guards, unexpectedly, I gathered, did turn out to be a draw.
He with the advantage had apparently been overconfident, or careless, in the endgame.
The draw turned, apparently, on a single Spearman.
Some games are such, that the outcome depends not on the pieces of power, which may balance one another, but on the smallest move of the most insignificant piece on the board.
I suppose that this may upon occasion be true in greater games, as well, that even a child, or slave, properly placed, at a critical juncture, might serve to topple empires.
- (Witness of Gor)