Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 24 | These considerations are controversial in the theory of kaissa. |
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Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 21 | I myself, whose Home Stone was already placed, preferred a much earlier and more central placement of the Home Stone. |
| 1 | 22 | I did not wish to be forced to sacrifice a move for Home-Stone placement in a situation that might, for all I knew, not turn out to be to my liking, a situation in which the obligatory placement might even cost me a tempo. |
| 1 | 23 | Similarly, although a somewhat more central location of the Home Stone exposes it to more lines of attack, it also increases its mobility, and thereby its capacities to evade attack. |
| 1 | 24 | These considerations are controversial in the theory of kaissa. |
| 1 | 25 | Much depends on the psychology of the individual player. |
| 1 | 26 | Incidentally, there are many versions of kaissa played on Gor. |
| 1 | 27 | In some of these versions, the names of the pieces differ, and, in some, even more alarmingly, their nature and power. |
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I myself, whose Home Stone was already placed, preferred a much earlier and more central placement of the Home Stone.
I did not wish to be forced to sacrifice a move for Home-Stone placement in a situation that might, for all I knew, not turn out to be to my liking, a situation in which the obligatory placement might even cost me a tempo.
Similarly, although a somewhat more central location of the Home Stone exposes it to more lines of attack, it also increases its mobility, and thereby its capacities to evade attack.
These considerations are controversial in the theory of kaissa.
Much depends on the psychology of the individual player.
Incidentally, there are many versions of kaissa played on Gor.
In some of these versions, the names of the pieces differ, and, in some, even more alarmingly, their nature and power.
- (Players of Gor, Chapter 1)