Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
17
762
"Please, Kuurus!" she said.
17
763
"The game! The game!" Reluctantly I began to put out the pieces again.
17
764
This time she had yellow.
17
765
To my astonishment, this time I began to see the Centian Opening unfold, developed years ago by Centius of Cos, one of the strongest openings known in the game, one in which the problems of development for red are particularly acute, especially the development of his Ubar's scribe.
17
766
"Are you sure you have never played before?" I asked, thinking it well to recheck the point.
17
767
"No," she said, studying the board like a child confronting something never seen before, something wonderful, something mysterious and challenging, a red ball, some squares of brightly colored, folded orange cloth.
17
768
When it came to the fourteenth move for red, my color, I glanced up at her.
"Please, Kuurus!" she said.
"The game! The game!" Reluctantly I began to put out the pieces again.
This time she had yellow.
To my astonishment, this time I began to see the Centian Opening unfold, developed years ago by Centius of Cos, one of the strongest openings known in the game, one in which the problems of development for red are particularly acute, especially the development of his Ubar's scribe.
"Are you sure you have never played before?" I asked, thinking it well to recheck the point.
"No," she said, studying the board like a child confronting something never seen before, something wonderful, something mysterious and challenging, a red ball, some squares of brightly colored, folded orange cloth.
When it came to the fourteenth move for red, my color, I glanced up at her.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )