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Author Re: Handling Einstein's objection to chess
Eustace

2004-12-24, 6:45 am

David Kern wrote:
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> "Jestrada" <jestrada@despammed.com> wrote in message > >
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> If you were playing a game of chess and played the move 12.Ra4 because the
> move symbolized Christmas, Dec 25, then you would be risking yourself
> because you are not taking chess strategy into account. If it was a strong
> move strategically compared to other strong moves of equal strengh, then it
> might be good for you to play the move. I have been searching for White
> Knight on c2 in TWIC on my chessbase9. My interest led me to find a way to
> defend d4 in the French Defense by playing Na3 to c2 after d4 and c3. I
> might be vulnerable with the white move Nc2 because of my interest in 9 11.
> My opponents may be able to use that against me. Without doubt there is
> risk involved in playing moves because they represent certain dates. The
> dates could;however add an element of chess stategy if meaningful dates are
> important to you. Two chess players knowing the codes could subtly
> communicate with each other.
>
> As for places and months, the Black Knight on c6 could represent March in
> New York City.(symoblizing New York City as c6 after superimposing a world
> atlas on the chessboard).
>
> You could set up your dates in the business world by choosing dates that
> corresponde to moves that you played or want to play. Someone who has a
> fascination with Alekhine might have an organizational meeting on Jun 21
> corresponding to Alekhine's famous ..... Rxe3. In one of Roman's DVD's
> Roman talked of how he thought that Kasparov's move as white h4 was one of
> the strongest moves ever played on the chessboard. This would be October 3
> at 2o'clock.
>
> These are just some ideas. There are an infinite number of ideas because
> reality is infinite. You just need the part of reality you want to project
> onto the chessboard and an imagination.
>
> David Kern


I'd suspect that Einstein's objections are similar to the ones against
Castalia in Herman Hesse's /Magister Ludi/ or /The Glass Bead Game/.
Actually what you describe could well have been out of Hesse's novel...
I have written an undergraduate paper about it... For similar reasons I
quit chess 30 years ago. Bur now, here I am in this newsgroup, for news
on Bobby Fischer...

Eustace Frilingos
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