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Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, Oct 6, 2006 02:58 AM UTC:
The author of the Discworld series has an interesting critique of chess,
from the point of view of one of his characters in 'Thud':
'Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess
in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went
off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing
nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the
rooks around, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen
moves.'
Footnote, page 67

Shushu wrote on Fri, Oct 6, 2006 07:17 PM UTC:
'Republic Chess' perhaps ? with probably a house of senates . sounds
ineteresting

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