George Duke wrote on Fri, Dec 6, 2013 06:42 PM UTC:
"Look before you leap." There were 3 Wins in
Anand-Carlsen 2013, leaving plenty of time later to complete review.
Intermission now until the next championship a year hence may as well do
many more Proverbs. Ben Franklin's "Morals of Chess"(1786), http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles370.pdf, puts number
one "Foresight." What is equivalent expression in other tongues, and
what indigenous Chess Variant challengingly beats out quaint f.i.d.e.
Official Rules just played to our amusement by hoi polloi Orthodox Carlsen
and Anand?
Usages are all genuine sayings of each native language.
French: Turn the tongue seven times, then speak: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/shako.html.
Latin: Think before you leap (cogita ante salis): http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MPlatrunculiduom.
Japanese: Have an umbrella before getting wet:
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/external.php?itemid=ChuShogi.
German: First weigh (consequences), then dare: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/bbchess/bbchess.html.
Arabic: Before you drink the soup, blow on it: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/greatchessii.html (regional).
Russian: If you don't know the ford, don't cross the stream:
http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/chessbattle.html.
Italian: Be careful bending your head, you may break it: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/subsection.php?itemid=ItalianProgressi.
That makes 8 ways to say Look Before You Leap.
