Life itself.

From: National Review | Date: September 9, 1991| Author: Parr, Larry; Alburt, Lev | Copyright information

The fun and appeal of the game of chess has a rich history. In present times, political strategy and military tactics have a basis in various chess moves.

IN ONE of the half dozen or so truthful entries in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, chess is defined as "an art in the form of a game." An art because the human personality expresses itself in the movement of the chess pieces; a game because chess is a struggle between two players-an aesthetic rendering of the survival of the fi...

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