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Pariahs, friends, players
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
Pariahs, friends, players
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER The Washington Post
Thursday, January 2, 2003
I once met a physicist who as a child had been something of a
chess prodigy. He loved the game and loved the role. He took
particular delight in the mortification older players felt upon
losing to a kid in short pants.
"Still play?" I asked.
"Nope."
"What happened?"
"Quit when I was 21."
"Why?"
"Lost to a kid in short pants."
The Pariah Chess Club, where I play every Monday night, admits no
one in short pants. Even our youngest member, in his 20s, wears
trousers. The rest of us ...
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