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The Morals of Chess by Benjamin Franklin (americanliterature.com)
1 point by mutant_glofish on July 6, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



that was much less cynical than my morals of chess: "in negative-sum games, lesser-ranked pieces exist to be sacrificed"


December 1786.




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