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.Early man carried the game withhim as a form of religious worship.It was a way to become one with theirenvironment and to receive spiritual sustenance.I also love the lore of the greatplayers and the grandmasters.(I do not believe women had anything to do withit, as you said in one of your past columns).Everything about them fascinatesme, as it does most people.You cannot get much on their private or secret livesor what has enabled them to become so developed at chess.Why don t we havechess games per se recorded prior to the Renaissance? I realize the openingswere different.But they left none of that for us to read.You have been writingabout chess and teaching it and maybe you have information you could provideon this.I would appreciate any insights you have on the above problems.WesGilbert (USA)Answer I m not sure what problems you re referring to.You mean the ones wayabove, like in the sky? I was hoping we could come back down to the planet ssurface.You want to know about grandmasters and chess history? Here s thelittle I ve been able to glean, possibly from the same sources you ve beenexposed to.(I ll leave out the women.)For centuries grandmasters have mystified the public with their play and strangegarb (though not always in that order).These geniuses have preserved amodicum of privacy by remaining aloof and keeping unlisted phone numbers.But it wasn t always so, at least not in primeval times.Pawns, rooks, knights,phone numbers those were practically unknown then.In those days, before checkmate and resignation became popular, the piecesdidn t have names and they weren t even pieces.Furthermore, I think there wereonly three ways to lose a game: being called for touch move, a defective sundial,or the sudden intervention of an annoying kibitzer.According to what I was told, and as you imply, the initial school of goodplayers came on the scene a long time ago.But certain experts say that theyreally appeared ten years before that.Nonetheless, grandmasters hadn t beeninvented yet, and we can say for sure that no chess games were recorded prior to10,000 years ago (I m certain of it).That s because the average player didn twear a shirt and therefore had no place to put pens.file:///C|/cafe/Bruce/bruce.htm (6 of 7) [1/25/2005 10:29:53 AM]The Q & A WayCopyright 2005 Bruce Pandolfini.All Rights Reserved.Yes, I have a question for Bruce![ChessCafe Home Page] [Book Review] [Columnists][Endgame Study][Skittles Room] [Archives][Links] [Online Bookstore] [About ChessCafe] [Contact Us]Copyright 2004 CyberCafes, LLC.All Rights Reserved."The Chess Cafe�" is a registered trademark of Russell Enterprises, Inc.file:///C|/cafe/Bruce/bruce.htm (7 of 7) [1/25/2005 10:29:53 AM] [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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