according to Rueben Fine, chess is

mutual masturbation, or the wish for it; father-murder and mom-mating.
Of course freud is a joke but he might be on to something anyway
obviously there is a sexual element to chess based on the obvious
symbology of the game

Originally posted by DumpBush
mutual masturbation, or the wish for it; father-murder and mom-mating.
Of course freud is a joke but he might be on to something anyway
obviously there is a sexual element to chess based on the obvious
symbology of the game

on the topic of Rueben Fine, i recall Larry Evans once mentioned that Fine's classic endbook book, Basic Chess Endings, was compiled in only a few weeks !

Originally posted by belgianfreak
I thought it was the king you mated and the queen you wanted to kill? Or is that why I keep losing?

I've been told the term to "mate" comes from Arabic "the king is dead" sounding something like "hyash maart" which has become "check mate". Apart from that I thought the game was designed/developed to teach generals about attack and defence..?

Originally posted by Acolyte
If it was Arabic, there'd be an 'al' in it somewhere. I heard it came from the Persian (aka Farsi and Iranian) 'shah mat' or something like that, what with 'Shah' being Persian for 'the king'.

Originally posted by Acolyte
If it was Arabic, there'd be an 'al' in it somewhere. I heard it came from the Persian (aka Farsi and Iranian) 'shah mat' or something like that, what with 'Shah' being Persian for 'the king'.