In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd...
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow. (Stefan Zweig)

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd... It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

Stefan Zweig

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