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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...board rather than his opponent. Competitiveness becomes more pronounced in Western Europe and is rampant in the U.S. Whether a player plays the board or against his opponent becomes a finespun argument in the tens of thousands of chess games that are always in progress by mail. Biochemist Aaron Bendich, of Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute, summarizes his motivation: "I play as an intellectual exercise, and I don't see my opponent as an adversary. But there is an adversary-and that's me! If I lose and allow myself to get angry with my opponent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Why They Play: The Psychology of Chess | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

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