Word: castlesâ
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...could be expressed more precisely than the words. The vocabulary of 16 pieces was to him a language capable of the finest rythms, the most terrible and subtle inflections. The sly digressions of a slanting bishop, the rapid cynicisms of a threatened queen, the stormy contraditions of the agile castles???these provided dialect in which the finest abstractions could be stated. By 1921, when he had not lost a game for seven years, Capablanca met German Dr. Lasker* for the championship and won four games without losing any. Since then, until this autumn, he had lost only three games...
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