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...what the Syrians are trying to do is to diminish the importance of the Geneva Peace Conference and impose the terms of any settlement in the Middle East by commanding a majority in the Security Council. The Arab regimes are using the Palestinian question as a pawn on their chessboard of rivalry and intrigue...
...impressed with Ford's "physical presence," while another thought he noted a certain similarity to Eisenhower. "Calm activism" is the way Italian officials describe the impression given by Ford that "he doesn't want to let a situation stagnate. He really wants to set the whole chessboard into motion...
...Leone accedes and presses Guido, who also happens to be his good friend, into serving as his second. Guido issues an unconditional challenge, only too slyly aware that the marquis is both a crack pistol shot and a master swordsman. But Leone makes the final move on the chessboard of fate. By the iron rules of the game, the second must fight if the principal, for whatever reason, refuses. Leone refuses. And Guido...
Freshman Jon Frankle isn't exactly sure what happened, but when the dust had settled on his chessboard he found himself North American Individual Collegiate champion...
...Psyching out" the opponent is at least as old as the 16th century Spanish cleric Ruy Lopez de Sigura, who advocated placing the chessboard so that it would reflect light into the opponent's eyes. Smoke blowing is probably almost as old. Finger drumming on the table is a despicable ploy, and as a distracting gambit it is forbidden in formal play. So are humming and singing. But there are subtler, quieter ways of psyching. Many players have been accused of trying to hypnotize opponents. Former World Champion Mikhail Tal has been credited with a "laserlike gaze," and Bobby...