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...CHESSMANSHIP. The late Stephen Potter, Field Martial of Gamesmanship, conceived this classic chess ploy before Bobby Fischer pushed his first pawn. Challenged, the Summer Gamesman makes three random moves and resigns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Summer Gamesmanship | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

...during which the bomber quit his activities temporarily because killing dropped from an art to an occupation. When we meet him now, he is back in practice; his prey is Sir Gregory Upshott, an international water-muddier. Sim stalks him intently and wittily, particularly in a demonstration of chessmanship during which Sim deftly diverts a policeman's attention while moving a dead body...

Author: By Lawrence Hartmann, | Title: The Green Man | 10/3/1957 | See Source »

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