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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ariel Mengarini, M.D. New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 26, 1979 | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Manhattan's Dr. Ariel Mengarini, a nonanalytic psychiatrist, asserts that the typical amateur chess player has had a formal education and has a job that does not come up to his intellectual capabilities. He needs the kind of mental workout that he gets in chess. Equally important, to Mengarini, is the struggle. "But the beauty of chess," he says, "is that the rules are clear-cut. If you win, no one can take away your victory. In life, most of your wins are not clear-cut. If you've lost, there's nothing to do but shake...

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

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