hard-core pawn

Posted: April 13th, 2007 ˑ Filled under: culture, society ˑ  4 Comments

“Chess is very sexy game,” breathes Miss Manakova, in heavily accented English. “When two people make moves, like in sex, like in love, they do some moves to win. Yes, not only he, but she, the woman. There are very close parallels between these two things: chess and sex. No, I don’t mean sex. I mean the game of love.

Chess and sex, together at last. You can read more in this reasonably hilarious Telegraph article (via Samizdata).



4 Comments

  1. Karloskar wrote:
    April 13, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Does this mean that there can be no chess tournaments between two men of the Christian faith?

    Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death. Their blood will be upon them.”

  2. Paul wrote:
    April 16, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    Does this mean that there can be no chess tournaments between two men of the Christian faith?

    Indeed, and what about Leviticus 20:17(3):

    If a man uses a two-knights defence or the Budapest gambit with a woman as with a chessboard, both of them (and the chessboard) have committed a most heinous crime. Their blood will be upon the walls of the chess-hovel of their village, and their pawns will be smote to splinters.

    I’d like to see these Godless chess players get around that one.

  3. Joe wrote:
    April 24, 2007 at 12:40 am

    take my king!

  4. Paul wrote:
    April 26, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Not every problem can be solved with chess. Someday you’ll understand that.

    - Al Gore