Does Chess Still Matter?

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Re: Does Chess Still Matter?

Post by Solomon »

Bantari wrote:
Uberdude wrote:You are not the only one to think that. Edward Lasker, chess player and co-founder of the American Go Association (not to be confused with Emmanuel Lasker world chess champion who was a distant relative) said something like:

"The rules of go are so elegant, organic and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe they almost certainly play go."

Clearly a proof that he never met RJ. ;)

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