Came across an article on Grantland which you can find here http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8362701/the-evolution-cheating-chess
The thing that stood out the most for me was that the main protagonist was not only cheating his opponents (out of title and prize) but also himself. The joy of chess is that no two games are ever the same. Familiar perhaps (certainly in the errors we make) but never identical. There are so many options, so any patterns and responses that can occur. it truly is a beautiful as well as a technical game. We can learn as much , if not more, in defeat than we can in victory. To have played your best, to have enjoyed it whatever the outcome, those are the joys the venerable game has to offer and I would recommend to anyone not to take those experiences away from themselves in this way.
'Rooked' indeed.
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