| | 1 | Author: | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Chessmen of Mars  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | SHEA had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as
usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might
by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by
calling his attention to the nth time to that theory,
propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the
assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to
be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over
seventy-two or the mentally defective — a theory that is lightly
ignored upon those rare occasions that I win. Shea had gone
to bed and I should have followed suit, for we are always
in the saddle here before sunrise; but instead I sat there
before the chess table in the library, idly blowing smoke at
the dishonored head of my defeated king. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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