Episode 248: Checkmate, Grasshopper
Very Bad Wizards
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The Prelucery Goal of Chess Is to Checkmate Your Opponent
The author of the book argues that chess has a prelucery goal, which is to checkmate your opponent. He says there are "illusory checkmates" and these can't be right because they could never come in a game. The article was published by Harper Collins on September 25th 2013.
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