Chess Match (7)
By: Joshua Glenn | Categories: Spectacles

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“Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.”

— William Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion, in 1896.

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Seventh in an occasional series.

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About the author: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn is coeditor of Hilobrow.com, and co-curator of Significant Objects. His books: Taking Things Seriously (2007) and The Idler's Glossary (2008). In the '90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut.

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