"Amantombazane amahle, lapho umyeni wakho (umngani, umyeni wakhe, isoka, ukujwayela okungahleliwe) abuye alenge kwikhompyutha enokuthi afunde ukuthi azodlala kanjani chess. Uma eveza ukuthi lo msebenzi wabahola impesheni eyisidina ene-potency elilinganiselwe, ungaphikisana naye ukuthi cishe bonke abadlali abahle be-chess abadlula bamakhono, futhi bamnandi kakhulu. Futhi ngizozama ukukuphonsa izimpikiswano ezimbalwa.
Lapho eminyaka yamashumi amathathu ekhulu leminyaka elidlule, iqhawe lesithathu chess, i-subtry Chess uJosé Raul Kapablanca avakashela i-USSR, ehhotela lapho ayema khona, kwakukhona isixuku esikhulu sabathandi babesifazane abahlala kuyo Umkhosi wefilimu waseMoscow. Ngokungafani ne-gerfant American, i-Kapa Bablanca ye-Handsome yaqondwa kahle enkundleni yemidlalo yeshashalazi, umculo, i-ballet, ubuciko obubonayo, bakhuluma ngokukhululeka ngezilimi ezinhlanu futhi kwaba yi-interlocutor enhle kakhulu. I-chess idlale okuhle kunakho konke, angangeza esandisweni - anganqotshwa.
Futhi mayelana "nempesheni eyisidina" - Ake sithi, iqhawe le-Eight World Champion, uMikhail Tall, ukujabulele ukuthandwa okukhethekile emamathandeni futhi kwaziwa ngamanoveli akhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayeshada ngokusemthethweni amahlandla amathathu, phakathi kwabesifazane abawanqobile abize umlingisi uLaris Sobolevskaya, upiyano uBella Davidovich, umdansi wakwaWorld Koltsov nabanye abaningi. Kuyiqiniso, hhayi uthando oluthandekayo lukwenza kwaba yindunduma yezigidi, ngoba i-tal yaziwa njengenkosi yomdlalo ohlanganayo, onesitayela sothando esiyingqayizivele kanye nokuqonda okumangalisayo. Izintatheli zimbize nge-wizadi, i-pirate, chess Paganini, cishe njengabafokazi.
Ngemuva kokuthi i-American Robert Fisher ngonyaka we-1972 yaba ngumpetha wezwe eliphakeme ngonyaka we-1972, igama likaBobby laziwa njengethandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezingane ezisanda kuzalwa e-United States, nasezipikhayo ze-chess zavuselelwa ebanzi. Kepha iqiniso lokuthi umsizi ungakhuli nje kuphela ukuthandwa kwe-chess emhlabeni wonke, kodwa futhi wandisa imali ekhokhwa ngabadlali be-chess emashumini amaningi, okwenza okusemandleni abo bavikeleke kakhulu.
Phakathi kwabadlali be-chess abavelele, abahlabeleli kanye nabaculi, i-physics kanye ne-mathematics, ababhali kanye nama-diplomats, kodwa hhayi iziwula ezixakile, eziqinisekisa izingxoxo zazo eziningi nezingxoxo ezinhle kakhulu.
Kuliqiniso, umlobi omkhulu uVladimir Nabokov enonoveli wakhe "Ukuvikelwa kweLuzhina" kukhombisa umdlali we-chess ogqamile njengomuntu ogqamile hhayi kusuka ezweni lalokhu, kodwa yena nombhali ukuze basungule futhi bacabange. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi iqhawe lenoveli laliyi-prototype, empilweni yangempela iningi labadlali be-chess lijwayelekile. Futhi uNabokov wawathanda chess uqobo futhi wayengumqambi we-chess owaziwayo (obizwa ngokuthi abathengi bemisebenzi nama-etude).
Ngakho-ke ungasho ngokuphephile ukuthi uma umyeni wakho (umngani, umngani, isoka, umuntu omaziyo ongahleliwe) wachitha esifundweni salo mdlalo wakudala futhi omuhle wesikhathi esiningi njengasebukhali, ngakho-ke uyakhanga ".