There is a class of menshadowy, unhappy, unreal-looking menwho gather in coffee houses, and play with a desire that dieth not, and a fire that is not quenched. These gather in clubs and play tournaments...but there are others who have the vice who live in country places, in remote situationscurates, schoolmasters, tax collectorswho must needs find some artificial vent for their mental energy.
H.G. Wells, Concerning Chess
THE players and their seconds now gathered in Reykjavik for the world championship match are neither shadowy nor unreal-looking men, and they are only occasionally unhappy....
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