Chess Days [ ) Days [ ) Chess | Stefan Zweig, 1941 0 Yvan Attal, Chess Playing, 1928 . “In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, – for someone to play against himself is absurd … It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.” Stefan Zweig, The Royal Game, 1941 Tags: 1940s, Stefan Zweig, Yvan Attal Continue Reading Previous Substance and Void | Sculptures by Pablo Picasso, 1950s-1960sNext The Moon and the Yew Tree | A poem by Sylvia Plath, 1961 More Stories Days [ ) Days [ ) Remembrance | Marcel Proust, 1913 0 Days [ ) Days [ ) Defer | Samuel Beckett, 1938 0 Days [ ) Days [ ) Never | Marianne Faithfull, 1994 0 Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.