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-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lisa Loud]]''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12226121/1/Lisa-s-Checkmate Lisa's Checkmate]]''

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-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lisa Loud]]''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12226121/1/Lisa-s-Checkmate Lisa's Checkmate]]''Checkmate]]''

->'''Henry:''' Stalemate.
->'''Chris:''' What?
->'''Henry:''' "Stalemate".
->'''Chris:''' I'm sorry, I don't understand.
->'''Henry:''' Neither the black nor the white can move. See, a fine thing. I know the game so well; I can't even beat myself.
-->-- ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils''
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-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Curse of Fenric"

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-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Curse of Fenric"Fenric"

->''You see, I'm practicing some chess, a game only played by the most dedicated of smart people!''
-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lisa Loud]]''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12226121/1/Lisa-s-Checkmate Lisa's Checkmate]]''
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-> [[CaptainObvious This chess game is civilized and dignified,]] [[AsYouKnow yet with an undertone of strong competition and battle, much like our typical interactions.]]

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-> [[CaptainObvious This chess game is civilized and dignified,]] [[AsYouKnow dignified, yet with an undertone of strong competition and battle, much like our typical interactions.]]
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-->-- '''Harold Finch''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "If-Then-Else"

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-->-- '''Harold Finch''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "If-Then-Else""If-Then-Else"

->'''Fenric:''' Where is the Time Lord?
->'''Millington:''' Time Lord?
->'''Fenric:''' The one you call Doctor.
->'''Millington:''' [[NotQuiteDead I had him shot.]]
->'''Fenric:''' [[SarcasmMode I can see you've never been handicapped by great intelligence.]] For seventeen centuries I was trapped in the shadow dimensions because of him. He pulled bones from the desert sands and carved them into chess pieces. He challenged me to solve his puzzle! I failed.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Curse of Fenric"
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-->-- '''Eveless Eden''' by Marianne Wiggins

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-->-- '''Eveless Eden''' by Marianne WigginsWiggins

->"Anyone who looks on the world as a game of chess deserves to lose."
-->-- '''Harold Finch''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "If-Then-Else"
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'''Charlie Wilson:''' That's a useful skill... if Afghanistan's ever invaded by Boris Spassky.

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'''Charlie Wilson:''' That's a useful skill... [[SarcasmMode if Afghanistan's ever invaded by Boris Spassky.Spassky]].



->I never know what to think about policemen, although I know what they want me to think--they want everyone to think that they run a tip-top organization and that all of them are chess enthusiasts and MENSA members. The ones I meet are the mouth organs assigned to the press, but still they wouldn't know a queen's gambit from a transvestite.

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->I ->''I never know what to think about policemen, although I know what they want me to think--they want everyone to think that they run a tip-top organization and that all of them are chess enthusiasts and MENSA members. The ones I meet are the mouth organs assigned to the press, but still they wouldn't know a queen's gambit from a transvestite.''
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-->-- CarlSagan on why chess robots are impressive, ''Broca's Brain''

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-->-- CarlSagan Creator/CarlSagan on why chess robots are impressive, ''Broca's Brain''
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-->--''CharlieWilsonsWar''

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-->--''CharlieWilsonsWar''
-->--''Film/CharlieWilsonsWar''
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->'''Charlie Wilson:''' How old are you?
->'''Mike Vickers:''' I'll be 30 next week.
->'''Charlie Wilson:''' ''This'' is CIA's weapons expert?
->'''Gust Avrakotos:''' One of them.
->'''Chess Player #1:''' Mike!
->'''Mike Vickers:''' Yeah, bishop to queen's knight 7.
->'''Gust Avrakotos:''' See, he's playing without even looking at the board.
->'''Charlie Wilson:''' That's a useful skill... if Afghanistan's ever invaded by Boris Spassky.
-->-- ''CharlieWilsonsWar''

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'''Charlie
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-->-- ''CharlieWilsonsWar''
-->--''CharlieWilsonsWar''
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->''I never know what to think about policemen, although I know what they want me to think--they want everyone to think that they run a tip-top organization and that all of them are chess enthusiasts and MENSA members. The ones I meet are the mouth organs assigned to the press, but still they wouldn't know a queen's gambit from a transvestite.''

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->''I ->I never know what to think about policemen, although I know what they want me to think--they want everyone to think that they run a tip-top organization and that all of them are chess enthusiasts and MENSA members. The ones I meet are the mouth organs assigned to the press, but still they wouldn't know a queen's gambit from a transvestite.''
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->''I never know what to think about policemen, although I know what they want me to think--they want everyone to think that they run a tip-top organization and that all of them are chess enthusiasts and MENSA members. The ones I meet are the mouth organs assigned to the press, but still they wouldn't know a queen's gambit from a transvestite.''
-->-- '''Eveless Eden''' by Marianne Wiggins
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->“Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.”
-->-- Daniel Suarez, ''Daemon''
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->'''Charlie Wilson:''' How old are you?
->'''Mike Vickers:''' I'll be 30 next week.
->'''Charlie Wilson:''' ''This'' is CIA's weapons expert?
->'''Gust Avrakotos:''' One of them.
->'''Chess Player #1:''' Mike!
->'''Mike Vickers:''' Yeah, bishop to queen's knight 7.
->'''Gust Avrakotos:''' See, he's playing without even looking at the board.
->'''Charlie Wilson:''' That's a useful skill... if Afghanistan's ever invaded by Boris Spassky.
-->-- ''CharlieWilsonsWar''

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