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Another dodgy chess allusion
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:29 pm
by Paul McKeown
But, in desperate situations, we wrap ourselves up in our favourite blanket, that of the victim, and dust off our favourite tactic: the knight's move. On the European chessboard, all the pawns move horizontally and vertically. Only the Italian knight is able to cut through when you least expected. We are not brave, just more skilled. Our philosophy for life is the counter-attack, and not only in football.
from a joint article from
The Guardian and La Stampa
Re: Another dodgy chess allusion
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:56 pm
by Phil Neatherway
Today, CMJ commented that the Test match v Pakistan was just like a game of chess. Unfortunately I cannot remember the exact quotation.
Re: Another dodgy chess allusion
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:37 pm
by Reg Clucas
Paul McKeown wrote:But, in desperate situations, we wrap ourselves up in our favourite blanket, that of the victim, and dust off our favourite tactic: the knight's move. On the European chessboard, all the pawns move horizontally and vertically. Only the Italian knight is able to cut through when you least expected. We are not brave, just more skilled. Our philosophy for life is the counter-attack, and not only in football.
from a joint article from
The Guardian and La Stampa
Sounds more like a candidate for Private Eye's "Pseud's Corner" !
Re: Another dodgy chess allusion
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:26 am
by Michael Jones
Phil Neatherway wrote:Today, CMJ commented that the Test match v Pakistan was just like a game of chess. Unfortunately I cannot remember the exact quotation.
It can't have been to do with how well English players have been performing recently.