“The virtue of chess is that it is a more irrefutable demonstration of intellectual power than any other field, and this through a series of demonstrations that can only be challenged by other demonstrations – it is thus halfway between argumentation and strategic action.
On Chess - Ernst Jünger
“The virtue of chess is that it is a more irrefutable demonstration of intellectual power than any other field, and this through a series of demonstrations that can only be challenged by other demonstrations – it is thus halfway between argumentation and strategic action.