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"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him."
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"Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive."
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"Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others."
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"Getting angry means setting fire to your own wealth."
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"Blow wind and crack your cheeks. Rage! Blow!"
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"Anger is a ghost.Human is the host."
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"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."
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"I hope he died of intestinal cancer in a part of the world where morphine is as of yet undiscovered."
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"Anger is one of the sinews of the soul."
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"If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which "charges a [new] karmic seed."
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"Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones!"
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"A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces."
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"For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King."
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"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."
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"Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner."
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"When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece."
Danger

"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
Chess

"It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply."
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"When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn."
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"For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King."
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"Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other."
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