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           ”ItwillbeobservedthatintheCho-Sengamethereisnoqueen.Afurtherradicalvariationisthatacapturedpieceorpawnisnotremovedfromtheboard.Itbecomesthepropertyofthecaptorandisthereafterplayedbyhim.

           Well,ItaughtOppenheimerthisgame—afarmoredifficultachievementthanourowngame,aswillbeadmitted,whenthecapturingandrecapturingandcontinuedplayingofpawnsandpiecesisconsidered.Solitaryisnotheated.Itwouldbeawickednesstoeaseaconvictfromanyspiteoftheelements.AndmanyadrearydayofbitingcolddidOppenheimerandIforgetthatandthefollowingwinterintheabsorptionofCho-Senchess.

           ButtherewasnoconvincinghimthatIhadintruthbroughtthisgamebacktoSanQuentinacrossthecenturies.HeinsistedthatIhadreadaboutitsomewhere,and,thoughIhadforgottenthereading,thestuffofthereadingwasneverthelessinthecontentofmymind,ripetobebroughtoutinanypipe-dream.Thusheturnedthetenetsandjargonofpsychologybackonme.

           “What’stopreventyourinventingitrighthereinsolitary?”washisnexthypothesis.“Didn’tEdinventtheknuckle-talk?Andain’tyouandmeimprovingonitrightalong?Igotyou,bo.Youinventedit.Say,getitpatented.IrememberwhenIwasnight-messengersomeguyinventedafoolthingcalledPigsinCloverandmademillionsoutofit