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From: boris@sftri.UUCP (B.Altman)
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Re: Chess joke
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Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 09:40:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 22 09:40:25 1985
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> 
> Some of the following come from the book "Chess Catechism (sp?)":
> 
> Guioco Piano:  Playable but not as good as a Steinway.
> 
> Dodd Gambit:  To be used when it is realized that the opponent will probably
>     win the game that you are in.  To play it you firmly grasp the chess
>     board and with one upward motion fling the board and all remaining pieces
>     into the air while shouting out "Dodd Gambit!!!!".
> -- 
> Take off! You hoser!                  Al Schwartz
>                                       Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA 
> {trwrb|allegra|burdvax|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|sdcsvax|aero|uscvax|ucla-cs|
>  bmcg}!sdcrdcf!psivax!al

I was going to use Dodd Gambit, but it does not work for mail chess.

						Boris Altman
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