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jstack
4/19/2008
07:08:55
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 Subject: chess playing poets
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Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kosteniuk wrote some poems but am looking for a more serious poet...someone who has or is dedicating his or her life to poetry but also happens to be a chess player.
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fmgaijin
4/19/2008
14:58:40
[ report abuse ] | Start with Vladimir Nabokov's
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"Poems and Problems" (he also wrote "The Defense" AKA "Luzhin's Defense," one of the major novels about a chessplayer).
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fmgaijin
4/19/2008
15:05:31
[ report abuse ] | Then Try David Solway
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Decent player (though below master level) and good poet.
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fmgaijin
4/19/2008
15:18:06
[ report abuse ] | Interestingly Enough . . .
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I am a chess-playing poet myself, but I have only written two poems about chess in my life, both of them haiku.
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chessnovice
4/19/2008
16:04:33
[ report abuse ] | ...
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If haiku counts, then I can be a poet too. :D
If I am losing,
I'll rearrange your pieces
While you're distracted.
*takes a bow*
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swapov
4/19/2008
21:13:33
[ report abuse ] | An old anonymous chess poem (ca.1600)
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When thou with study deep hath toiled
And over-dulled thy braine
Then use this game which will refresh
Thyself and it againe
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jstack
4/20/2008
11:03:27
[ report abuse ] | Thanks everyone
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Nabokov and Solway should give me a good start.
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wschmidt
4/20/2008
11:23:11
[ report abuse ] | Check out
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the Wikipedia entry on Caissa and the link to the poem there:
 en.wikipedia.org
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