Cutting through the serried ranks.
The pieces captured and others traded,
Discarded now wait out the match.
Rooks assaulted and Bishops taken,
Knights fallen after some fateful jump.
While in some corner or on a border,
A lone Pawn holds a King at bay.
You fool! You fool! You poor deluded fool,
You’re left to man these stations all alone.
Too late aware promotion was token
And your Queen seeks cheque and mate.
Fergus Carty
Daily Quote: Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
- Henry David Thoreau
Linguist Corner-ITALIAN: rispondere: to reply
Example sentence: Non abbiamo risposto alla tua mail perché ce ne siamo dimenticati.
Translation: We did not reply to your e-mail because we forgot to do it.
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