Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 441 | It goes to the challenger if he wins and the game is View more quotes about free">free, if he draws. |
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Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 438 | "We want them to come back! We want the board busy! That is how we are making the money!" The price for a game is usually something between a tarsk bit and a copper tarsk. |
| 2 | 439 | If the challenger wins or draws, the game is free. |
| 2 | 440 | Sometimes a copper tarsk, or even a silver tarsk, is nailed to one of the poles of the booth. |
| 2 | 441 | It goes to the challenger if he wins and the game is free, if he draws. |
| 2 | 442 | This is because a skillful player, primarily by judicious exchanges and careful position play, can often bring about a draw. |
| 2 | 443 | Less risk is involved in playing for a draw than a win, of course. |
| 2 | 444 | Conservative players, ahead in tournament play, often adopt this stratagem, using it, often to the fury of the crowds and their opponents, to protect and nurse an established lead. |
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"We want them to come back! We want the board busy! That is how we are making the money!" The price for a game is usually something between a tarsk bit and a copper tarsk.
If the challenger wins or draws, the game is free.
Sometimes a copper tarsk, or even a silver tarsk, is nailed to one of the poles of the booth.
It goes to the challenger if he wins and the game is free, if he draws.
This is because a skillful player, primarily by judicious exchanges and careful position play, can often bring about a draw.
Less risk is involved in playing for a draw than a win, of course.
Conservative players, ahead in tournament play, often adopt this stratagem, using it, often to the fury of the crowds and their opponents, to protect and nurse an established lead.
- (Players of Gor)