Best by test. (on 1.e4)

Bobby Fischer

++++

Chess is mental torture.

Garry Kasparov

*****

Chess is a thinking person's game. But you don't have to be smart to know what's funny! Lots of check, mate!

Steve Breen

*****

Old Norse Ethics:

The fool is moaning
and mutters stupidly,
where he sits as a guest in the guild;
as soon as he gets
the first sip,
it is out with all sense.

[Kópir afglapi
er til kynnis kemr,
þylsk hann um eða þrumir;
allt er senn,
ef hann sylg of getr,
uppi er þá geð guma.]

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