Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Morphy was a lawyer or something, in New Orleans.

[register slides and dings]

I'm planning on it.

Oh, um, New Circle Road.

Mmm, every game that counted.

or middle-game strategy, endgame theory.

But I'm nowhere close to what you'll face in Paris.

[Borgov speaking Russian]

[woman, with Russian accent] "In a fight, you want the first blow to be the last."

The US winner gets invited. You didn't know that?

Play pawn to king five.

I read about you.

as we like to say, slams shut.

I read about your game with Borgov. That must have felt terrible.

you might learn something." Fuck.

Fornaut, Alekhine's Games 1938 to 1945.

Okay, tell me, what was your endgame?

Yeah, one of my heroes is Philidor.

[Margaret sighs]

I'm better at speed chess than you. I play a lot in New York.

[clears throat]

Sometimes, I drink more.

-[bartender] Here you go. -Oh, thank you.

I used my tuition money.

Well-mannered, well-dressed, moving the pieces

I can see that, but--

I guess you've helped me, too.

Borgov made me look like a fool.

-Sorry, I… -Uh… no. No.

Can I ask you a question?

-You think I'm a prima donna, don't you? -It's chess.

No, I know I'm right, and Beth sees things the same way I do.

Middlegame Strategy.

when I'm analyzing my ass off over a chess board.

Do you even know his career?