Falling behind forces a greater willingness to take chances, whether it's sacrificing an important piece in chess or betting big on a poker bluff.

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That is like saying the chess board is too big because you have 8 rows wide to attack the king.

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Looks like a game of chess has gone awry and a big jester--oh, 20 feet--is on its back thrown from the roof of Mardi Gras World.

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In the chess game that is conference realignment, the Big 10 Conference was two moves ahead of the Atlantic Coast Conference and proved it with the additions of Maryland and Rutgers this week.

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Then Mr Ilyuzhinov stepped in to re-unite the chess world by merging the rival world championship cycles into one big knock-out event.

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The result is a rich, big-hearted book, splashed with inside tales of billionaire striving and homeless chess wizards.

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