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Posted by jstack nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 07:08:55 play online chess	Subject: chess playing poets Message: Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kosteniuk wrote some poems but am looking for a more serious poet...someone who has or is dedicating his or her life to poetry but also happens to be a chess player.
Posted by fmgaijin nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 14:58:40 play online chess	Start with Vladimir Nabokov's Message: "Poems and Problems" (he also wrote "The Defense" AKA "Luzhin's Defense," one of the major novels about a chessplayer).
Posted by fmgaijin nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 15:05:31 play online chess	Then Try David Solway Message: Decent player (though below master level) and good poet.
Posted by fmgaijin nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 15:18:06 play online chess	Interestingly Enough . . . Message: I am a chess-playing poet myself, but I have only written two poems about chess in my life, both of them haiku.
Posted by chessnovice nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 16:04:33 play online chess	... Message: If haiku counts, then I can be a poet too. :D If I am losing, I'll rearrange your pieces While you're distracted. takes a bow
Posted by swapov nsa-hitachi.com 4/19/2008 21:13:33 play online chess	An old anonymous chess poem (ca.1600) Message: When thou with study deep hath toiled And over-dulled thy braine Then use this game which will refresh Thyself and it againe
Posted by jstack nsa-hitachi.com 4/20/2008 11:03:27 play online chess	Thanks everyone Message: Nabokov and Solway should give me a good start.
Posted by wschmidt nsa-hitachi.com 4/20/2008 11:23:11 play online chess	Check out Message: the Wikipedia entry on Caissa and the link to the poem there: en.wikipedia.org
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