Arturo Pérez-Reverte Quotes

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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• Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

  

  Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • Art
  • War
  • Chess