In a message dated 3/30/2004 7:34:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx writes: may a player win It seems that in chess, there are four ways to win: (a) inevitably in Botvinnik-style by gradual accumulation of positional advantage, (b) in the Tartakover manner, by "making the next to last mistake," (c) fatalistically, as when Oscar Panno replied to Fischer's surprise 1. P-QB4 by 1.- Resigns, or (4) time clock forfeit (although that may be a subset of b). Anyone think of other ways? Best, Eric patzer ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html