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.Scormus of Ar,however, angrily turned away.Centius of Cos did not seem disturbed at this rebuff and turned about againand, lifting his hands again to the crowd, returned to the side of the stagewhere his party stood.Scormus of Ar paced angrily on the stage.He wiped the palms of his hands onhis robe.He would not look upon, nor touch, Centius of Cos in friendship.Such a simplegesture might weaken his intensity, the height of his hatreds, his readinessto do battle.His brilliance, his competitive edge, must be at its peak.Scormus of Ar reminded me of men of the caste of Assassins, as they sometimesare, before they begin their hunt.The edge must be sharp, the resolve must bemerciless, the instinct to kill must in no way be blunted.The two men then approached the table.Behind them, more than forty feet high, and fifty feet wide, was a greatvertical board.On this board, dominating It, there was a giant representationof a Kaissa board.On it, on their pegs, hung the pieces in their initialpositions.On this board those in the audience would follow the game.To theleft of the board were two columns, vertical, one for yellow, one for red,where the moves, as they took place, would be recorded.There were similarboards, though smaller, at various places about the fair, where men who couldPage 53 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlnot afford the fee to enter the amphitheater might stand and watch theprogress of play.Messengers at the back of the amphitheater, coming andgoing, delivered the moves to these various boards.A great hush fell over the crowd.We sat down.The judge, Reginald of Ti, four others of the caste of players behind him, hadfinished speaking to Scormus and Centius, and the scorers.There was not a sound in that great amphitheater.Centius of.Cos and Scormus of Ar took their places at the table.The stillness, for so large a crowd, was almost frightening.I saw Scormus of Ar incline his head briefly.Reginald of Ti turned the spigoton the clock ofCentius of Cos, which opened the sand passage in the clock of Scormus.The hand of Scormus reached forth.It did not hesitate.The move was made.Hethen turned the spigot on his clock, ceasing its flow of sand, beginning thatin the clock of Centius.The move, of course, was Ubara's Spearman to Ubara five.There was a cheer from the crowd."The Ubara's Gambit!" called a man near me.We watched the large, yellow plaque, representing the Ubara's Spearman, hungon its peg at Ubara five.Two young men, apprentices in the caste of players,on scaffolding, placed the plaque.Another young man, also apprenticed in the caste of players, recorded thismove, in red chalk, at the left of the board.Hundreds of men in the audiencealso recorded the move on their own score sheets.Some men had small pegboards with them, on which they would follow the game.On these boards theycould, of course, consider variations and possible continuations.It was indeed, I suspected, that opening.It is one of the most wicked andmerciless in the repertoire of the game.It is often played by tournamentmasters.Indeed, it is the most common single opening used among masters.Itis difficult to meet and in many of its lines has no clear refutation; it maybe played accepted or declined; it would be red's hope not to refute but toneutralize in the middle game; if red could manage to achieve equality by thetwentieth move he might account himself successful.Scormus of Ar, thoughalmost universally a versatile and brilliant player, was particularlymasterful in this opening; he had used it for victory in theTurian tournaments of the ninth year of the Ubarate of Phanias Turmus; in theopen tournaments ofAnango, Helmutsport, Tharna, Tyros and Ko-ro-ba, all played within the pastfive years; in the winter tournament of the last Sardar Fair and in the citychampionship of Ar, played some six weeks ago.In Ar, when Scormus hadachieved capture of Home Stone, Marlenus himself, Ubar of the city, hadshowered gold upon the board.Some regarded winning the city championship ofAr as tantamount to victory at the Fair of En'Kara.It is, in the eyes of manyfollowers of Kaissa,file:///F|/rah/John%20Norman/12%20-%20Beasts%20Of%20Gor.txt (41 of 224)[1/20/03 3:26:42 AM]file:///F|/rah/John%20Norman/12%20-%20Beasts%20Of%20Gor.txt easily the secondmost coveted crown in the game.Centius of Cos, of course, would also be amaster of the Ubara's Gambit.Indeed, he was so well versed in the gambit,from both the perspective of yellow and red, that he would doubtless play nowfor a draw.I did not think he would be successful.He sat across the boardfrom Scormus of Ar.Most players of the master level, incidentally, know thisopening several moves into the game in more than a hundred variations."Why does Centius not move?" asked the man next to me."I do not know," I said."Perhaps he is considering resigning," said a fellow some two places down thetier.Page 54 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Some thought Scormus would use the Two Tarnsmen Opening," said anotherfellow."He might have," said another, "with a lesser player [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Scormus of Ar,however, angrily turned away.Centius of Cos did not seem disturbed at this rebuff and turned about againand, lifting his hands again to the crowd, returned to the side of the stagewhere his party stood.Scormus of Ar paced angrily on the stage.He wiped the palms of his hands onhis robe.He would not look upon, nor touch, Centius of Cos in friendship.Such a simplegesture might weaken his intensity, the height of his hatreds, his readinessto do battle.His brilliance, his competitive edge, must be at its peak.Scormus of Ar reminded me of men of the caste of Assassins, as they sometimesare, before they begin their hunt.The edge must be sharp, the resolve must bemerciless, the instinct to kill must in no way be blunted.The two men then approached the table.Behind them, more than forty feet high, and fifty feet wide, was a greatvertical board.On this board, dominating It, there was a giant representationof a Kaissa board.On it, on their pegs, hung the pieces in their initialpositions.On this board those in the audience would follow the game.To theleft of the board were two columns, vertical, one for yellow, one for red,where the moves, as they took place, would be recorded.There were similarboards, though smaller, at various places about the fair, where men who couldPage 53 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlnot afford the fee to enter the amphitheater might stand and watch theprogress of play.Messengers at the back of the amphitheater, coming andgoing, delivered the moves to these various boards.A great hush fell over the crowd.We sat down.The judge, Reginald of Ti, four others of the caste of players behind him, hadfinished speaking to Scormus and Centius, and the scorers.There was not a sound in that great amphitheater.Centius of.Cos and Scormus of Ar took their places at the table.The stillness, for so large a crowd, was almost frightening.I saw Scormus of Ar incline his head briefly.Reginald of Ti turned the spigoton the clock ofCentius of Cos, which opened the sand passage in the clock of Scormus.The hand of Scormus reached forth.It did not hesitate.The move was made.Hethen turned the spigot on his clock, ceasing its flow of sand, beginning thatin the clock of Centius.The move, of course, was Ubara's Spearman to Ubara five.There was a cheer from the crowd."The Ubara's Gambit!" called a man near me.We watched the large, yellow plaque, representing the Ubara's Spearman, hungon its peg at Ubara five.Two young men, apprentices in the caste of players,on scaffolding, placed the plaque.Another young man, also apprenticed in the caste of players, recorded thismove, in red chalk, at the left of the board.Hundreds of men in the audiencealso recorded the move on their own score sheets.Some men had small pegboards with them, on which they would follow the game.On these boards theycould, of course, consider variations and possible continuations.It was indeed, I suspected, that opening.It is one of the most wicked andmerciless in the repertoire of the game.It is often played by tournamentmasters.Indeed, it is the most common single opening used among masters.Itis difficult to meet and in many of its lines has no clear refutation; it maybe played accepted or declined; it would be red's hope not to refute but toneutralize in the middle game; if red could manage to achieve equality by thetwentieth move he might account himself successful.Scormus of Ar, thoughalmost universally a versatile and brilliant player, was particularlymasterful in this opening; he had used it for victory in theTurian tournaments of the ninth year of the Ubarate of Phanias Turmus; in theopen tournaments ofAnango, Helmutsport, Tharna, Tyros and Ko-ro-ba, all played within the pastfive years; in the winter tournament of the last Sardar Fair and in the citychampionship of Ar, played some six weeks ago.In Ar, when Scormus hadachieved capture of Home Stone, Marlenus himself, Ubar of the city, hadshowered gold upon the board.Some regarded winning the city championship ofAr as tantamount to victory at the Fair of En'Kara.It is, in the eyes of manyfollowers of Kaissa,file:///F|/rah/John%20Norman/12%20-%20Beasts%20Of%20Gor.txt (41 of 224)[1/20/03 3:26:42 AM]file:///F|/rah/John%20Norman/12%20-%20Beasts%20Of%20Gor.txt easily the secondmost coveted crown in the game.Centius of Cos, of course, would also be amaster of the Ubara's Gambit.Indeed, he was so well versed in the gambit,from both the perspective of yellow and red, that he would doubtless play nowfor a draw.I did not think he would be successful.He sat across the boardfrom Scormus of Ar.Most players of the master level, incidentally, know thisopening several moves into the game in more than a hundred variations."Why does Centius not move?" asked the man next to me."I do not know," I said."Perhaps he is considering resigning," said a fellow some two places down thetier.Page 54 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Some thought Scormus would use the Two Tarnsmen Opening," said anotherfellow."He might have," said another, "with a lesser player [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]