The Economy of Chess

In chess anger is not useful.  Say your opponent makes it impossible not to lose your queen.  Vengeful moves may lash your vision of the board, all useless.  Sure, you could take his knight, but that would make your situation worse.  It’s impossible to find the seam of the present between squares of and white and red.  Outside of chess could you bear having your intentions delayed calmly to the end?  But chess makes this easier: there is only one intention.  At least officially this is the case.  You might intend to watch the unfolding, your moves only foils to delay your opponent’s victory.  If you told him this he would say that you merely rationalize your defeatism.  He may be right.  You would in turn say he only wants to believe that when he wins he defeats someone equally bent on winning, on defeating him.  Otherwise over whom is his victory?  He pleads you to be as cut as he.  Red (he) wants to defeat white not pink.