"There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you suffer like in any other sport. Suffering euphoria comes when the opponent blunders in a winning position, but it is undeserved."

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Source : "Joys of Chess: From Krabbé to Hesse" by Lubomir Kavalek, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2011.

Lubomir Kavalek

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