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chess poem, where is it?

I just saw some chess poem here on lilchess which I really liked. I had thought of saving it but now I lost it.

Where can I find it?

It was something...if chess is an art it's a very exact one...bla bla bla
"If chess is a science, it’s a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it is too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it’s too esoteric. If chess is a game, it’s too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she’s a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it’s a rewarding one. If chess is life, it’s a sad one."

from github.com/ornicar/lila/blob/master/modules/quote/src/main/Quote.scala
btw i disagree with this quote.
* Chess _is_ an exact science.
* Exactness and Art are things which play well together
* Sport? Yes, chess is a sport and it was the first one.
* Non demanding games suck.
* Chess is not a mistress at all. Not. at. all.
* Passion is always good and rewarding.
* Life is sad anyway, meanwhile, playing games is a good way to have fun :-)
Ok, it was not the first sport. The greeks did that long before. But the title "World champion" was first used in chess.
Yeah if the dichotomy is "science" vs "art", then chess is definitely a "science". I agree that it's mostly exact rather than most inexact (science), but I see where they're coming from: Human error- The fact that humans are imperfect and imprecise tilts the scales in that persons mind. It is *our* imprecision that *makes* it imprecise. Chess is a kind of manifestation of Existentialism: the phrase "life is what you make it" applies very much to chess.

On being too esoteric if it's a sport: How can you not expect the esoteric in a game that became a science? A game with methods, systems, schools of thought, a rich history of whole eras....of course it's esoteric. Is he just protesting that it is also called a "sport"?

@Dionysus_god #7 yes, it is much more easy to be exact in chess than in real life. Because chess is finite. Still absolute perfection is (except we have not more than seven pieces) currently not reachable. Still, with a lot of analysis work in the part i am interested in, it is possible to find something very exact. Thats the part of chess i like. I like all games which have these characteristics.

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