Re: ***SSNL LIFE THREAD NOV***
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US: Swap poker with chess / bridge / some other non-gambling form of strategy game. You can discuss 'life lessons' gleaned from understanding the points of view of others, or how occasionally, you have to be disciplined enough to pass up on a small edge now to set up a better situation a few moves down the road, etc.
Just make sure you don't get caught telling a grandmaster how much you've studied chess and then choke when he asks you if you favor the Sicilian Najdorf.
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I favor the Polugayevsky 7...b5 variant myself. I've literally seen opponents jaws' drop when I play it. Everybody plays ...a6 it seems but so very very few of us drop the ...b5 on top of it. So risky.
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