Περί ωφελιμότητος του σκακιού

One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.

And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.


Lord Dunsany (τεύχος Απριλίου 1943 British Chess Magazine)