myriad-move

Updated: January 13, 2026

Only when it secures, not when it usurps the day, can it be regarded as a friend. There is a myriad-move problem, of which Society is the Sphinx, given us to solve. He who masters chess without being mastered by it will find that it discovers essential principles.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860