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Shakespeare and chess address the many clues that William Shakespeare was player of chess. In his play The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare's character Katharine asks:
| “ | I pray you sir, is it your will,
To make a stale of me amongst these mates?[1] |
” |
Queen Eleanor declares in King John, Act 2, scene 1:
| “ | That thou mayst be a queen and check the world.[2] | ” |
References
- ↑ https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/shakespeare.html
- ↑ https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/king-john/act-2-scene-1/#:~:text=That%20thou%20mayst%20be%20a%20queen%20and%20check%20the%20world.&text=As%20rain%20to%20water%20or%20devil%20to%20his%20dam.&text=His%20father%20never%20was%20so,if%20thou%20wert%20his%20mother.