It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.
Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do ‐ it's a matter of being different at what you do.
Michael Porter

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Sun Tzu

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Someone had said that when computers really learned to play chess and played against one another, White would always win because of the first move. Like tick‐tack‐toe.
Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

Maybe This Time, Michael e, Ashley Slater, Diego Porchile

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Nothing Else Matters, Apocalyptica