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    who was in the play. She now proclaims that he died. This a main difference between the two versions. Additionally‚ there are many more differences between the two. In the play the father and son never played chess‚ but in the story the father and his son played chess. Because of the chess game‚ the reader discovers the father’s characteristic as both a risk-taker and a bravado. Another point of contrast is that the setting was never told in the play‚ but it was included in the short story. They

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    China Town above a Chinese bakery in a two bedroom flat. Waverly is sharp and hard working- this is because she learnt how to play chess from scratch‚ but her brother Vincent was the first one to start her off by explaining the rules but she didn’t get them at that time so she went to the China-town library and took books out and read through the rules and what each chess piece did. From this she learnt a whole lot- "I discovered that for the whole game one must gather invisible strengths and see the

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    afterwards‚ Lindo is rock bottom. Waverly is the other hand is in a middle-class family. She is a chess prodigy‚ extremely talented in the game. She is so good‚ she is on the cover of magazines. Her mother‚ Lindo‚ shows Waverly off as if she is a trophy. Waverly doesn’t like this‚ so she quits chess. This causes Lindo to give her the silent treatment. Waverly starts chess again‚ and she sucks now. Lindo and Waverly have great difficulty in relating to one another‚ due

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    when he wrote an anti-slavery treatise. The most interesting fact that I discovered about Franklin is that he was an ardent chess player. Seeing as how I really enjoy playing chess‚ I found this newfound information quite fascinating. In 1999‚ Ben was initiated into the United States Chess Hall of Fame and the second oldest chess club in the U.S.‚ The Franklin Mercantile Chess Club in Philadelphia‚ was named in honor of him. If I was given the opportunity to have a face-to-face encounter with the “First

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    Life is a chess board. You must sacrifice some of your pieces in order to succeed. Many people hate giving up what they love. Their prized possessions. That mindset has hurt me more than it has helped me. When I was in grade five‚ I had a Playstation 3 video game console. I would play it all the time‚ in the morning‚ at night‚ I’d even think about it at school. I wasn’t ready to sacrifice my playing time. Even as the months went by‚ I didn’t stop playing my PS3 console. I was very stubborn. I did

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    Chinatown in America‚ where the protagonist Waverly resides with her family. Waverly’s mother expects her daughter to “rise above” her circumstances for the social advancement in the society. From a humble background Waverly rises to become a celebrity chess champion‚ but in the process falls into predicament with her conservative mother. The physical and social settings in the story play a significant role in influencing Waverly’s transformation from an ordinary child to a whiz kid “china town champion”

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    Practice Essay: Introduction: Amy Tan’s story‚ “Rules of the Game‚” takes place in San Francisco’s Chinatown‚ where Waverly Jong lives with her parents and two brothers. Waverly is a chess prodigy who took place in many competitions. Her mother Mrs. Jong is very proud of Waverly‚ maybe more. Her mother tells her lots of things she thinks Waverly needs to know to survive in the world‚ but unfortunately‚ Mrs. Jong’s advice comes across as nagging. Through Waverly and Mrs. Jong’s relationship‚ arrogance

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    and by getting A’s means she studied hard and did all of her homework and stayed on top of her work. Another reason why lupe is smart is because she was the champion at chess.Which being good at chess means a lot because chess is a game of strategy.Strategy is a hard thing to do and being a champion at chess that means you have great strategy and strategy means you’re smart. Another reason lupe

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    Game No. of Player Chess 2 Baseball 9 Gymnastic 8 Rugby Football 15 Basket Ball 5 Polo 4 Water Polo 7 Football 11 Kho-Kho 9 Cricket - 11 Kabbaddi 7 Volleyball 6 Hockey 11 Tennis 1 or 2 Table tennis 1or 2 General Knowledge of World Important Events and Sports Records  • Davis cup is for tennis. • Thomas cup badminton is for men only. • Uber cup is for badminton. • Each team in volleyball consists of 6 players. • Antoly Karpov‚ the world chess player belongs to

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    Hello everybody First of all I’d like to thanks you all for coming here today. My name is Yann Dumont and I am from France. I am an exchange student in Inha University and I am majoring in business administration. Today we are going to ask ourselves if electronic games are a legitimate sport. I’d like to ask you to keep any questions you may have for the end of the presentation First of all‚ what is a sport? Sport: Definition Sport come from the middle aged word desport‚ which mean distraction

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