“I got strong ideas about my house. I’m going to hire the best architect and have him build it in the shape of a rook. Yeah, that’s for me. Class. Spiral staircases, parapets, everything. I want to live the rest of my life in a house built exactly like a rook.”
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Here is a classic game from the 1883 London International tournament between legendary chess greats James Mason of Ireland and Henry Edward Bird of England. In this game, Bird would play a Sicilian Defense against his ooponent’s king’s pawn opening, but severely neglected his kingside defenses and Mason would eventually take advantage.
