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CHESS —I WAS OBSESSED WITH IT FROM AGE EIGHT THROUGH TWELVE, SO MUCH SO THAT SOME NIGHTS I WOULD PLAY IT IN MY DREAMS; ON ONE OF THESE NIGHTS I BECAME SO FEBRILELY ENTHRALLED THAT I WOKE UP YELLING: «MY QUEEN, MY QUEEN!»; SINCE THEN I GRADUALLY ABANDONED THE GAME, AND, ALTHOUGH I HAVE OCCASIONALLY PLAYED SINCE THEN, I DO NOT ENJOY IT ANYMORE.

SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR HAPPENED TO ME WITHIN THE AFOREMENTIONED TIMEPERIOD IN REGARD TO «STRATEGO»; ONE NIGHT I WOKE UP YELLING: «MY TEN!»; MY FATHER CAME INTO MY ROOM, AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO «TEN» IN «STRATEGO».