Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

[Margaret sighs]

I can see that, but--

Do you even know his career?

Middlegame Strategy.

I'm planning on it.

Mmm, every game that counted.

Morphy was a lawyer or something, in New Orleans.

Play pawn to king five.

The US winner gets invited. You didn't know that?

-[bartender] Here you go. -Oh, thank you.

[register slides and dings]

No, I know I'm right, and Beth sees things the same way I do.

-You think I'm a prima donna, don't you? -It's chess.

when I'm analyzing my ass off over a chess board.

-Sorry, I… -Uh… no. No.

Yeah, one of my heroes is Philidor.

as we like to say, slams shut.

you might learn something." Fuck.

I read about you.

[Borgov speaking Russian]

I guess you've helped me, too.

Sometimes, I drink more.

Can I ask you a question?

I used my tuition money.

But I'm nowhere close to what you'll face in Paris.

Fornaut, Alekhine's Games 1938 to 1945.

Okay, tell me, what was your endgame?

I'm better at speed chess than you. I play a lot in New York.

[woman, with Russian accent] "In a fight, you want the first blow to be the last."

I read about your game with Borgov. That must have felt terrible.

Well-mannered, well-dressed, moving the pieces

or middle-game strategy, endgame theory.

Oh, um, New Circle Road.

Borgov made me look like a fool.

[clears throat]