| Nov-18-11 | | ColeTrane: "kafka-esque" is a good vocabulary word |
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| Nov-18-11 | | TheFocus: But "hromadka-esque" is not. |
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| Nov-18-11 | | sevenseaman: Kafka has ways - of asking for trouble; some of those, risque if not grotesque! |
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Jul-19-14
 | | Phony Benoni: Poor Josef Knight. Shuffled senselessly from square to square it eventually winds up on h1, after which death on f2 is a blessed release. |
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| Jul-19-14 | | morfishine: Whats the verdict on this pun? |
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| Jul-19-14 | | whiteshark: The meaning of life is that it has to end in some way or other. |
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| Jul-19-14 | | Zappa XP: I am a cage in search if a bird. |
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| Jul-19-14 | | epistle: The endgame of Kafka's "The Trial" describes the feeling of a King about to be checkmated-- "...Then one of them opened his frock coat and out of a sheath that hung from a belt girt round his waistcoat drew a long, thin, double-edged butcher's knife, held it up, and tested the cutting edges in the moonlight. Once more the odious courtesies began, the first handed the knife across K. to the second, who handed it across K. back again to the first. K. now perceived clearly that he was supposed to seize the knife himself, as it traveled from hand to hand above him, and plunge it into his own breast. But he did not do so, he merely turned his head, which was still free to move, and gazed around him. He could not completely rise to the occasion, he could not relieve the officials of all their tasks; the responsibility for this last failure of his lay with him who had not left him the remnant of strength necessary for the deed. His glance fell on the top story of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker as of a light going up, the casements of a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched both arms still farther. Who was it? A friend? A good man? Someone who sympathized? Someone who wanted to help? Was it one person only? Or was it mankind? Was help at hand? Were there arguments in his favor that had been overlooked? Of course there must be. Logic is doubtless unshakable, bit it cannot withstand a man who wants to go on living. Where was the Judge whom he had never seen? Where was the High Court, to which he had never penetrated? He raised his hands and spread out all his fingers. "But the hands of one of the partners were already at K.'s throat, while the other thrust the knife deep into his heart and turned it there twice. With failing eyes K. could still see the two of them immediately before him, cheek leaning against cheek, watching the final act. 'Like a dog!' he said; it was as if the shame of it must outlive him." |
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| Jul-19-14 | | Garech: "My life is a hesitation before birth."
-Franz Kafka
But surely this game was not played by the real Kafka? -Garech |
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| Jul-19-14 | | morfishine: <Garech> I think it was played by the real Kafka. How many "F Kafka's" were there in Prague at that time? |
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Jul-19-14
| | Phony Benoni: >morfishine> F. Kafka's player page includes this link to an article, in Spanish, about Kafka and chess: http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank... I haven't read the article, so I don't know if it can be regarded as definitive proof that Franz Kafka the writer played this game. |
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| Jul-19-14 | | kevin86: Black won this game big, as for Kafka, he played better as a cockroach- lol |
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| Jul-19-14 | | celtrusco: Remarkably, no castle in the game by Kafka. |
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| Jul-19-14 | | Conrad93: I was expecting the pun Kafkaesque, or was this pun already taken? |
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| Jul-19-14 | | Rookiepawn: According to the article cited by <Phony Benoni> Kafka had some chess books in his library, participated in a simul given by Capablanca, and played more or less frequently, though not taking chess very seriously. The article reproduces the game Capablanca - Kafka in which Kafka played a Sicilian (and got crushed). He also took part in a tournament won by Hromadka in 1921, so this game probably was played during that event. It seems he was more or less a strong amateur. |
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| Jul-21-14 | | Garech: Interesting comments, thanks peeps!
As Celtrusco points out, Kafka's fatal error seems to be that his king could not enter the safety of The Castle. -Garech |
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Mar-03-18
 | | keypusher: Not the writer. See K Treybal vs F Kafka, 1921 |
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Dec-08-19
 | | Dionysius1: I'm shocked by the way people think puns are vaguely relevant words. "This word reminds me of that word, so if I put it in, it must be a pun". Trouble is, puns are supposed to be funny. |
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