Springers p586

[Mark Kohut]

Nabokov even composed chess puzzles....fittingly

 

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 From: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
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Cc: Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>; jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: Springers p586
  


Doesn't this - in the original pagination it's p. 576 - refer to
      the usage of knights as recognition signals in the world of secret
      services? Non-linear flexibility, surprising moves ... 

Apart from its immediate function in the text, this could also be
      a nod towards Nabokov, who often  - take The Defense, or The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (sic!) - wrote about chess and also liked to play the game with Vera.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldn4w0OYdn1qbrvi3o1_500.jpg&imgrefurl=http://snowce.tumblr.com/post/2382786495/vladimir-and-vera-nabokov-playing-chess&h=381&w=480&sz=23&tbnid=ltKCTrNY6FROkM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=102&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnabokov%2Bvladimir%2Bvera%2Bchess%2Bpictures%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=nabokov+vladimir+vera+chess+pictures&usg=__od12TQ6bMZkErzrJITJRs3c9t5Q=&docid=hu6TLDsFhsKpBM&hl=de&sa=X&ei=HIsoUYPNE4zDswb9ioGIBw&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAQ&dur=2652

In our house we have this picture under glass. 

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Jochen Stremmel:


> don't know if you know that Springer is the German name for knight
("flight has been given only to the Springer!") - and there is Mr. von
Goell, of course, called the Springer.< 

2013/2/23 Bled Welder:  
Rainbow, Slothrop plays Pokler chess for a short paragraph, before Pokler
points a Luger "as big as a house" ("And it's about to set sail....") at the
pig's head.  Slothrop plays chess by superstition, which is funny but
senseless enough.  Obsessed with protecting his knights.  What's the two
Springers there.  Do they just spring, the knights, and Snuggles made a
Company out of their action?  Is that it?     
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