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Worse than Worthless. A discussion of pieces with negative value, and the Nattering Nabobs of Negativity![All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Peter Gelman wrote on Mon, Jan 6, 2003 05:13 PM UTC:
In his story 'Riders of the Purple Wage' (1967), Philip Jose Farmer
describes a society with something like 'negative money'.  In that story,
wealth is a universal birthright, money is a societal negative, getting
rid of money is everyone's goal and difficult to achieve (a bit analogous
to Losing Chess).  

Would 'Worth than Worthless' pieces necessarily have positive values in
Losing Chess?

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