George Duke wrote on Mon, Nov 10, 2014 04:18 PM UTC:
Every day a holiday like ancient Rome. Yesterday 25 years since Berlin Wall fall,
http://en.chessbase.com/post/world-championship-02-carlsen-strikes-first,
tomorrow 96 years since Eleven.Eleven.1918 Armistice of World War I. And
11 games to go in central Eurasia, the 1500-yr. cutting edge mind-sport
where it starts off 1.5-0.5 for Champion Magnus Carlsen.
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Rome-FellMar95.htm, "The thicker the grass, the more easily scythed." Roman-ruination 5th century also is enlightened for two geographic-endpoints inaugurations: Ireland saving and copying all classical books and Indian civilization inventing Chess away from Eurasian barbarians. In the above linked chapter's ninth from last full paragraph, it says "If anyone skipped a grade, he was -- like a piece on a board game -- to be returned to his starting point."