Body: <p>The danish existentialist philosopher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Soren Kierkegaard</a> lived from 1813 to 1855.</p>
  
  <p>He writes in one of his <a href="http://sks.dk/ee/txt.xml?hash=k76&amp;zoom_highlight=schakspil#k76" rel="nofollow noreferrer">journals</a> (21st of May 1839):  </p>
  
  <p><br>
  <strong>Original Danish</strong>  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Jeg lever i denne Tid omtrent som en Brik i Schakspil maa være
    tilmode, naar Modspilleren siger: den Brik kan ikke røres – som en
    ørkesløs Tilskuer, da min Tid endnu ikke er kommen.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><br></p>
  
  <p><strong>Translation by google:</strong></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>I live at this time just like a piece of chess must be, Allowing the opponent to say: that piece cannot be moved - like an idle
    spectator, because my time has not yet come</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><br></p>
  
  <p><strong>Alternative translation:</strong></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my oppenent says
    of it:That piece cannot be moved! like a useless bystander, since my
    time has not yet come.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Comments.Text: Here is an expanded interpretation of the quote: https://www.quora.com/What-did-Soren-Kierkegaard-mean-by-I-feel-as-if-I-were-a-piece-in-a-game-of-chess-when-my-oppenent-says-of-it-That-piece-cannot-be-moved
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Comments.Text: I think this question is a bit off-topic. It might be more appropriate by asking if there is some record of a game played by Kierkegaard or something on that line.
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Title: Did the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard play chess?
ThreadText: # Did the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard play chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-02)
  
  The danish existentialist philosopher [Soren Kierkegaard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard) lived from 1813 to 1855.
  
  He writes in one of his [journals](http://sks.dk/ee/txt.xml?hash=k76&zoom_highlight=schakspil#k76) (21st of May 1839):
  
  **Original Danish**
  
  > Jeg lever i denne Tid omtrent som en Brik i Schakspil maa være
  > tilmode, naar Modspilleren siger: den Brik kan ikke røres – som en
  > ørkesløs Tilskuer, da min Tid endnu ikke er kommen.
  
  **Translation by google:**
  
  > I live at this time just like a piece of chess must be, Allowing the opponent to say: that piece cannot be moved - like an idle
  > spectator, because my time has not yet come
  
  **Alternative translation:**
  
  > I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my oppenent says
  > of it:That piece cannot be moved! like a useless bystander, since my
  > time has not yet come.
  
  **Tags:** history
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Here is an expanded interpretation of the quote: https://www.quora.com/What-did-Soren-Kierkegaard-mean-by-I-feel-as-if-I-were-a-piece-in-a-game-of-chess-when-my-oppenent-says-of-it-That-piece-cannot-be-moved  
  > **username_1**: I think this question is a bit off-topic. It might be more appropriate by asking if there is some record of a game played by Kierkegaard or something on that line.  
  
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