Playing the Long Game
As algorithms sift positions,
calculating countless moves,
exhausting with exactitude
successful possibilities,
a chessmaster
looks past the board,
laughs as grandkids
chase the dog.
Playing the Long Game © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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24 words (prompt limit). Overthinker brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2761517-24-words-or-less---overthinker-noguest
Inspired by chess engines / chess computers / artificial intelligence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_chess
Submitted: September 27, 2020