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Tevis: She should accept the draw. People would call it a solid achievement. A draw, however, was not a win. And the one thing in her life that she was sure she loved was a win.

Tevis: [Beth] had flirted with alcohol for years. It was time to consummate the relationship.

Beth: You think I'm a prima donna, don't you?
Harry: We're all prima donnas. That's chess for you.

Tevis: Listening to the two of the, [Beth] had felt something unpleasant and familiar: the sense that chess was a thing between men, and she was an outsider. She hated the feeling.