"It could mean a lot of things. It could mean that sometimes you lose a single game, or a battle, in order to win a tournament. Or a war. Sometimes it means you lose to someone to get them to give you what you want. Or to flatter a pretty young girl." he chuckled. "Not that you're a pretty young girl," he added. Then his smile widened as he withdrew his hand from the board.
"Or maybe it means that I wanted to distract you from the game long enough to give me that opening."
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"It could mean a lot of things. It could mean that sometimes you lose a single game, or a battle, in order to win a tournament. Or a war. Sometimes it means you lose to someone to get them to give you what you want. Or to flatter a pretty young girl." he chuckled. "Not that you're a pretty young girl," he added. Then his smile widened as he withdrew his hand from the board.
"Or maybe it means that I wanted to distract you from the game long enough to give me that opening."