I will play neither chess nor cards." "But chess is different from playing with a bank.

In chess there can be neither luck nor cheating, for everything depends upon skill.

In fact, I warn you that I cannot possibly play with you unless you allow me a move or two in advance." "The same with me," thought Chichikov.

"Shall I, or shall I not, play this fellow?
I used not to be a bad chess-player, and it is a sport in which he would find it more difficult to be up to his tricks." "Very well," he added aloud.

"I WILL play you at chess." "And stake the souls for a hundred roubles ?" asked Nozdrev.
"No.