This mag (mentioning Duchamp) called it "chess sickness": http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exile

This mag (mentioning Duchamp) called it "chess sickness": http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game “Much of an exile’s life is taken up with compensating for disorienting loss by creating a new world to rule,” wrote Edward Said. “It is not surprising that so many exiles seem to be novelists [and] chess players.” ["Chess-Playing Excitement” in 1859 - comments] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9786486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9786486