Editing Chess (section)

== The Rebbe and the Frierdiker Rebbe ==
In 1937-1938, the Frierdiker Rebbe was in poor health, and following doctors' orders, he went several times to rest at a resort in Parchtelsdorf, Austria. During his stay there, the Rebbe would visit him frequently, discussing Torah and Chassidus, and receiving instructions regarding klal matters.

The doctors prohibited the Frierdiker Rebbe from exerting himself and instructed him to rest from intellectual Torah study. Because of this, the Frierdiker Rebbe took advantage of one of the opportunities when his son-in-law visited and sat down to play chess with him.

During a farbrengen on 11 Nissan 1947, during the Rebbe's visit to Paris, the Rebbe related that after the first round, the Frierdiker Rebbe thought the Rebbe was manipulating the game so that the Frierdiker Rebbe would win. Therefore, the Frierdiker Rebbe requested another round, which the Rebbe won.

In 1995, Rabbi Shmuel Krauss conducted extensive research on the photograph documenting the game, from which he tried to deduce the moves the Rebbe made to achieve victory. The research was published in the Beis Moshiach weekly.