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Columbo wages a skilful war of nerves against this high-strung genius, and the scene where he manages to rattle him enough to cause him to make a mistake while playing chess is one of the highlights of the movie, as Harvey looks down in disbelief at the board, where he has just allowed himself to be checkmated.

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Strategy is choosing the game we're playing.

And there's few things more thrilling than playing a song for the first time in front of an audience, especially when it's half-finished.

and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the cello as well."

And the school cow is trying to figure out how to replace the lawnmower on the playing field.

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