In earlier times, when there was a rage for physiognomy, a Gall might have dissected the brains of such chess champions to determine whether there was a special convolution in their gray matter, a kind of chess muscle or chess bump more strongly marked than in the skulls of others.
Grina fisiognomikoaren lehen aldietan agian Gallek xake-txapeldunen garunak disekzionatuko zituzkeen, ea jenio horien masa grisean garatuago ote dagoen zirkunboluzio bereziren bat, xakearen gihar modukoren bat edo xake-konkorren bat, beste burezurretan baino nabarmenago legokeena.