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What phrase of Frederick the Great helped chess players get tax breaks?

In 1982, the German Chess Federation, after many years of attempts, obtained from the Ministry of Finance the recognition of chess as a "useful sport with educational value" (which allowed the federation to receive tax benefits). The decisive argument was a quote from a letter from the Prussian King Frederick the Great: "Chess fosters a tendency to think independently." The end of this phrase, which the federation chose not to quote, read: "... therefore they should not be encouraged."

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