Is Google playing chess with Microsoft?

"This is Google's first test as a chess player in a major corporate battle," said John Battelle, the author of "The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture."

"They are saying, 'We will take some of our pawns and block the move to our queen by Microsoft.' Until now, Google has said: 'We don't think about our competitors. We spend all our time building better products for our users."'

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