William Ewart Napier Quotes
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Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess.
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Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill and dangerously well."
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The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation.
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In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.
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William Ewart Napier
- Born: January 17, 1881
- Died: September 6, 1952
- Occupation: Chess master
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