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There was some chess prodigy who, in his teens, was already winning against most champions, and who in his early twenties abandoned chess altogether, citing it
by badpun 2y ago
There was some chess prodigy who, in his teens, was already winning against most champions, and who in his early twenties abandoned chess altogether, citing it a "waste of life".
- nick0garvey 2y agoMorphy, one of the greatest players of all time, is famous for this. "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life."