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Reminds me of: "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." Paul Murphy.
by tvelichkov 23d ago
Reminds me of: "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." Paul Murphy.
- jan_m_savage 23d agoI got to a 1900 bullet rating in two years, playing an average of 10 to 30 games a day--while not learning any theory! (I wanted to discover theories on my own). And that's when I realized nah, it's not worth it. That's a great quote, thanks for sharing.
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- samus 23d agoMurphy was in general so dismissive of his own talent. Granted, he lived in the era before people played chess for a living.
- zem 23d ago*Morphy