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William Ewart Napier

William Ewart Napier (17 January 1881 in East Dulwich, Surrey - 6 September 1952 in Washington, D.C.) was an American chess master of English birth.

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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.

Chess, Fault, Faults, Long

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.

Apprehensive, Dollars, Eight, Moving, Pawn, Starvation

In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.

Boards, Chess, Sound, Test, Wears

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. "

Asked, Bird, Chess, Health, Humour, Teichman

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