Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Paul Keres
Born: January 7, 1916
Died: June 5, 1975 (aged 59)
Bio: Paul Keres was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s.
Known for:
- Practical Chess Endings (1974)
- The Art of the Middle Game (1964)
- Grandmaster of chess
- Keres' best games of chess, 1931-1948 (1942)