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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

William Hazlitt

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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

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Born: April 10, 1778

Died: September 18, 1830 (aged 52)

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