William Ewart Napier Professions : Chess master Born : January 17, 1881 Died : September 6, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by William Ewart Napier In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board. William Ewart Napier boards tests sound Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess. William Ewart Napier faults chess 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. William Ewart Napier eight dollars moving 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." William Ewart Napier humour chess bird Similar Authors Ashot Nadanian chess-master Aron Nimzowitsch chess-master Anthony Santasiere chess-master Alexander Koblencs chess-master Alejandro Ramirez chess-master Israel Albert Horowitz chess-master All Authors
