Three Kinds of Chessplayers
“Chess players may be divided into three classes: those who don’t know the principles, and are therefore very weak; those who know the principles and are less weak; and those who know how weak the principles are, and are strong.” ~C. J. S. Purdy
October 20th, 2006 at 7:55 am
[...] As our recounting the quote Cecil Purdy wrote nearly a half-century ago should indicate, we don’t believe in the absolute authority of general principles. “Never end a sentence with a preposition” is a principle of the English language we learned long ago. Yet Churchill, when reminded of that “rule” is said to have responded, “That is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put!” [...]