http://www.thechessmill.com/2006/08/30/three-kinds-of-chessplayers/ Ramblings and ruminations on chess in SE Wisconsin, the USA and the World Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:18:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.thechessmill.com/2006/08/30/three-kinds-of-chessplayers/#comment-5936 The Chessmill » Blog Archive » On the Importance of Rules Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.thechessmill.com/2006/08/30/three-kinds-of-chessplayers/#comment-5936 [...] 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!” [...] [...] 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!” [...]

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