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		badpun on Sept 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amusing Ourselves to Death (2009) There was some chess prodigy who, in his teens, was already winning against most champions, and who in his early twenties abandoned chess altogether, citing it a "waste of life".

nick0garvey on Sept 28, 2024 [–]

Morphy, one of the greatest players of all time, is famous for this.

"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life."

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