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MARK RUBERY CHESS
The Mercury
|February 05, 2026
William Napier (1881-1952) made many of acute observations of his contemporaries of which a sprinkling follows:
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'Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' John McCutcheon, of Pittsburgh and undying fame for his research in the French Defense, often said about opening moves, "Not new, but old enough to be new." 'Once in chatting with Janowsky at Lake Hopatcong, he referred to Maróczy as the gentle iron-man of Hungary, which was accurate as to both
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