Deaths
- Miguel Najdorf, leading Argentinian (formerly Polish) Master and World Championship Candidate - July 4
- Erich Eliskases, leading Argentinian (formerly Austrian/German) Master of the 1930s and 40s - February 2
- Alvis Vitolins, Latvian IM and seven times winner of the national championship - February 16
- Walter Korn, former U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administrator and renowned chess writer - July 9
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)