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Nathan Wood
Yonder, United States 
Member Since:
Dec 17, 2008
Last Login:
Feb 9, 2012
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4197
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Hast seen the White Whale? (3 months ago)
Birthday: May 14, 1975
Occupation: Little cog in the big machine
About Me:
I play chess because I thoroughly enjoy abject lessons in humility. I have yet to learn how to play the game, but I am hoping that I will soon.
"Men are just as god made them, and sometimes worse." Sancho Panza
"When someone is honestly 55% right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling. And if someone is 60% right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God. But what's to be said about 75% right? Whoever says he's 100% right is a fanatic, a thug, and the worst kind of rascal." An Old Jew of Galicia (From The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz)
"A good player is always lucky." Jose Raul Capablanca
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"Sober and wise, he's stupid,
Drunk and stupid, he's wise." Fyodor Dostoyevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov
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"This land I'll defend, with my life if it be, because my pastures of plenty must always be free." Woody Guthrie
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“If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?” Elbert Hubbard, from A Message to Garcia
My first tournament victory: