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Johannes Zuckertort....man's man.

Johannes Zuckertort would have been world chess champion if it weren't for Wilhelm Steinitz. Not to worry because he had plenty of accomplishments. He also played chess simuls blindfolded. He was a medical doctor, but also had doctorate degrees in psychology and chemistry. He wrote on a broad variety of subjects, and was decorated in three wars. He took after his father who was an excellent fencer and was no slouch at whist and a champion at dominoes in Berlin. He was fluent somewhere (debated) from 9 to 14 languages, including Sanskrit. (My guess is that he mastered 9 but was familiar with 14). He studied music and became a music critic.

And, most importantly.......

He was a crack shot.:)
 
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Johannes Zuckertort would have been world chess champion if it weren't for Wilhelm Steinitz. Not to worry because he had plenty of accomplishments. He also played chess simuls blindfolded. He was a medical doctor, but also had doctorate degrees in psychology and chemistry. He wrote on a broad variety of subjects, and was decorated in three wars. He took after his father who was an excellent fencer and was no slouch at whist and a champion at dominoes in Berlin. He was fluent somewhere (debated) from 9 to 14 languages, including Sanskrit. (My guess is that he mastered 9 but was familiar with 14). He studied music and became a music critic.



And, most importantly.......



He was a crack shot.:)


Some historical perspective:

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Good morning drift,hope everyone had a good Monday! Sure was hard getting back in the saddle working normal routine instead of holiday type day. Big gun control push to be announced today,still haven't seen open carry here. Guess the hand wringers were wrong,again! Still have pages of catch up to get through,but I will get there! Drift on!
 
Good morning all! I hope everyone is having a great day so far! Seems Old Man Winter is paying my neighborhood a visit,,, temps were down to 11' degrees when I got up and now it's up to a balmy 16' ! :cool: That's okay as long as there is no snow with it and they're saying we should be back in the 40's by Wednesday!
So if it's cold and snowy in your neck of the woods, Stay safe and stay warm! ;)


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