Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Sam Shankland quits (!?)

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I would not advise any brilliant 18-year-old to make a career of playing chess unless he or she were already well over 2600.  (The world needs molecular biologists, writers, physicists....)

But still....

1 comment:

Frederick Rhine said...

That must be the lamest reason I've ever heard for quitting chess. There's no doubt that he'll get his last GM norm before long if he keeps playing. I hope he reconsiders.