German-american chess player (1885-1981).
Born December 3rd, 1885 in Kępno.
Died March 25th, 1981 at 95 years old in New York City.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel