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Luděk Pachman

Czechoslovak-german chess grandmaster (1924-2003).

Born May 11th, 1924 in Prague, Bělá pod Bezdězem. [ref]

Died March 6th, 2003 at 78 years old in Passau. [ref]

Occupations
chess player, journalist, politician, writer
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon