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I never defeated a healthy opponent.

Savielly Tartakower

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Savielly Tartakower
Age: 68 †
Born: 1887
Born: February 22
Died: 1956
Died: February 4
Author
Chess Player
Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Rostov-na-Donu
Defeated
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Healthy
Never
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