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An aphorism ( from Greek  " aphorismos ", " delimitation ") is a terse saying , expressing a ___MASK67___ truth , principle , or astute observation , and spoken or written in a laconic and memorable form . Aphorism literally means a " distinction " or " definition ". The term was first used in the "" of Hippocrates . The oft - cited first sentence of this work ( see Ars longa , vita brevis ) is : The term was later applied to maxims of physical science , then statements of all kinds of philosophical , moral , or ___MASK23___ principles . In modern usage an aphorism is generally understood to be a concise statement containing a subjective truth or observation , cleverly and pithily written . Herman Steiner ( April 15 , 1905  November 25 , 1955 ) was a United States ___MASK91___ , organizer , and ___MASK62___ . He won the U . S . Chess Championship in 1948 and became International ___MASK1___ in 1950 . Even more important than his playing career were his efforts promoting chess in the U . S ., particularly on the West Coast . An exemplar of the Romantic School of chess , Steiner was a successor to the American chess tradition of Paul Morphy , Harry Nelson Pillsbury , and Frank Marshall . Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( December 5 , 1872  June 17 , 1906 ) was a leading American ___MASK91___ . At the age of 22 , he won one of the strongest tournaments of the time ( the Hastings 1895 chess tournament ) but his illness and early death prevented him from challenging for the World Chess Championship . Düsseldorf ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany . Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre , renowned for its ___MASK7___ and trade fairs . The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies . Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . The U . S . Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States . Begun as a challenge match in 1845 , the U . S . Championship has been decided by tournament play for most of its long history ( Soltis , 2012 ). Since 1936 , it has been held under the auspices of the U . S . Chess Federation . Until 1999 , the event consisted of a round - robin tournament of varying size . From 1999 to 2006 , the Championship was sponsored and organized by the Seattle Chess Foundation ( later renamed America ' s Foundation for Chess [ AF4C ]) as a large Swiss system tournament . AF4C withdrew its sponsorship in 2007 . The 2007 and 2008 events were held ( again under the Swiss system ) in Stillwater , Oklahoma . The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of ___MASK32___ Louis in St Louis has hosted the annual event since 2009 . Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (; March 24 , 1946 ) was a Russian and French ___MASK91___ and the fourth World Chess Champion . He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever . Chess is a two - player strategy board ___MASK36___ played on a chessboard , a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight - by - eight grid . Chess is played by millions of people worldwide , both amateurs and professionals . Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area (" Ruhrgebiet ") in North Rhine - Westphalia . It is an independent metropolitan borough within Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf . With the world ' s biggest inland harbor and its proximity to Düsseldorf Airport , Duisburg has become an important venue for commerce and steel production . In the early Middle Ages it was a royal court of the Franks , first mentioned in writing in 883 . Paul Charles Morphy ( June 22 , 1837  July 10 , 1884 ) was an American ___MASK91___ . He is considered to have been the greatest chess ___MASK1___ of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion . He was a chess prodigy . He was called " The Pride and Sorrow of Chess " because he had a brief and brilliant chess career , but retired from the ___MASK36___ while still young . Bobby Fischer included him in his list of the ten greatest players of all time , and described him as " perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived ". A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land . Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water , for ___MASK42___ demand , and for shelter from wind and waves . Ports with deeper water are rarer , but can handle larger ships . Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic , support and storage facilities vary widely , may extend for miles , and dominate the local economy . Some ports have an important ___MASK86___ role . Carl Oscar Ahues ( 26 December 1883 , Bremen -- 31 December 1968 , Hamburg ) was a German chess International ___MASK1___ . He was Berlin champion in 1910 . He was German Champion in 1929 winning the 26th DSB Congress in Duisburg . In 1930 , he took 6th in San Remo ( Alexander Alekhine won ) , tied for 4 - 5th in Scarborough ( Edgar Colle won ) , and tied for 3 - 5th in Liege ( Savielly Tartakower won ) . In 1931 , he tied for 2nd - 4th in Berlin ( Herman Steiner won ) , and tied for 4 - 6th in Swinemünde ( 27th DSB Congress ; Efim Bogoljubow and Ludwig Roedl won ) . Ahues represented Germany thrice in Chess Olympiads . In 1930 , at first board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg ( + 4 -- 3 = 7 ) , team bronze ; In 1931 , at second board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague ( + 3 -- 2 = 8 ) ; In 1936 , at second board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich ( + 4 -- 1 = 12 ) , team bronze . In 1933 , he took 10th in Bad Pyrmont ( 1st GER - ch ; Bogoljubow won ) . In 1934 , he took 3rd in Bad Niendorf ( Gideon Ståhlberg won ) . In 1935 , he took 4th in Bad Aachen ( 3rd GER - ch ; Kurt Richter won ) . In 1935 , he won in Hamburg . In 1935 , he tied for 5 - 6th in Bad Nauheim ( Bogoljubow won ) . In 1936 , he took 3rd , behind Alexander Alekhine and Paul Keres , in Bad Nauheim . In 1939 , he took 4th in Bad Harzburg ( Erich Eliskases won ) . In 1940 , he tied for 6 - 9th in Bad Oeynhausen ( 7th GER - ch ; Georg Kieninger won ) . In 1940 , he tied for 5 - 8th in Kraków / Bad Krynica / Warsaw ( 1st GG - ch ; Anton Kohler and Bogoljubow won ) . In 1941 , he tied for 9 - 11th in Trentschin - Teplitz ( Jan Foltys won ) . In 1942 , he took 10th in Munich ( EUR - ch , Wertungsturnier -- Qualification Tournament ; Gösta Danielsson won ) . In 1942 , he won in Berlin ( BSG ) . In 1944 , he tied for 2nd - 3rd , behind Elsas , in Luxembourg . After World War II , he lived in West Germany . In 1946 , he won in Bad Harzburg . In 1947 , he tied for 2nd - 3rd , behind Ludwig Rellstab , in Stuttgart . In 1953 , he tied for 7 - 9th in Leipzig ( GER - ch ; Wolfgang Unzicker won ) . Awarded the IM title in 1950 . His son , Herbert Ahues , was a famous chess composer . The Franks ( or ') are historically first known as a group of Germanic tribes that inhabited the land between the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD , and second as the people of Gaul who merged with the Gallo - Roman populations during succeeding centuries , passing on their name to modern - day France and becoming part of the heritage of the modern French people . Some Franks raided Roman territory , while other Frankish tribes joined the Roman troops of Gaul . In later times , Franks became the ___MASK86___ rulers of the northern part of Roman Gaul . With the coronation of their ___MASK100___ Charlemagne as ' by Pope Leo III in 800 AD , he and his successors were recognised as legitimate successors to the emperors of the Western Roman Empire . Ksawery Tartakower ( also known as " Saviely " or Savielly Tartakower in English , less often " Xavier Tartacover " or " Xavier Tartakover "; 1887  1956 ) was a leading Polish and French chess ___MASK92___ . He was also a leading chess ___MASK77___ and author of the 1920s and 1930s whose books remain popular even today . Tartakower is remembered for his sharp wit and aphorisms .