Dont fiddle while Byrne roams! — Irving Chernev

Irving Chernev was an American chess player and prolific chess author. He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905. Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess. He wrote that he "probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history."