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“...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.”

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Jon Speelman, born on October 2, 1956, is a renowned chess player. He is highly respected in the chess community for his profound skill and extensive competitive experience. more

“She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose buttons, and played a championship tournament game between Gortchakoff and Meninkin, seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a battle without armour, a war without blood, and as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency.”

Source: The Long Goodbye: A Novel

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“No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.”

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