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“Fischer was a good kid but very unsophisticated about anything but chess. It was all chess for him, every waking moment. We'd go down to the Four Continents bookstore and he'd buy any Russian chess material he could get his hands on. He'd learned enough Russian to get the gist of prose and he just absorbed the chess part.”

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Ronald Gross
Ronald Gross

Ronald Gross, born in 1935, is an accomplished author known for his works across various fields, celebrated for his profound insights and unique narrative style. more

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