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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Two interesting articles

A history of cheating from chessbase


SANDS: Opposites attack: Great chess rivalry from century ago
Washington Times
By David R. Sands They were polar opposites at the chessboard and, because of that, produced one of the most intriguing collections of head-to-head battles in the history of the game. Akiba Rubinstein was one of the greatest positional players of the ...