CHESS
December/January 2016/17
Wilhelm Steinitz was the inventor of modern chess, yet died a pauper's death
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November 2016
The world's youngest ever International Master is an Indian child prodigy with an appetite for cartoons
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October 2016
A modest philanthropist, Rex Sinquefield, is behind the US's triumph at the World Chess Olympiad
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September 2016
François-André Danican Philidor, composer turned blindfold king of the chessboard
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