CHESS
January/February 2016
The career of the genius Paul Keres was tragically interrupted by war
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December 2015
Walter Browne was an American maverick who excelled at more games than one
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November 2015
Might the world's second-ranked player, Hikaru Nakamura, manage to emulate his countryman Bobby Fischer?
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October 2015
The mysterious phenomenon of aphantasia
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