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...It was all sparked by the 1972 Bobby Fischer v Boris Spassky match, which even now in the age of Carlsen remains an enduring landmark. Puzzle 2393 Bu Xiangzhi v Gawain Jones, Hengshui 2019....
...The final of the $100,000 Skilling Open last Monday coincided, perhaps intentionally, with the Norwegian’s 30th birthday, but Wesley So proved the spoiler....
...From Bobby Fischer v Boris Spassky 1972 to The Queen's Gambit 2020, chess has had two impressive but contrasting booms half a century apart....
...“If I were King of Lisbon, I would soon rule over the whole world,” said Charles V of Portugal’s 16th-century capital....
..., after some months of frugal eating, and wearing a crown of thorns, Fred Holland Day had himself tied to a cedar cross commissioned from a Syrian carpenter and erected at Willet Pond, near his home in Norwood...
...V&A tea towel £6.50, available for pre-order from April, “Bird and Rosehip” pattern, vandashop.com … The Fifty Eight sofa large sofa from £1,830, from March 24, G Plan and Hemingway Design, gplanvintage.co.uk...
...He reportedly outbid three kings for it, including Britain’s King George V – today it remains the only rare stamp not in the Queen’s collection....
...Source: Sotheby’s International Realty Heart The Gurley Lake Ranch, near Norwood, Colorado, US. $975,900 A three-bedroom/3,500 sq ft ranch in 42 acres of ponderosa pine forest....
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...Parker v Robinson or The American v The British Palate is just too attractive a theme for the media....
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