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Competition

Oddball cast Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1613 you were given the names of BeachcoMber's 12 red- bearded dwarfs and asked to provide au- thor's descriptions of six of them, as......

Chess

Slippery Pole Raymond Keene he Winawer variation of the French Defence (1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4) is one of the most popular in contemporary chess, but who was its inventor?......