CHESS
March 2010
Is chess genius a matter of genes, or of graft?
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January/February 2010
There is no game of wits at which losing is more unpleasant than chess. Any game involving cards or dice involves chance. One can blame losses on the fickle Goddess Fortuna. Her constant presence teaches poker players, for example
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December 2009
A world championship match, held 100 years ago next month, may have been partly responsible for the loser's death
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November 2009
Magnus Carlsen, the 19 year-old Norwegian wunderkind, is the next chess genius
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Chess
Standpoint’s chess column, written each month by Dominic Lawson, author of The Inner Game.
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