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January/February 2011
A fiercely loyal Communist with a ferocious work ethic, Mikhail Botvinnik was an unshakeable Grandmaster
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December 2010
A hard-drinking, physically violent workaholic, Joseph Blackburne was the master of the simultaneous display
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November 2010
Conventional wisdom says White is better from the first move. A few noted grandmasters have challenged this assumption
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October 2010
The political situation in Russia transformed the sulphurous relationship between Karpov and Kasparov
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