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To: Hebrews 11:6

The bar is pretty high.

In January 1942, Russian Chessmaster Samuil Vainshtein died of starvation in Leningrad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuil_Vainshtein

http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Chess_Tragedies.htm


3 posted on 03/17/2020 11:16:16 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: treetopsandroofs

This tournament is east of the Urals, so...


5 posted on 03/17/2020 11:20:03 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Leningrad?

One town is very like another when your head’s down over your pieces brother.


9 posted on 03/17/2020 11:49:29 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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