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Bobby Fischer Goes to War
Once again the authors stretch what would have been an exciting, nicely balanced magazine article into an ultimately boring drawn-out anti-climactic hard slog, like the chess chanpionship it describes.
At least they weren't 180 degrees wrong in their conclusion as they were with Wittgenstein's ... (continue)
Once again the authors stretch what would have been an exciting, nicely balanced magazine article into an ultimately boring drawn-out anti-climactic hard slog, like the chess chanpionship it describes.
At least they weren't 180 degrees wrong in their conclusion as they were with Wittgenstein's Poker.