Apr-23-12 Arthur R Spiller 
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wrap99: I would add that I believe he was employed by the US Postal Service.
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| | Jan-30-12 Isaac Kashdan
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wrap99: <AVRO38> A nice photo indeed; and doesn't Kashdan look sort of like John Turturro here, an actor who played a chess grandmaster...
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| | Dec-29-11 Tarjan vs J Peters, 1977
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wrap99: Is it possible that this game is between Jack Peters and Tarjan? Andreas was only 9 in 1977 and probably not in USA champ since a German, to boot. If so, then probably some other A. Peters games were really Jack's.
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| | Dec-31-10 Marshall vs Burn, 1912
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wrap99: Was 23.Rxh5 any good?
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| | Jul-16-10 Humphrey Bogart
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wrap99: I see "stung by a dead bee" but I think it was "bit". Also, Kramer us mentioned as a chess playing director. I am certain the strongest chess playing director by far is Marcel Sisniega.
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| | May-30-10 Spassky vs K Darga, 1962
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wrap99: I think after Ke7, Rd6 is very strong for white
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| | May-23-10 Saidy vs Fischer, 1960
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wrap99: Thanks, catfriend.
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| | May-21-10 François André Philidor
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wrap99: <FHBRadley> Thanks for that list. It seems like it required so many players that it is probably just a limitation of historical records -- I bet it is closer in reality. Is there any other human activity that has this linkage feature? I guess one can see also in the Math ...
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| | May-04-10 Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922
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wrap99: I believe it was after this game that Janowski made a comment like, "This boy knows no more about chess than I do of rope dancing." This is to say, Janowski was unhappy at losing to Reshesky. I reflect that I actually saw Reshevsky in person at Lone Pine in 1978 (or 77). I considered
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| | Apr-21-10 F Schubert vs H Saunders, 1928
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wrap99: ...Rh8+
followed by mate shortly
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