Word: championships
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Reshevsky got a job as an accountant and went on playing chess. He won five U.S. championships, and defeated the famed Jose Capablanca in tournament play. He has had only one chance at the world's championship. In 1948 Reshevsky, three Soviet grand masters and the Dutch champion Max Euwe played for the title left vacant by the death of Alexander Alekhine. Russia's Mikhail Botvinnik won the title; Reshevsky tied for third with another Soviet player, Paul Keres. Though he didn't win first prize, Reshevsky is convinced he can defeat Botvinnik in match play...
...varsity sailing team successfully defended the Greater Boston Championship yesterday, retaining the Oberg Trophy by running away from a five-team field...
Harvard's sailors defend their Greater Boston Championship this Monday against M.I.T., Northeastern, B.U., B.C., and Tufts. Jim Nathanson, Charlie Hoppin, and Tim Brown are the Crimson entrants...
...Lowell-Eliot game today will match two of the pre-season favorites to take the House championship from Leverett. The Elephants won the House championship two years...
Last year the varsity won the consolation trophy in the eight-team RPI tourney. Brown won the championship. Other teams that competed were Dartmouth, MIT, St. Patrick's of Ottawa, Loyola of Montreal, Williams and Rensselaer...