Word: chess
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the absence of several key players, the Harvard-Radcliffe A Chess Team swept to a second place finish behind CCNY at the Ivy League Invitational Tournament last weekend...
Koretsky, the team's president, had an explanation for the second place finish. "You've got to remember CCNY is 110 times larger than Harvard and has many more resources in terms of chess players," he said. "New York is the mecca of chess in this country...
...tournament chess each team designates members to play individual "boards." The first board player of a team is matched against his corresponding board player on his opponents, as are the second, third and fourth board players...
...papers had yet admitted the true extent of the Israeli advances on the west bank of the Suez Canal. Apparently oblivious to the Israeli troops less than 60 miles away, Cairenes continued to crowd the cafes of New Street, where men sat sipping thick coffee and intently playing chess and backgammon. Worshipers gathered at the mosque of Zeinab for noon prayers. Peddlers, as always, hawked their roses on the streets...