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...were taken five years ago. His curly jet-black hair has turned a distnguished salt-and- pepper and covers the tops of his ears. He sports a closely cropped < mustache and has gained at least 30 lbs. But the glistening brown eyes were unmistakably those of the "Chess Player," his nickname in the drug world. He wore a gold-and-stainless-steel Cartier tank-style watch, and a hefty gold crucifix dangled around his neck. His hands were small, almost feminine in their softness, and fastidiously manicured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day with the Chess Player | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...sight of a large crowd huddled around a good chess match outside the 'Au Bon Pain restaurant in Harvard Square is a common one, but last Friday the crowd was larger than usual as four grandmasters participated in the Harvard Chess Club's fundraising "chessathon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grandmasters Display Skills in 'Chessathon' | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

Seth D. Weisberg '90, the chess club's vice-president, called the vent "a tremendous success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grandmasters Display Skills in 'Chessathon' | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

...Andrew H. Serotta '91, on the Harvard chess team's sweep of the 1990 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship last month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

...said he surprised Gurevich with an unconventional opening taken from an obscure Yugoslavian chess publication. "I managed to steer him onto unfamiliar territory," Rao said...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: Chess Squad Wins Natl. Crown | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

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