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Word: mercury (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Soviet lost to Lou A. Mercuri, a Belmont city planner who said yesterday that he was still "on cloud nine" after his victory...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...Mercuri, a United States National Master and chess teacher who has been playing for 15 years, says that he first realized he had a chance to win after about 20 moves...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...kept looking at the board and I respected [Karpov] so much that I kept wondering, `Am I really winning?'" Mercuri said. "I was very concerned right up to the end that I would make a careless move and then my position would go from very good to very...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...Mercuri said that he felt a strong sense of relief when he finally defeated the Soviet master...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...Mercuri acknowledged that Karpov was not playing under the easiest of conditions and said, "If we had played ten games one-on-one, I would have been happy to draw one game. It just proves that on a given day anything can happen...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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