Word: pawned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pawn Yesterday...
Letters from Charles to Helene have been stolen, and Charles must take from his father's safe to pay the blackmailer. Theo of course discovers the loss, and the absence of a diamond necklace which Helene has Paul pawn to meet a second demand. Then, Helene is murdered. Charles rushes downstairs to his studio, topples a great god-like statue wielding lightning bolts-his father as Jehovah--and impales himself on the spiked fence below the window...
...president of the Harvard Chess Club, and Franklin, one of this year's brightest stars, both entered the last round undefeated. But Franklin lost his match in a dogged bishop and rook endgame, while Leverett made a hash of the Queen's Gambit Declined, giving up a pawn on the seventeenth move...
...move, U.S. Grand Master Larry Evans, who was following the play on a pocket chess set in the press room of the Reykjavik Sports Hall, gasped, and declared, "Bobby's blundered! He's dead lost!" Sure enough, Spassky forced an exchange of pieces that left Fischer a pawn behind and in dire straits. Then, just as shockingly, Boris committed a far more obvious blunder on his 27th move. "They've gone to pieces! It's like they're playing on brennevin!" exclaimed one grand master, referring to the potent Icelandic drink that the locals fondly...
...15th game proved a refreshing respite from the week's extracurricular infighting. Fischer, playing black, again fell behind in the early going. Then, beginning with a daring pawn sacrifice on his 28th move, he engaged Spassky in a furious battle that equalized their forces. Playing brilliantly under fire, Spassky countered with a checkmating threat that after 43 moves forced each player to accept one-half point for a draw. That gave Fischer a 9-6 lead (he needs 12½ points to win the match, Spassky needs 12) and led Arpad Elo, official statistician for the World Chess Federation...