Word: rosselli
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...momentary conquest, or to fall, dying the death that is reserved for privilege in defeat. It was a lean day that did not see a dozen monarchs overcome. Upon the neat battlefields, the gods of the nations were at war: Sir George Thomas for England, Spielmann for Austria, Rosselli for Italy, Jacques Mieses for Germany, Colle for Belgium, Alexander Alekhine for Russia, Niemzowitsch for Denmark, Richard Reti for Czecho-Slovakia, Frank J. Marshall for the U.S. and twelve more who had qualified for the International Chessmasters' Tournament...