Word: saemisch
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Tobin had lost his second game to master Dan Harington, but finished off his last opponent handily. "I just wiped him off the board with the Saemisch Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense," he remarked afterwards. "He never developed his pieces. He played like a fish...
...done for. But his opponent, Spielmann, did not see the opening; the next move set it right. He was safe, and so he stayed until the last day. Then it was found that Marshall of the U.S. had tied for fifth place; that a Ukranian, Boguljubow, had taken fourth, Saemisch of Germany third, Rubinstein of Poland second, and this undefeatable one, Alexander Alekhine of Russia, first. His victory makes him unquestionably the logical challenger of the world's chess champion, José R. Capablanca of Cuba...
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