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29 Nov
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Classic Board Games
Robert Wade from New Zealand was an international Chess master who won competitions in New Zealand and Britain, played in several Chess Olympiads, taught and tutored, and maintained one of the largest Chess libraries in the world. He died yesterday at the age of 87.
He helped Bobby Fischer prepare for his famous match against Spassky by compiling a database of Spassky’s games.
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