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Dec. 15: On this day in sports (and elsewhere), from fiddlers to rockers to a Bears championship
1935: Dutch grand master Max Euwe becomes world chess champ by beating Russian Alexander Alekhine in the Netherlands. This came 23 years after Dutch Masters cigars hit the market, making Max only ...
Was Paul Keres forced to lose the World Chess Championship to rival?
Paul Keres, along with Soviet rival Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky contested the title in a ...