chess is his passion

  • 1Chess — This article is about the Western board game. For other chess games or other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess From left to right: a whit …

    Wikipedia

  • 2Chess (musical) — Chess Concept Album Cover Music Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Lyrics Tim Rice Björn Ulvaeus …

    Wikipedia

  • 3Chess Pieces (MÄR) — The Chess Pieces (チェスの兵隊, Chesu no Koma ) is a fictional organization in the anime and manga series MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance by the author Nobuyuki Anzai, and plays the role of the main antagonist faction. It is a military faction which, over …

    Wikipedia

  • 4American Chess Association — The American Chess Association was a chess organization founded in New York, 1857. [cite book | title = This Day in New York Sports | author = Jordan Sprechman | coauthors = Bill Shannon | pages = pp.280,406 | isbn = 1571672540 | publisher =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 6GAMBLING — was known to the ancient world. Games of chance were an appreciated pastime, often turning into addiction, among the Greeks – Herodotus relates that the Lydians supposedly invented some games (History 1:94); among the Romans, who are known to… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 7José Raúl Capablanca — Infobox chess player playername = José Raúl Capablanca caption= birthname = José Raúl Capablanca country = CUB datebirth = birth date|1888|11|19 placebirth = Havana, Cuba datedeath = death date and age|1942|3|8|1888|11|19 placedeath = New York… …

    Wikipedia

  • 8Adolf Anderssen — Infobox chess player playername = Adolf Anderssen birthname = Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen country = GER datebirth = birth date|1818|7|6 placebirth = Breslau, now Wrocław Poland datedeath = death date and age|1879|3|13|1818|7|6 placedeath = title …

    Wikipedia

  • 9Ashot Nadanian — Full name Աշոտ Նադանյան …

    Wikipedia

  • 10Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

    Universalium