"GSANCHEZ" wrote in message
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Not chess - and I may be off base on this - but I seem to recall Sandy
Koufax,
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, skipped Saturday starts ?!

On Oct. 6, 1965, Sandy Koufax stepped out of baseball history into Jewish
history. In a story that has been recited from countless synagogue pulpits,
the legendary Los Angeles Dodger lefty opted to skip the first game of the
World Series because it coincided with Yom Kippur.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/tobin103002.asp