"ian burton" wrote in message news:yXp5c.848$Bg.605@fed1read03...
The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book, "The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction, in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S. Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what does
this ambiguous sentence mean?

Obviously a "match player" is someone who plays with matches.

David Ames