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Old April 6th 08, 10:49 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc
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EL FASCINANTE MUNDO DEL AJEDREZ
Author: Jose Luis Barreras Merino
Editorial Arte y Literatura (Havana 2006)
301 pages

Reviewed by Anthony Saidy

IAfter Larry Evans played in Cuba, the FBI harassed him for a year.
The absolute nadir in US-Cuban chess relations was reached in the
1980s, when a Cuban GM won a $10G first prize in the NY Open, and --
whoosh! -- the Treasury Dept. swooped down and seized the check.)

To see the rest of the review go to www.jeremysilman.com

Copyright © 2008 Anthony Saidy

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Old April 7th 08, 06:01 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc
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On Apr 6, 3:49*pm, " wrote:

To see the rest of the review go towww.jeremysilman.com


The site is very difficult to navigate. It took quite a few clicks to
get to

http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_rev...l_Ajedrez.html

because everything seems to be buried.

John Savard
 




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