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The first newspaper chess column appeared in the Liverpool Mercury in 1813. |
George Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blindfolded in 1960. He won 50 and drew the other 6. |
The first chess game played by telephone was played by two gentlemen in Derbyshire, in 1878. |
In 1974, Stockholm hosted the first world computer chess championship. It was won by the Soviet program, Kaissa. |
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The first pocket chess set was created by the author of ROGET'S THESAURUS, Peter Mark Roget in 1845. |
The first computer program to play proper chess was written at MIT by Alex Bernstein in 1958-59. |
Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany held the world chess championship longer than anyone else - 26 years and 337 days. |
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