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Post by Geoff Chandler » Wed May 31, 2017 1:25 pm

...Is it in 'Media Comments', 'Chess in Books', 'Chess Coincidences', 'Cheating in chess'.

In the book 'The Best in Chess' by I. A. Horowitz and Jack Straley Battell.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1966. page 209.

A short story titled 'Libido Ex Machina'.

The World Champion in the story is called Boris Ivanov.

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Re: Where does this post go.....

Post by JustinHorton » Wed May 31, 2017 7:02 pm

In further coincidence news, more than one person with the name John Smith has been discovered.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."

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Re: Where does this post go.....

Post by Geoff Chandler » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:23 pm

Maybe Carl can decide when it should go.

I just thought it was a funny kind of coincidence.

The gist of the story is the hero, Tod Hunter, is dyslexic and cannot spell 'resigns.'

When he won a game and wrote 'risins' or 'resngs' on a score sheet it was always a cause
of great merriment. In the first game v Ivanov, Ivanov resigned and the world's press
gathered around to see what Tod would write. Tod could spell 'draw' so he refused
Ivanov's resignation and offered an accepted draw.

Tod wins the last game and the championship but what to do with the spelling.
In a moment of inspiration he wrote 'resigns' in Russian.