service academy
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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service academy a military academy serving one of the four branches of the U.S. armed forces.See
military academy.
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We have too many world champ ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...followed on ESPN2. It was less confusing in 1886 when Wilhelm Steinitz became the first official world champion. Pickard...recently released on CD-ROM "The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz," a wonderful compendium of the craftsmanship of...
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Millennial musings on influence.(Saturday)(Chess)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...perfection the game has ever seen. Of Austrian-born Wilhelm Steinitz, fellow 19th-century great H.E. Bird once...a height of two feet, and you get the style of Steinitz." Steinitz's maneuverings on the board at times bordered...
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Art of chess on display with tactics Classic game shows beauty of variations.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/3/2006; ; 640 words
; ...between the first world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, and one of his contemporaries, Kurt Von Bardeleben. Steinitz produces a true work of art that leads...CAPTION(S): Photo Hastings 1895: Steinitz Von Bardeleben 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6...
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chess
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/21/1995; ; 610 words
; ...ago today, on 21 August 1895, Wilhelm Steinitz defeated the Russian champion...When the young Lasker defeated Steinitz in 1894, there was a view, loudly...Lasker. Those four, together with Steinitz, who finished fifth, were all...
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CHESS NOTES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/2/2004; ; 690 words
; ...in which they played. His first world champion is Wilhelm Steinitz, but Kasparov gives particular notice to the age...hours; he brought rapid piece development to chess. Wilhelm Steinitz changed the face of chess by describing positional...
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Chess
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/14/1995; ; 438 words
; ...championship since 1892. Here, to compare, is how Wilhelm Steinitz managed to lose one move more quickly than...Bc5 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3! improving on Steinitz's 11.c3. White: Wilhelm Steinitz Black: Mikhail Chigorin Eighth match game...
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THE LISTENER: CHECKMATE BBC Radio 4 - A chequered history of East versus West Eastern Europe has long produced the world's greatest chess players - and with the Cold War at its height, the Soviets had a point to prove
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...most brilliant players, such as Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker, were emerging...player Adolf Anderssen in 1866, Steinitz modestly proclaimed himself world...showdown match was set for 1886: when Steinitz emerged victorious, the chess...
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CHESS
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/13/1996; ; 508 words
; ...exciting when the game was ruled by giants such as Wilhelm Steinitz, who never feared a bloody nose, let alone a backward...for example. White: Mikhail Chigorin Black: Wilhelm Steinitz 15th game, world title match, 1889 1.e4 e5 2...
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Giving the losers a look.(CULTURE)(CHESS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 6/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...and gave Austrian world champion Wilhelm Steinitz all he could handle before losing...opening in a championship contest - Steinitz's refutation of the Evans Gambit...pawn, but his 16. Qxa7 Ng4? (Steinitz had played 16...Ne6 against...
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Chess nuts
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/8/2002; ; 524 words
; ...and 1996 portraits of Lasker, Steinitz, Tal and Kasparov adorned postage...Then there are stamps featuring Steinitz and Lasker issued in 1996 by the...city which in 1836 gave birth to Wilhelm Steinitz, the first great systematic thinker...
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Wilhelm Steinitz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Wilhelm Steinitz Perhaps no chess player represented the spirit of nineteenth century America better than Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900). His intelligence, innovation, arrogance, and...
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Emanuel Lasker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...championship, beating the famed player Wilhelm Steinitz. His victory shocked the world...wrote in Grandmasters of Chess, "Steinitz probably felt that the inexperienced...Square Hotel in New York City; Steinitz lost the first game. For the next...
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chess
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...included: Adolph Anderssen of Germany, 1851-58 and 1862-66; Paul C. Morphy of the United States, 1858-62; Wilhelm Steinitz of Austria, 1866-94; Emanuel Lasker of Germany, 1894-1921; José R. Capablanca of Cuba, 1921...
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chess world champions (men)
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...48 3 Unbeaten: defaulted title after refusing to accept ICC rules for championship match 1866–1894 Wilhelm Steinitz 1 Austria 1894–1921 Emanuel Lasker Germany 1921–1927 José Capablanca Cuba 1927...
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