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Beersheba is king of world chess
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GAVIN RABINOWITZ, AP
Jerusalem Post
12-12-2004
Headline: Beersheba is king of world chess
Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ, AP
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Sunday, December 12, 2004 -- Here's a surprise gambit: the city with the most chess grand masters per capita in the world is Beersheba.
Better known as a biblical oasis or, in its later incarnation, a desert backwater, Beersheba is trading its image of squalid housing projects and camels for castles and kings.
"For every 20,000 inhabitants we have a grand master," said Beersheba chess club founder Eliyahu Levant, referring to the eight ...
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