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Wilhelm Steinitz was the World Chess Champion from 1886 to 1894. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/15/09 |
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Viswanathan Anand became the World Chess Champion in 2007. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/16/09 |
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There are 32 pieces used in a game of chess. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/30/08 |
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The modern version of the board game "The Game of Life" was published in 1960 by the Milton Bradley Company. |
Hobbies > Games |
02/01/09 |
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The board game Pente was created in 1978 by Gary Gabrel. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/30/09 |
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The board game "Trivial Pursuit" was created by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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The board game "Pay Day" was created in 1975 by Paul J. Gruen. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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The board game "La Conquete du Monde" was created by French film maker Albert Lamorisse in 1957. It was released two years later in English as "Risk". |
Hobbies > Games |
02/01/09 |
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The board game "Careers" was created in 1955 by sociologist James Cooke Brown. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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Spades is the highest suit in the card game of Bridge. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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Milton Bradley released his first board game, "The Checkered Game of Life", in 1860. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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In the original version of the game Monopoly, the Short Line lies on the side of the board between Go To Jail and Go. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/29/08 |
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In the original version of the game Monopoly, the Reading Railroad lies on the side of the board between Go and Jail. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/30/08 |
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In the original version of the game Monopoly, the Pennsylvania Railroad lies on the side of the board between Jail and Free Parking. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/30/08 |
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In the original version of the game Monopoly, the B&O Railroad lies on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go To Jail. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/30/08 |
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