Sympathetic chess grandmaster, inventor of the Schmid Benoni, veteran of many Olympiads, wisest of chess arbiters, famous collector of chess books, publisher of the Karl May stories, dies at the age of 85. The whole chess world mourns, but at the same times wonders what will happen with his collection, the largest and most valuable in the world.
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Obituaries :
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