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The Gamblers Behind One of Chess's Weirdest Unsolved Cheating Mysteries Have Been Unmasked

Backchannel Latest · Kit Chellel · last updated
In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknown—until now.
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