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Great question, Arkturos

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
Great question, Arkturos
Thank you, and sorry that I seemed to have buried your thread with it.

The answer to:

This person was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906, and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909, but declined it every time.

is:

Leo Tolstoy

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(also sorry that I didn't think to look up how to use the hidden tag when I posted the answer)

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Just adding (for the sake of bumping) that the answer to that one was a surprise to me, too.

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I doubt, that this one will be solved without looking it up (I did)

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HERE. final answer.

I don't if I'm right but I think I am

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My son says it was also called the Peninsula of Iberia, which is modern day Spain & Portugal.

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@Drewnogal said
My son says it was also called the Peninsula of Iberia, which is modern day Spain & Portugal.
Exactly what I had in mind, Drew, But Paul says no???

hmmmm, I wonder

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
Let's if we can make this a long lasting, pleasant thread. NO SEARCH ENGINES, PLEASE

In March of 1970, the first USSR v. The World Chess Match began (there were 2 such matches).
Max Euwe was the captain of the "the World" team and wanted to use Elo rating to seed the players.

One person complained about this arrangement and demanded to play board #1 instead of ...[text shortened]... e answer, just type HERE and we'll release it after everyone has a chance to answer it.

thank you
I’m going to guess reshevsky, who was the US champion before Fisher.

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@moonbus said
I’m going to guess reshevsky, who was the US champion before Fisher.
Well, Mister Bus, that has been answered already, thusly:


The answer is Bent Laesen of Denmark, who played world champ, Boris Spaasky on board 1.

Bobby Fischer played former world champ, Tigran Petrosian, on board 2

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
Well, Mister Bus, that has been answered already, thusly:


The answer is Bent Laesen of Denmark, who played world champ, Boris Spaasky on board 1.

Bobby Fischer played former world champ, Tigran Petrosian, on board 2
I skipped over other people's answers.

The USA had a number of very strong players at that time: Issac Kashdan, for example, but none to match the Soviets... until Bobby Fischer.

And not forgetting Migual Najdorf.

So, who else played in the famous match?

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The major USSR vs. World chess matches, especially the famous 1970 "Match of the Century" in Belgrade, pitted the top Soviet players against a team of the best non-Soviet players, featuring stars like Boris Spassky, Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal, and Mikhail Botvinnik for the Soviets, against world stars like Bobby Fischer, Bent Larsen, Lajos Portisch, Vlastimil Hort, and Svetozar Gligoric for the Rest of the World, with the USSR narrowly winning the overall match
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wow, I forgot about Svetozar Gligoric and Botvinik.

Svetozar Gligoric[ was Fischer's only friend.
He did a column in "Chess Life" mag called "Game of the month" - with great detail on the key moves. great column