Word: chessboard
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...PRENSA of Lima: On the chessboard of international rivalries, Khrushchev is now moving a pawn named Fidel Castro...
...profession, Botvinnik is an electrical engineer, and one of the Soviet Union's best (he helped design the turbines for a giant hydroelectric plant on the Volga). He brings an engineering mind to the chessboard: steeped in the classical traditions and theories of chess, he sizes up his opponent, selects his form of attack and, pondering each move to the limit of allowed time, develops it with ruthless precision...