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"Lasker's journal especially shone in its attention devoted to chess-related prose, such as the tale of General Rahl (p.267), the unfortunate English general in the American was of independence who (engrossed in a chess game) ignored the fateful note telling him of George Washington's approach. Elsewhere, we learn of a chess analogy with American football (p.87) and of King Oscar II of Sweden's ""second solution"" to a chess problem on top of his anniversary cake (p.192). He cut it with his cake knife, ""cleaving the black king in twain."". (Reviewed by BCM)" (EUR 29.00)