When my kids were very young, i taught them both to play chess and that they could go pretty much anywhere in the world with a chessboard and even if they couldn't speak the language? They'd be able to play.
I don't know too much about his life, but the name? A name everyone knows.
I thought this was a sweet picture.... before my time but I'd imagine there are those who remember him this way.
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