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On the Superfluity of Words (3)

professor of mathematics and, no less importantly, a passionate lover of chess. brings together mathematical and chess problems that are complete and self-contained, problems that explain themselves and need no lengthy verbal instructions.

On the Superfluity of Words (3)

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professor of mathematics and, no less importantly, a passionate lover of chess.

brings together mathematical and chess problems that are complete and self-contained, problems that explain themselves and need no lengthy verbal instructions.

Helmut Pfleger, grandmaster and medical researcher, tells us what he thinks of the subject.

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professor of mathematics and, no less importantly, a passionate lover of chess. brings together mathematical and chess problems that are complete and self-contained, problems that explain themselves and need no lengthy verbal instructions. Helmut Pfleger, grandmaster and medical researcher, tells us what he thinks of the subject.

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