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position of chessmen at the beginning of a game
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The Turk, a chess-playing pseudo-automaton
chess composition
chess composition by Henri Weenink
chess composition by Lev Loshinsky
chess composition by Sam Loyd
chess composition by Ghenrikh Kasparyan
chess composition by Henry Augustus Loveday
chess composition by Henry Wald Bettman
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