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Extraordinary chess parlor tales and stubborn sandwiches
A narrator recalls a Lincoln shop famed for extraordinary chess and decent sandwiches two bits. He describes New York city chess rooms on Broadway at 42nd Street with kibitzers, diverse patrons, and watchful players. A dollar a game leads to quick losses and reflections on chess and life.
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New York
Lincoln
Nebr
Clgar
42Nd and Broadway
Bowery
Seventh Avenue