[chessmind-announce] New post at The Chess Mind

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Hello,
	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1175644507.shtml

It begins:

	Most players who have heard of Robert Byrne
	probably think of him as the recently retired New
	York Times chess columnist. And so he was, of
	course, but that’s probably the least of his
	accomplishments! He’s a grandmaster, a former
	U.S. chess champion, a Candidate in 1973-4 who came
	up half a point short of repeating in 1976, and a
	2600 player at a time when that was equivalent to
	2700 today. He has to his credit wins over
	Bronstein, Reshevsky, Smyslov, and Fischer (his
	tournament record against Fischer was a very
	impressive +1 -2 =6); and draws with Fine,
	Botvinnik,...