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The brilliant Rick Andreoli Montreal was a friend of my fathers and I can remember when I was growing up that they would be often stuck to the chess board. My father would often be cursing and that is because, as I later learned, Rick was an incredibly high level player. In fact Rick was kind enough to give me a few lessons when I was growing up and whilst I can play well, I am nowhere near the level of this guy, he really is brilliant. If you look at a player who s playing at around the 2,000…

Gambling many years ago became a part of the enjoyment of human life. One of the first ways to gamble was a game of dice, which is described in the ancient Indian story “Mahabharata”. The dice were made fo bones and it is said that an unnamed and probably embarrassed Indian prince lost a game of bones to his wife. In ancient Europe, there were countires and cities where gambling was forbidden. One of these was Sparta where there was a stiff penalty if you gambled. In other Greek cities however, gambling was almost revered, and Kings and royalty did…