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Re: Robert Byrne dies at 84
Reply #3 - 04/14/13 at 07:37:28
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R.I.P. to a true giant of US chess.  Sad
  
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Re: Robert Byrne dies at 84
Reply #2 - 04/14/13 at 07:36:11
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R.I.P.
  
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Re: Robert Byrne dies at 84
Reply #1 - 04/14/13 at 00:50:35
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I remember looking forward each week to reading his chess column in the newspaper.
  
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Robert Byrne dies at 84
04/14/13 at 00:06:34
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Byrne won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. He represented the United States nine times in Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals
  
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