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Some countries, particularly nations like [[Uzbekistan]] from the former [[Soviet Union]], promote chess as a fundamental aspect of learning and mental development.
Some countries, particularly nations like [[Uzbekistan]] from the former [[Soviet Union]], promote chess as a fundamental aspect of learning and mental development.
== Bobby Fischer ==
=== Bobby Fischer and Bible reading ===
Earlier in life he mentioned that "I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead '''''and forcing myself to pray an hour and study (the [[Bible]]) an hour'''''. You know, I was half out of my head-stoned almost."[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer]
[[File:Bobby Fischer smiling 1972.jpg|center|thumb|Bobby Fischer in [[Amsterdam]], Jan. 1, 1972]]
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[[Image:Fischer wideweb 430x408.jpg|center|thumb|Bobby Fischer playing chess against [[Boris Spassky]] in 1974.]]
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category: Chess]]
[[Category: Chess]]