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101Colin (horse) — Colin Sire Commando Grandsire Domino Dam …
102Development of the World Chess Championship — Further information: World Chess Championship The concept of a world chess champion started to emerge in the first half of the 19th century, and the phrase world champion appeared in 1845. From this time onwards various players were acclaimed as… …
103Emanuel Lasker — Infobox chess player playername = Emanuel Lasker birthname = Emanuel Lasker country = GER datebirth = December 24, 1868 placebirth = Berlinchen, Prussia (now Barlinek, Poland) datedeath = January 11, 1941 (aged 72) placedeath = New York City,… …
104History of cricket to 1725 — The history of cricket to 1725 traces the sport s development from its perceived origins to the stage where it had become a major sport in England and had been introduced to other countries.The earliest definite reference to cricket occurs in… …
105education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
106Major League Baseball on ABC — Genre Sport Developed by ABC Sports Directed by Chet Forte Craig Janoff Starring Major League Baseball on ABC broadcasters …
107Online poker — PokerTracker HUD overlay during a Pokerstars online poker session Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide. Christiansen Capital… …
108Chess handicap — a b c d e f g h …
109The Staunton-Morphy controversy — concerns the failure of negotiations in 1858 for a chess match between Howard Staunton and Paul Morphy and later interpretations of the actions of the two players. The details of the events are not universally agreed, and accounts and… …
110poker — poker1 /poh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that pokes. 2. a metal rod for poking or stirring a fire. [1525 35; POKE1 + ER1] poker2 /poh keuhr/, n. a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands,… …
