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Saturday, November 19, 2016

One of the Last Problem Compositions of a Civil War Union Soldier


In 1861, a Syracuse, NY chess player and problem composer named George Nelson Cheney was killed at the Battle of Bull Run. He was 24 years of age. Below is one of his problems that was published in the US and England earlier that year. White to move. Mate in four.



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