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2021-09-25 04:00:00

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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
#OnThisDay [N.S.] in 1906 he was born.
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📷 British Chess Magazine, Nov 1946
📷 Nicholas Tikhomirov
Cf. chess.com/blog/RoaringPa…