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== Who plays chess? Why do you play chess?==
 
== Who plays chess? Why do you play chess?==
 
* Mathematician Paul Erdos, who was a Research Associate in Purdue's mathematics department from 1943 to 1945, was a very skillful chess player [http://www.math.purdue.edu/about/purview/fall96/paul-erdos.html].
 
* Mathematician Paul Erdos, who was a Research Associate in Purdue's mathematics department from 1943 to 1945, was a very skillful chess player [http://www.math.purdue.edu/about/purview/fall96/paul-erdos.html].
* Purdue student Bernard Parham is a chess master and the inventor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parham_Attack Parham Attack]. You can watch the Parham attack being used [[Parham_Attack|here]].
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* Purdue student Bernard Parham is a chess master and the inventor of the [[Parham_Attack| Parham Attack]]. You can watch the Parham attack being used [[Parham_Attack|here]].
 
* Dan Fleetwood [http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~dan.fleetwood/], (Ph. D., Solid State Physics,  M. S., Experimental Physics, B. S., Physics and Applied Math, all from Purdue University), was the 8th American to earn the International Correspondence Chess GrandMaster title, played Board 1 for the United States Correspondence Chess Olympics team in the 15th Olympiad Final (http://www.iccf-webchess.com/), and finished 8th in the 18th International Correspondence Chess Championship.
 
* Dan Fleetwood [http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~dan.fleetwood/], (Ph. D., Solid State Physics,  M. S., Experimental Physics, B. S., Physics and Applied Math, all from Purdue University), was the 8th American to earn the International Correspondence Chess GrandMaster title, played Board 1 for the United States Correspondence Chess Olympics team in the 15th Olympiad Final (http://www.iccf-webchess.com/), and finished 8th in the 18th International Correspondence Chess Championship.
 
* Do you play chess? Tell us why!
 
* Do you play chess? Tell us why!

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Who plays chess? Why do you play chess?

  • Mathematician Paul Erdos, who was a Research Associate in Purdue's mathematics department from 1943 to 1945, was a very skillful chess player [1].
  • Purdue student Bernard Parham is a chess master and the inventor of the Parham Attack. You can watch the Parham attack being used here.
  • Dan Fleetwood [2], (Ph. D., Solid State Physics, M. S., Experimental Physics, B. S., Physics and Applied Math, all from Purdue University), was the 8th American to earn the International Correspondence Chess GrandMaster title, played Board 1 for the United States Correspondence Chess Olympics team in the 15th Olympiad Final (http://www.iccf-webchess.com/), and finished 8th in the 18th International Correspondence Chess Championship.
  • Do you play chess? Tell us why!

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