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Winner Understood Opponent’s Psychology

By PHILLIP ALDER

Most members of the American Contract Bridge League’s Hall of Fame are marquis names. A few are lower-profile experts well respected by their peers

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Young Grandmaster-to-Be Bows to Formidable Older Foe

By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN

Lajos Portisch, 72, can still be a formidable opponent, as he showed Richard Rapport, a 13-year-old from Hungary, in the final round of the Gotth’Art Cup.

Crossword Puzzle Answer for January 20, 2010

Because of a production error in some copies of Thursday’s newspaper, part of the answers for Wednesday’s puzzle were omitted. They are available here.