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Anderssen

British  
/ ˈændəsən /

noun

  1. Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There’s been some excellent revisionist history about the Anderssen match and about the roots of Morphy’s greatness more generally.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Anderssen, a professor of mathematics, traveled to Paris on his year-end break to play the match, including two lively encounters played on Dec. 25.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2021

BARCELONA, Spain — When Gisle Anderssen and Bente Hoeseth, Norwegian newlyweds, were planning their honeymoon last December, by their own admission, they knew little about Catalan nationalism.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

From the garrulous, troubled Terri Hooley in sleeper hit Good Vibrations to murderous sheriff Dan Anderssen in Fortitude and Game of Thrones’ much-resurrected warrior Beric Dondarrion, Dormer specialises in tormented souls.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

At the village gate they were admitted by a native woman, the wife of the chief whom Anderssen had paid to assist him.

From Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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