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A chess problem is simply an exercise in pure mathematics.
G. H. Hardy
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G. H. Hardy
Age: 70 †
Born: 1877
Born: February 7
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
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Cranleigh
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G. H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold Hardy
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Godfrey Harold
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