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Since the beginning of 1946, the world chess champion Alexander Alekhine had lived alone in the Portuguese tourist town of Estoril. He suffered from a lack of money; he was tormented by illness and alcoholism, boycotted by his colleagues. In early March, he arrived in Lisbon at the invitation of the British Embassy, where he was handed a letter delivered through diplomatic channels.

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