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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Sunday, 25 November 1945
[I Ching hexagram] 59.
Sleep till 1.15 PM!
Chess 2-0 v.[ersus] Watson[1] at ! odds. 1st win fatastically easy; oh so nearly got a smothered mate on 8th move! Alas! But it came to a series of discovered checks which won R.[ook], B.[ishop], K[nigh]t, Q.[ueen] & other R.[ook] without loss!!
1—[Refers either to William G. Watson, a member of the Hastings Chess Club or Herbert Watson.]
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