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HAVANA - DECEMBER 7: ( ITALY OUT) Cuban President Fidel Castro plays chess during a simultaneous game with about 11,000 people the day before the end of first Cuban Olympic games at the Plaza de la Revolucion December 7, 2002 in Havana. About 11,000 amateurs played 550 chess masters on tables that filled Havana's Revolution Square. Cubans wanted to top the world record of 10,007 tables set recently by Mexico. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

HAVANA - DECEMBER 7:  ( ITALY OUT)  Cuban President Fidel Castro plays chess during a simultaneous game with about 11,000 people the day before the end of first Cuban Olympic games at the Plaza de la Revolucion December 7, 2002 in Havana.  About 11,000 amateurs played 550 chess masters on tables that filled Havana's Revolution Square. Cubans wanted to top the world record of 10,007 tables set recently by Mexico.  (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)