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Sports, Hobbies, & Pets

Games, Hobbies, & Recreation

A	Accumulator Acrostic Alekhine, Alexander Anderssen, Adolf Australian Open Awards and Prizes

B	Baccarat (card game) Backgammon Bagatelle Bicycle Billiards Bingo Blackjack (card game) Book Collecting Boomerang Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich Boules Bowling Bridge (game) Bristow, Eric Bryant, David John Bykova, Elizaveta

D	Darts Davis, Steve Dice and Dice Games Diving (underwater) Dog Shows and Trials Dominoes

E	Écarté Electronic Games Entertainment Euchre Euwe, Max Extreme Sports

F	Fan Tan Fischer, Bobby Fishing French Open Frisbee

G	Gambling Games Gaprindashvili, Nona Gardening Go Goren, Charles Henry

H	Hearts Hobbies Hoppe, Willie Horseshoe Pitching Hoyle, Edmond Hula Hoop

I	In-Line Skating

K	Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karting Kasparov, Garry Keno Kite (device)

L	Lasker, Emanuel Lawn Bowls Lindrum, Walter Albert

M	Magic (conjuring) Mah Jongg Marbles Menchik, Vera Morphy, Paul

P	Parachute Parcheesi Petrosian, Tigran Physical Fitness Pinochle Poker Polgár, Zsuzsa Puzzle

R	Roller Skating Roulette Rubtsova, Olga Rudenko, Ludmilla Rummy

S	Sailing Sandberg, Ryne Scrabble Shogi Shuffleboard Skin Diving Skittles Sled Smyslov, Vassily Snorkel Snorkeling Snowmobile Soapbox Derby, All-American Solitaire (game) Spassky, Boris Stamps and Stamp Collecting Steinitz, Wilhelm

T	Tal, Mikhail Tarot Tobogganing Toys Trampoline Two-Up

U	United States Open (tennis)

W	Waterskiing Whist Wimbledon (tennis)

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