Sorge was a passionate chess player. He played against Kurt Gerlach (Sorge: 25 -- Gerlach: 50); Pyatnitski, Kuusinen, Klopstock (Sorge: 12 -- Pyatnitski, Kuusinen, Klopstock: 12); Berzin (Sorge: 131 -- Berzin: 127); Klausen (Sorge: 1 -- Klausen: 0); Ozaki (Sorge: 50 -- Ozaki: 49); Hanako (Sorge: 111 -- Hanako: 0); Ott (Sorge: 45 -- Ott: 12); and he played against himself daily.
 

 


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