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by kenesom1 3881 days ago
SIRF's report on October 19 [1] discusses operating structure and entities, many of which are named after chess references. From several articles:

"Philidor" ["Francois-Andre Philidor was an 18th century French Chess master"]

"BQ6 Media" ["named after the chess shorthand for Bobby Fisher's legendary move against Russian chess master Boris Spassky in 1972"]

"End Game LP" ["stage of a chess game when there are few pieces left"]

"KGA Fulfillment Services Inc." ["popular chess move is the King's Gambit Accepted, or as it's often referred to in chess notation, KGA."]

"Isolani LLC" ["Isolani refers to an isolated queen’s pawn."]

"Lucena Holding LLC" ["Lucena position - one of the most famous and important positions in chess endgame theory"]

"Back Rank" ["a checkmate move in which a rook or queen takes the king on the back row of the board."]

[1] http://sirf-online.org/2015/10/19/hidden-in-plain-sight-vale...

[2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/valeants-s...

[3] http://www.propublica.org/article/pharmacies-valeant-affilia...

[4] http://sirf-online.org/2015/10/25/the-kings-gambit-accepted-...

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_endgame

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucena_position