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What’s a national championship worth?

by scribe | May 29, 2008 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments

Apparently not much, if youÂ believe this article by GM Joel Benjamin at U.S. Chess Online. Benjamin was responding to a reader who asked why so many top U.S. players — Kamsky, Nakamura, Christiansen, DeFirmian, and Benjamin himself — who were eligible for...

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What’s a national championship worth?

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