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State chess champions… all states, all years

by scribe | Nov 15, 2012 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, literature, people

Last night I started looking online for lists of all the state chess champions in the U.S. since the beginning of time (or since 1878, when the New York State Championship was first held). It will probably surprise no one to hear that the information is scattered and...

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