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Who was that masked lecturer?

by scribe | Jul 4, 2013 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, people, ruminations

This morning I listened to one of Dennis Monokroussos’ most recent ChessLectures, entitled “Jobava’s Giuoco Piano Forte.” It was a nice lecture, going over a game where Georgian (as in Republic of Georgia) grandmaster Baadur Jobava crushed...
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