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The Perils of Opening Preparation II

by scribe | Mar 9, 2014 | games, openings, positions, tournaments

Continuing my series of posts of favorite games from the Santa Cruz Cup… The third Santa Cruz Cup, in 2005, was a really weird one for me. I finished first, but only because of unbelievable blunders by my two main rivals, Ilan Benjamin and Juande Perea....

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