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A Tale of Two QGD’s

by scribe | May 13, 2014 | Chess Lecture, current news, openings, people, tournaments

Over the weekend I spent a lot of time studying a fascinating game from the first round of the U.S. Women’s Championship, won by a 13-year-old girl from the Bay Area, Ashritha Eswaran. Eswaran is the lowest-rated player in the tournament and a relative newbie to...

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