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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

by scribe | Aug 5, 2015 | chess clubs, people, ruminations, tournaments

As some of you may have noticed, when I write about games against kids in this blog I often quote their age-group ranking, as in “Yesterday I beat John Doe, the #48 14-year-old in the country.” Mike Splane noticed this and said, “Why don’t you...

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