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Pace of Play, Easy versus Hard Moves

by scribe | Aug 17, 2015 | chess clubs, games, openings, people, ruminations

I was away for a few days at a science meeting in Seattle, but now I’m back. I had a chess-ful weekend. First, Eric Montany invited me and the Usual Suspects to a birthday party at his house. There were, like, real people at this party, not just chess players,...

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