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Millionaire Chess: 10 Things I Think I Think

by scribe | Oct 13, 2015 | current news, endings, people, positions, ruminations, tournaments

(1) Way to go, Ted Castro! I hope you aren’t too disappointed by losing your last match. I can give you nineteen thousand reasons not to be disappointed. (2) The commentators pointed this out, so I will too: You never saw so many relaxed, happy faces before the...

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