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Missed Opportunities

by scribe | Jul 4, 2018 | chess clubs, current news, endings, games, positions, tournaments

Round six of the Tuesday Night Marathon at the Mechanics Institute was another hard-fought draw. I really don’t mind draws, even against lower-rated players, as long as good chess was played on both sides. In this game, my opponent made a really strange mistake...
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