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Jumping Into the Deep End

by scribe | Mar 11, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, people, positions, ruminations

This weekend two of my protégés at the Aptos Library Chess Club, Emmy and Ryder Pimentel, ventured into the world of rated chess for the first time. And they did it in a reallllly big way: they played in the CalChess Super State Championships, a scholastic tournament...

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