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Five Tips To Become A World Chess Champion: Vasily Smyslov's Story

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| Dec 26, 2020

In the past few years, I wrote a biography of the seventh world champion, Vasily Smyslov. The first volume, focused on the beginning of his chess career, is now available. I have analyzed hundreds of Smyslov’s games and tracked every step ...

Vera Menchik: The Real-life Beth Harmon

FM ddtru

| Nov 9, 2020

Over the past few weeks “The Queen’s Gambit” has taken the world by storm. The story of a young girl, Beth Harmon, who escapes the difficult childhood thanks to her immense chess talent and beats the best men in their game has ca...

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