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What can we learn from chess history?

by scribe | Apr 18, 2012 | games, literature, positions, tournaments

I’m really not a big expert on chess history. However, at Mike Splane’s latest chess salon last weekend, I talked about my recent game from the Reno tournament in the Bird Variation (Blackburne Subvariation) of the Ruy Lopez. (That’s 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3...

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What can we learn from chess history?

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