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The story behind “Double Queen Sacs”

by scribe | Sep 15, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people

Every now and then I like to use this blog to take you “behind the scenes” and tell you some things that were left out of my ChessLectures. Last Friday’s lecture on Double Queen Sacs, or the “Henry VIII theme” (in honor of Henry VIII,...

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