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Four Days Until Tulsa

by scribe | Mar 24, 2008 | Chess Lecture, openings, tournaments, US Chess League

Four more days until the first-ever U.S. Championship Qualifier! This morning I checked out the advance entries (as of last Wednesday). There are 87 people on the list, plus two possibles. Surprisingly, there are only 7 grandmasters entered, and 12 international...

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