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Latvian Gambit

by Matt Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club I was thinking about the Latvian Gambit recently.  I used to play it regularly and had good success against higher rated players.  Unfortunately it didn’t seem to work so well against lower rated players. I think the problem for higher rated players was that they knew a little …

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Halftime at 1st Annual Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix

It is now half-time of our 1st Annual Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix!   Our first few five tournaments went by more quickly than we ever could have imagined. Congrats to Mateo Uribe from PS 321 who is currently leading the Grand Prix with a fitting score of 64.  Julian Griffin from Buckley is the …

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