CHESS
March 2015
The planet's pre-emininent open chess tournament
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January/February 2015
Blunders happen even at the world championship level
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December 2014
Remembering Reuben Fine, Magnus Carlsen's greatest role model
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November 2014
The forgotten master who manufactured his own myths
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Chess
Standpoint’s chess column, written each month by Dominic Lawson, author of The Inner Game.
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