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The background
story to an unusual
game
THE LOOK!
Dusan Krunic and
Christopher Yoo

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Amidst new faces and
rousing competition,
Annie Wang comes
out on top
A TRIUMPH OF
EXPERIENCE
Grayson Rorrer

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75-year-old wins
the National Open
in Las Vegas 80
Endings
HITTING THE JACKPOT
IN LAS VEGAS SENIOR
Arthur Guo ENDGAME MOMENTS
GM Alex Fishbein
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Chess parenting 87
Chess Tech
28 CHESS AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS NEVER RUN AWAY
Russian GM Ian FROM DATA!
Nepomniachtchi is the next
world title challenger Jon Edwards
CARLSEN'S NEMESIS?
Illia Nyzhnyk
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A Remembrance
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 Now aged 19, David Brodsky from Westchester County, NY, belongs to the new
generation of the most promising juniors in the United States (see the table for Top
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