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A Chess Problem Which Beth Harmon Solved In A Few Seconds

November 5, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am providing the solution to the chess problem featured in “The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries. “The Queen’s Gambit” is an American drama television miniseries based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of the same name.
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