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Topic starter 23/06/2026 6:28 pm [#44377]

A new chess video has been posted: Game that Cost Bobby Fischer First Place in Zurich 1959.

🔗 Watch the video on ChessTerra

Opening: Ruy Lopez, Slav Defence

Channel: Chess Lectures

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