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| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 4/23/2008 00:23:25 play online chess |  Subject: stonewalll attack study materialMessage: I've been experimenting with it and it seems not as good or systematic as I expected so I'm probably not getting the move order right. Thanks, Spurtus |
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