My dad taught me chess at ~13, having watched “the swindler” Frank Marshall in NY; we cheered for Fischer and Kasparov. In my 70’s in MA, I learned by playing my brother-in-law, who had been a High School coach and a fan of Reshevsky. I like to chat during games.
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