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Category Archives: obama
Obama’s Impossible Chess Game
I have commented before on the way Barack Obama is portrayed as a “chess master” on the world political stage (see Obama as Chess Master and Obama as Chess Master, Part Two). Today GM Kevin Spraggett points us to a … Continue reading
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