"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."

Chess, School

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"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."

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"After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired."

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"Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won."

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