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Not Déjà Vu: the Champs Returned Kamsky, Krush Conquer the Competition at the 2013 U.S SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER WE LOOK BACK AT THE RELEASE OF CANDIDATES’20 YEARS AGO TOURNAMENT THIS MONTH:GM IAN ROGERS ON AN EPIC WIN BY GM MAGNUS CARLSEN AUGUSTJUNE 2013 Not Déjà Vu: The champs returned Kamsky, Krush Conquer the Competition at the 2013 U.S. Championship to the same St. Louis rooftop as last year. AUGUST 7 25274 64631 A USCF Publication AUGUST A USCF Publication $5.95 08 $5.95 9 08 www.uschess.org THE WORLD’STHE WORLD’S MOST WIDELYMOST WIDELY READ CHESS READ CHESSMAGAZINE MAGAZINE 7 25274 64631 9 The Ocial Chess Shop of the U.S. Chess Federation NEW! The GameTime II Evgeny Sveshnikov 256 pages - $29.95 developments and presents a number of cunning new ideas, many of which come from his Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian NEW! 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