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At the time I was also playing chess, but it was more of a solitary pursuit, an after- dinner activity with my father. If I had known of the U.S. Amateur Team, which was just hitting its stride about this same time, I can imagine begging my dad to let me participate in that amiable event. Team sports and chess combined? That was for me. Al Lawrence captures this feeling in his wonderfully atmos- pheric report covering the U.S. Amateur Team East from Pasippany, New Jersey beginning on page 20. The North, West, and South events follow. Our team theme continues as most of the members of our U.S. squad annotate their best efforts from the Pan American Team Championship in Campinas, Brazil. Our guys took the top prize, qualifying them to play in the FIDE World Team Championship in November in Antalya, Turkey. What is particularly exciting about this is how young they are, with an average age of only 25. 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