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Our 2019 U.S. Champs UT-RGV WINS THE FINAL FOUR FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW July 2019 | USChess.org OUR 2019 U.S. CHAMPS HIKARU NAKAMURA nabs fifth U.S. Championship JENNIFER YU comes through for first U.S. Women’s Championship The United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer 888.51.CHESS (512.4377) www.USCFSales.com NEW! The #1 endgame manual now has a workbook Jesus de la Villa’s worldwide bestseller 100 Endgames You Must Know successfully debunked the myth that endgame theory is complex and that endgame books are tedious. In this sequel GM De la Villa presents hundreds of exercises, covering all the endgames he selected. 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