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Shankland Shines in ST ALSO INSIDE: A PHOTO ESSAY FROM THE PRO CHESS LEAGUE FINALS July 2018 | USChess.org Shankland Shines IN ST. LOUIS AT U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP Paikidze Prevails WINS SECOND U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Strike like Judit! The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess """(&#&& " )'# % %#! ) -%'# &'% Charles Hertan 256 pages - $24.95 Mikhail Shereshevsky 352 pages - $29.95 /*%"(9))*$#%)*$)*(/,0*,)6(($ “A must for all chess trainers and chess players who wish to 3*#8%/1""$)&(3("0(*(&)6)*/$$$ #&(%0*(&(%(#$8;= %) )()$/$$$$#*(!)8%/1"""($(%# :1 $)))%(*%%/&.$*)%%!8; (*,"0)%$6"/",$)!"")$%/$*(<$*/,0 %%#+'%0'#%# "&& )8(0,$/**1"""&3%/1$#%(#) :)))/%%%%!8""%$61 $))5%1 BEST NEW! )3%/1""$!""(#%0)#%()"3$#%('/!"38 )$/&*/*%(%($%*(%%!6))%%$)&%))"8; SELLER! " %&0 ." 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