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What's the Big Idea? The Alchemist: Paul Morphy

  • Logan Square Branch Library 3030 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

Modern chess began with the champion innovators Paul Morphy,  William Steinitz and José Raúl Capablanca. US Chess Expert Bill Brock explains how these brilliant players transformed chess and how to put the principles they pioneered to work in your own games. For “advanced beginners.”

Earlier Event: March 28
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