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Day: September 30, 2020

Rules Can Set You Free

by Bonnie Swift.

All my friends are playing chess again, and it all started with a story by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich at WNYC’s RadioLab. A recent show called Games has a zippy story called The Rules Can Set You Free [21:57] that’s enough to inspire even the most out-­‐of-­‐practice player back to the chessboard.

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