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Chess manual

Life Lessons

When Your Best Move Is Embracing Loser Mindset

OXNARD, CA - AUGUST 03: Linebacker Micah Parsons #11 of the Dallas Cowboys participates in drills during training camp at River Ridge Complex on August 3, 2021 in Oxnard, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

Dallas Cowboys Training Camp

Cowboys Rookie Crafts Powerful New Football-As-Chess Analogy

BEVERWIJK, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 21: Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko of Russia competes against Fabiano Caruana of the United States of America during the 83rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in Dorpshuis De Moriaan on January 21, 2021 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021

Chess

Teenage Grandmaster Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Magnus Carlsen

Petrosian, Tigran L. waits to compete wit Clarsen, Magnus on the Day 6 of the King Salman Rapid &amp; Blitz Chess Championships on December 30, 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Championship is taking place in Saudi Arabia for the first time with participation of 236 players from 70 countries.

2017 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships – Day 6

Let Me Explain This Amazingly Petulant Chess Drama To You

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