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When Your Best Move Is Embracing Loser Mindset
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Patrick Redford
December 28, 2023
NFL
Cowboys Rookie Crafts Powerful New Football-As-Chess Analogy
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Patrick Redford
August 11, 2021
New Defector Merch For Your Baby
Finally, Defector merch for the baby who loves food. Designed by illustrator extraordinaire Hawk Krall, our new Chefector baby onesie is the perfect outfit for those little fans of various mush. And for the food-motivated adult, it's available on a regular T-shirt, too.
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Teenage Grandmaster Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Magnus Carlsen
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Patrick Redford
January 24, 2021
Chess
Let Me Explain This Amazingly Petulant Chess Drama To You
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Patrick Redford
October 5, 2020