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Chess Underground #22: Marty Grund

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The November installment of Chess Underground's second season, Tournament Life, checks in with Isaac Steincamp, director of strategy at <a href="http://chess.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chess.com</a>.

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Maret Thorpe (courtesy subject)Chess Underground Season 2 Episode 2 catches up with Maret Thorpe, NTD and FIDE arbiter, about customer service, career changes, and riding a mechani

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Chess Underground #13: Bill Broich

The Chess Underground is literally underground, in every sense of the word, live (on tape) from the quarantined, sheltered-in-place state of Illinois, where we check in from afar on the only show in town... in the world...

Chess Underground #12: The Candidates

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