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Why would Black refuse to exchange rooks?
15 July 2021
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(4)
vulnerability
(71)
Walker (George)
(2)
Wall (Bill)
(2)
Wang Hao
(3)
Wang Yue
(1)
Washington State
(8)
Watson (John)
(5)
WCC 1948
(1)
WCC 1978
(1)
WCC Bonn 2008
(16)
WCC Chennai
(11)
WCC Havana 1921
(26)
WCC Moscow
(2)
WCC New York 2016
(5)
WCC Sofia
(1)
Wei Yi
(4)
Wijk aan Zee
(58)
Williams (Simon)
(1)
windmill
(1)
Winter (Edward)
(16)
Women's World Championship
(1)
world champions
(22)
x-ray
(6)
youth chess
(25)
Yudasin (Leonid)
(1)
Yugoslav Attack (Sicilian)
(6)
Yusupov
(2)
Ziyatdinov
(41)
Znosko-Borovsky (Eugene)
(1)
zugzwang
(38)
Zukertort (Johannes)
(6)
zwischenzug
(19)
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