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Anton Smirnov

Sydney boy Anton Smirnov won a tournament in Cyprus and became the youngest chess grandmaster in the history of Australia. With the vice-president of the Australian chess federation Leonid Sandler we congratulate Anton and talk about chess prodigies and other black-and-white board news


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Sydney boy Anton Smirnov won a tournament in Cyprus and became the youngest chess grandmaster in the history of Australia. With the vice-president of the Australian chess federation Leonid Sandler we congratulate Anton and talk about chess prodigies and other black-and-white board news



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