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Checkmate: For the player who likes to keep talk to a minimum, this conversational chess challenger makes its move and then tells you, succincntly, all about it
Checkmate: For the player who likes to keep talk to a minimum, this conversational chess challenger makes its move and then tells you, succincntly, all about it

Checkmate: For the player who likes to keep talk to a minimum, this conversational chess challenger makes its move and then tells you, succincntly, all about it

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Original Toronto Star caption: Checkmate: For the player who likes to keep talk to a minimum; this conversational chess challenger makes its move and then tells you; succincntly; all about it.
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