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Description: The Definitive History of California Chess: from San Francisco to Hollywood.

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And call'd it Caissa from the dryad's name: (Whence Albion's sons, who most its praise confess, Approv'd the play, and nam'd it thoughtful Chess.)

Chess History Archives The Definitive History of California Chess; with scans of Magazines, Columns and Ephemera.

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