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SHOCKER! U.S. Chess Champ Fabiano Caruana vs. Julian Proleiko

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October 3 2024
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Fabiano Caruana visited the Saint Louis Chess Club to face some of the area’s best players in the Club’s weekly Saturday Night Blitz Tournament. Watch him go head to head with Julian Proleiko.

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