The Pawn Who Would Be Queen: The Story of Alabama’s First National Champions Slav Defense Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov covers the

Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov covers the most popular opening positions in the history of chess that occur after 1

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The Pawn Who Would Be Queen: The Story of Alabama’s First National Champions Slav Defense Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov covers theRudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would be King is about two former British soldiers who attempt to seek fame and fortune in colonial India. The Pawn Who Would be Queen is about a small school in Alabama seeking notoriety on the chess board. Starting the chess program from scratch, the school captured the State Championship within two years and a National Championship within five. How did they do this, routinely playing much larger schools in a state not