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Sharing two chess compositions I enjoyed this week
First the diagrams, then some commentsL.Kubbel, 1909
https://lichess.org/study/RtkeR2M1/Iww8C3zT#0
L.Kubbel, 1909
https://lichess.org/study/RtkeR2M1/iRF7bD4V#0
From a chess book by GM Aagaard. For the exclamation marks, open the study chapters manually.
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