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Ingram Braun

Ingram Braun

Only a guess but maybe it was the favourite of the West German chief arbiter GM Lothar Schmid. Garde clocks were very popular in FRG chess clubs during that time and the trade between the two German...

Ingram Braun Dec 10, 2022

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