Grandmaster at fifteen years old
Published: 09 February, 2009, 20:34
The Russian teenage chess prodigy Alina Kashlinskaya is poised to become Europe’s youngest Grandmaster.
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Published: 09 February, 2009, 20:34
The Russian teenage chess prodigy Alina Kashlinskaya is poised to become Europe’s youngest Grandmaster.