Fan Favorite: Why are Russians so good at Chess?

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🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Will and Mango go deep into their chess cave to determine: what's the most dangerous styles of chess, why did the game move from the battlefield to the royal court, and if a billion people to play chess, can that stop an alien invasion?

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