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821:"Muhlock vs. Borislav Kostić, Koln (1911), Cologne GER"
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558:Modern Chess Instructor
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626:after 6.Nxc3 d6 7.d4
961:. p. 242, n. 1.
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604:Paul Keres
465:Synonym(s)
450:(see text)
448:Blackburne
891:(1977).
726:See also
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691:playable
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649:material
591:Analysis
568:–Hicks,
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566:Dunlop
455:Parent
444:Legend
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405:Moves
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