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William Hopkins was born to William and Sarah Hopkins on June 22, 1863 in a rural farm town in Arkansas. His father was a Baptist minister and his mother worked as a shop keeper. At an early age, Hopkins learned how to play chess on an old antique chess board rumored to have once belonged to
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on a4 by deterring Black from playing 5...b5. In addition, c4 asserts some control over the center, in particular the important d5-square.
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