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How does a young person come to chess? A recent feature by Gerald Drissner in Credo, the wealth journal of the Liechtenstein Global Trust, struck certain chords with my own experiences. Credo is lent added poignancy, in that it is published by my good friend and sponsor of Tony Buzan’s mental skills Intelligence Institute Academy, His Serene Highness Prince Philipp Von and Zu Liechtenstein.

In what follows I have made ample use of the Credo feature and I gratefully acknowledge Gerald Drissner’s excellent in depth portrayal of one of the most remarkable characters on the current UK chess scene.…

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