Grandmaster Preparation

By Peter Long -
GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia stopped off in KL with his Manager Kristianus Liem on the way to Kazahkstan for the Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan and got some serious training!

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