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First published in Great Britain 2017 by Walker Books Ltd
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Text © Didier Jeunesse, Paris, 2012
English translation © 2017 Emma Mandley
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The translator would like to thank The Panhard et Levassor Club GB and The English Chess Federation for their invaluable help.
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