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Hello,
	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1187768551.shtml

It begins:

	When I last lived in New York, IM Yury Lapshun was,
	to my mind, the most entertaining player around -
	at least when I wasn't playing him. He was willing
	to play crazy openings and sacrifice all sorts of
	material against players of all abilities,
	including elite GMs. He had plenty of success
	playing this way, but as far as I can tell from a
	distance his play has solidified somewhat. Maybe
	it's the addition of a few years, or perhaps it's a
	bit of pragmatism in pursuit of the grandmaster
	title, but his wild flights of fancy have become
	increasingly...