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Members of Toronto's first chess school get a lesson from Canada's top woman player, Nava Shterenberg, left
Members of Toronto's first chess school get a lesson from Canada's top woman player, Nava Shterenberg, left

Members of Toronto's first chess school get a lesson from Canada's top woman player, Nava Shterenberg, left

Date6/26/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Members of Toronto's first chess school get a lesson from Canada's top woman player; Nava Shterenberg; left. Colin Berkowitz; 9; makes his move while Mark Shafirovitch; 10; and Colin's brother; Shawn; 9; look on. Mrs. Shterenberg's father taught her chess when she was 5 when the family lived in Russia.
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