Few individuals have had as great an influence on American chess as IM Jeremy Silman, who died on September 21 in Los Angeles, California. The cause was complications from primary progressive aphasia frontotemporal dementia.
Writing in a conversational and colloquial style, he offered practical advice on how to cut down on mistakes, the most difficult part of the game to master.
Investigators say they interviewed five known victims who all said John Grefe had groped them, exposed himself, or made unwanted inappropriate sexual comments to them.
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