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Alexander Donchenko: "Then there was no stopping it"
Photo: Lando Hass / FAZ Photo
It was a week ago that Alexander Donchenko received a strange e-mail in the middle of the night.
The organizer of the prestigious chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee asked where he lived.
In Giessen, replied Donchenko.
The organizer contacted us again the next day.
This time he asked Donchenko if he could stand in for Daniil Dubow.
The Russian grandmaster had to cancel his tournament participation due to corona contact.
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