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The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores: District Nine Chess Program Second Year Report

@inproceedings{Margulies1999TheEO,
  title={The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores: District Nine Chess Program Second Year Report},
  author={Stuart Margulies},
  year={1999}
}
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