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Revealed: Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca's secret 'football and chess' thesis that fuels everything he does - the 'surprise factor', how it changed Cole Palmer and which players are his king, rook and bishop

Revealed: Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca's secret 'football and chess' thesis that fuels everything he does - the 'surprise factor', how it changed Cole Palmer and which players are his king, rook and bishop

EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL: If your knowledge of chess is limited to cheating with vibrating beads and The Queen's Gambit, then Enzo Maresca's 42-page thesis may not be the first thing you turn to read.

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