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WWTC round 2 individual results
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Best players from China and Russia not in Astana
Chess: Russian and Chinese best players not taking part in World Championship in Astana Monday, 04.03.2013, 19:27Use of the Tengrinews English materials must be accompanied by a hyperlink to...
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Entering the exclusive club
So enters 2700 rank By MST Sports Posted on Mar. 01, 2013 at 12:01amWesley So became the first Philippine chess player to enter the 2700 ELO rank after tying for first in the Reykyavik Open with a...
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Lufei Ruan in Seattle
Woman Grandmaster Lufei Ruan SimulHosted by the Seattle Sluggers Chess Team, 2012 National ChampionsDate: Sunday, March 17, 2013Location: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St. Seattle, WA 98133Format: WGM...
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WWTC round 2 report
One of the most dramatic matches of the second round was the encounter between two medalists of the previous world team championship, China and Georgia. Despite the fact that Georgian team was the...
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Gambia Chess Festival
REPORT ON THE GAMBIA CHESS FESTIVAL By Stewart Reubenwww.fide.comThe Gambia ceased to be a member of FIDE 25 years ago. They rejoined in Turkey at the 2012 FIDE Congress. Later they contacted me to ask...
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China vs USA in round 3
Round 3 pairings 1 ROMANIA - INDIA2 KAZAKHSTAN - UKRAINE3 TURKEY - RUSSIA 4 CHINA - USA 5 FRANCE - GEORGIA Official website: http://astana2013.fide.comChess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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World class tactic review
This was position between Kaidanov (2420) - Anand (2500) in Moscow in 1987. Anand just played 24...Kf8. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.netChess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Mom fighting for daughter
Anastasiya Karlovich: Salome you’ve been playing for the National Georgian team for so many years. Can you share your impressions? Is it really important and crucial for you to represent your country...
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Eljanov fights back of unfair criticism
Published by Ingvar on March 5, 2013 http://www.reykjavikopen.comWhen Pavel Eljanov and Wesley So became joint winners of the Reykjavik Open (with Amin Baseem later joining them) five minutes or so...
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Leaders Russia crushed Turkey while China demolished the US
In spite of not having their top 2 players (Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue / Kosintseva sisters), China and Russia demolished the US and Turkey! Impressive! 1 2 ROMANIA 2 - 2 INDIA 10 2 3 KAZAKHSTAN 1½ - 2½...
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My take on the response from Eljanov
What Eljanov wrote is very reasonable. I fully support anti-draw rules in Invitational tournaments and official FIDE events but NOT in Open tournaments. I even made an official proposal to FIDE...
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Quote by Alina L'Ami, a participant at the Reykjavik Open
After beating me in round two (*not* appreciated, by the way), Eljanov proved he deserves to be first and, I would also add: back to the 2700 club (2697 on the virtual rating list, after this...
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Horvath wins the Festival Grand Hotel Adriatico 2013
Hungarian GM Csaba Horvath took the first prize at the 2nd International Chess Festival Grand Hotel Adriatico that took place on 1st-3rd March at the Hotel Adriatico located on Via Carlo Maresca 10 –...
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World School Chess Championships
WORLD SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Porto Carras, Halkidiki - GREECE, 6-15 May 2013Tournaments for school students in categories OPEN U7 U9, U11, U13, U15, U17 / GIRLS U7 U9, U11, U13, U15, U17Press...
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Find the right continuation
White to move. How should White proceed?2qk1r2/Q3pr2/3p2p1/7n/7p/P6P/6P1/1R4BK w - - 0 1Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Zelčić clear first at Zagreb International Chess Open 2013
Robert Zelčić won the Zagreb International Chess Open 2013 that took place from February 25th to March 4th at the hotel Dubrovnik, Gajeva 1 in Zagreb, Croatia.Zelčić finished sole first thanks to a...
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The draw take from GM Vinay Bhat
I didn’t really follow the Reykjavik Open this year, but I saw what seemed to be the organizer’s writeup on a few sites (Chessbase, Chessvibes, etc). Soon after those articles went up, I also saw a...
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