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Ganguly leads Canadian Open
Here are the leaders after 6 rounds: # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot 1 GM Surya Ganguly 2637 W98 W116 W31 W19 D4 W16 5.5 2 GM Hua Ni...
Pashikian leads Lake Sevan
Standings with 1 round to go: 1. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2650 6 2. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2647 5½ 3. Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel g ARM 2480 5 4-5. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2621 4 4-5. Lysyj, Igor g RUS...
Hebden leads Scottish Championship
Top 15 after 6 rounds: 1 GM Mark Hebden 5.5 ENG M 2468 2 GM S. Arun Prasad 5.0 IND M 2556 3 GM Magesh Chandran Panchanath 5.0 IND M 2493 4 GM Jan Markos 4.5 SLO M 2555...
Nakamura wins San Sebastian
photo by David Llada Here are the final standings: 1-2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2710 6½ 1-2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 6½ 3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 5½ 4-5. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2672 5 4-5. Vallejo...
Ray Robson wins US Junior Championship
Ray Robson has won the 2009 U.S. Junior Championship by a full point! This is the most prestigious national championship for young players under the age of 21. His final score is 6 points in 7 games (5 wins,...
Adly wins Egyptian Championship
The 2009 Egyptian Championship just concluded yesterday. The event was held on July 8-16, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. Final standings: 1. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2548 7 2-3. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2459 6 2-3. Amin, Bassem g EGY...
Bribery, dirty politics, and USCF corruption
Below are various emails which clearly show the involvement of USCF President Bill Goichberg, Chess Journalist of America President Jerry Hanken, and others in a bribery scheme for votes in July/August 2008. They also clearly show that USCF President...
Overnight chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar