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Aronian wins Bilbao, Grischuk second

Final round results: Karjakin, Sergey – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Shirov, Alexei – Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Final standings: Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Levon Aronian 5 4 1 1 13 Alexander Grischuk 5 2 2 2 8 Sergei Karjakin...
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Karjakin 1/2 Aronian

Karjakin, S (2722) – Aronian, L (2773) [C68]Bilbao Grand Slam Final (6), 12.09.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qd7 9.b4 g5 10.Qb1 Nh6 11.d4 Nf7 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.Qb2 Qe6...
Saturday Open Forum

Aronian won the Bilbao Grand Slam Final with one round to spare. Ray Robson is on the verge to become the youngest American GM in history. China won the Women’s World Team Championship on tie-breaks over Russia and Ukraine...
1st GM norm for Sahaj

Sahaj earns maiden GM normSTAFF WRITER 15:54 HRS IST New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Former World Under-10 champion Sahaj Grover has earned his maiden Grandmaster-norm after his brilliant performance in the just-concluded Kolkata International Open chess tournament. The 14-year-old...
Chess for New York City kids

Chess for New York City kidsHere’s how to get yours involved.By Gary Drevitch New Yorkers see incredible things every day and never look twice—a presidential motorcade, a naked cowboy, a $900 stroller. One thing that does get the attention...
Paragua’s footstep

Paragua’s sister to join PSC Rapid chessabs-cbnNEWS.com 09/12/2009 8:34 PM MANILA – The youngest sister of Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Mark Paragua has confirmed to play in the inaugural Pineda-Santos-Camer (PSC) Rapid Chess tournament which starts Sunday at the Ramon...
Hip Hop Chess Federation Tourney In San Francisco

Hip Hop Chess Federation Tourney In San Francisco September 12th, 2009 | Author: Edwin Ortiz The Hip Hop Chess Federation, founded by author/lecturer Adisa Banjoko, will be holding its latest chess competition next month with the West Coast Kings...
Putting chess back on the map

On board for a good time http://www.theage.com.au September 13, 2009 The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia A chess grandmaster turned up drunk and fell asleep at the board at an international tournament in Kolkata, Reuters reported last week. Australian rugby league...