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Chess revival?

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A sporting chanceProfessional chess has a chequered history. Fans hope to revive it Oct 5th 2013By Jonathan Zalman IN LONDON in April, a 22-year-old Norwegian turned cartwheels by the Thames. Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top-ranked chess player (and a model for G-Star RAW, a fashion firm) had just earned the right to challenge for the […]

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Clutch win by Caruana, keeps Candidates hope alive

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Round 10 results 3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1-0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 84 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 1/2 GM Giri Anish 2737 75 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 0-1 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 612 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 1/2 GM Wang Hao 2736 111 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 0-1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 102 GM […]

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Stellar Lineup in 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship

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In just its third edition, the Indonesia Open has already established itself as the premier international chess event in South East Asia and arguably the leading or at least one of the top tournaments in Asia. Last year the organisers took great pride that a second event actually took place and were now looking forward […]

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2013 SPICE Cup Open – $11,000 guaranteed – 17 GMs registered

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2013 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, MissouriOctober 15-19, 2013 GM/IM/WGM/WIM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries 4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com PRIZES: $11,000 guaranteed $4,000-$2,000-$1,500-$1,000-$500U/2400 FIDE $500-$250-$125U/2300 FIDE $500-$250-$125top female $250 October 2013 rating will be used 9 […]