White to move. How should white proceed? Akobian – Caruana (US Championship 2017)
Kiril Georgiev leads Karpos Open after 8
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Rank after round 8 (top 35) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr262659.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 3 GM Georgiev Kiril S50 BUL 2633 7,0 36,5 2730 31,0 8 7 6,22...
Sabina & Nazi share US Women’s Championship lead after 9
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Round 9 results Nguyen, Emily – Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 Paikidze, Nazi – Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ½-½ Virkud, Apurva – Sharevich, Anna 1-0 Yip, Carissa – Krush, Irina ½-½ Yu, Jennifer R – Nemcova, Katerina ½-½ Zatonskih, Anna – Feng, Maggie...
Akobian swindled Caruana, ties for US Championship lead with So
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Round 9 results Akobian, Varuzhan – Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Kamsky, Gata – Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 Naroditsky, Daniel – Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ Robson, Ray – Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – So, Wesley...
Suspected cheater removed from Dubai Open 2017
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The race for the US$13,000 top prize has intensified as a large chunk of the highest-rated seeds dropped out of the leaderboard, but it was a suspected cheating incident by one of the tournament’s lowest-rated players that stole the...
Daily Chess Improvement: Closing Out Chess Tactic!
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Black to move. How should black proceed? 8/N7/1P4kp/1R4p1/4p3/3nBrPK/P3R2P/6r1 b – – 0 1