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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2 share 1st at SPF Girls Invitational Blitz Championship, Hua wins Armageddon
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Becca Lampman (left) and Margaret Hua (right) before the Armageddon game After 10 grueling blitz rounds, Becca Lampman of Washington State and Margaret Hua of Missouri were tied for 1st with the score of 9-1. They are co-champions of...
Funny and shocking Blitz video
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Can you checkmate with 2 rooks and 3 pawns vs King (with 6 seconds remaining + 2 second increment)? Anything CAN happen in blitz! The winner gets a serious piece of real estate in Russia as the prize! Grischuk...
Women’s World Championship round 2 playoff
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Khotenashvili knocked out, M. Muzychuk and Krush fight to advance
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Round 1 playoffKhotenashvili, Bela (GEO) 1 0 0 ½ 1.5 Arribas Robaina, Maritza (CUB) 0 1 1 ½ 2.5 Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 2 Pogonina,...
Armageddon video: Nepom vs Karjakin
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Armgeddon chess game between Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi. White got a minute extra on the clock but Black has draw odd. The game actually started about 1 minute into the video. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Overwhelming advantage?
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Tiebreaking newsLast Updated: 7:32 AM, January 2, 2011Posted: 9:22 PM, January 1, 2011 Chess is unique among games and sports be cause the most likely result of a master game is a draw. This makes the breaking of ties...
Caruana wins Biel playoff
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Semi-final: First game: (blitz) Fabiano Caruana – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1 – 0 Second game: (blitz) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Fabiano Caruana 1 – 0 Third game: (Armageddon) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Fabiano Caruana 0 – 1 Final First game: (rapid) Fabiano...