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This year there are 52 Grandmasters playing in the Open Masters with 298 players from 46 countries. The top five seeds in the men's are: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Michael Adams (England), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Paco Vallejo (Spain) and Victor Bologan (Moldova). In the women they are: Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), Antoaneta Stefanova...
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Jimmy Quon may not have been a famous chess player (though he was a good one, a solid USCF master), but he was so well-liked that a strong GM norm-event was held in his honor last week. I knew him in the late 80s and 90s, when I lived out west, and although I didn't know him well he was the sort of person you always enjoyed being around: upbeat and quick to laugh, self-effacing and free of...
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Various versions of this report have been floating around the chess web lately; here's one from the Beeb.
HT: David McCarthy
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A fascinating day's chess with some really difficult games ended with a four way tie for the lead. The leaders Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan
Anand drew a sharp struggle where Anand got the best of the opening but never looked likely to convert this to a win. Vladimir Kramnik
joined them in the lead when he beat Erwin L'Ami in a game where he pursued complications right from the very start...
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A fascinating day's chess with some really difficult games ended with a four way tie for the lead. The leaders Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan
Anand drew a sharp struggle where Anand got the best of the opening but never looked likely to convert this to a win. Vladimir Kramnik
joined them in the lead when he beat Erwin L'Ami in a game where he pursued complications right from the very start...
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Βαριά τραυματισμένος νοσηλεύεται στο Νοσοκομείο Ευαγγελισμός ο γνωστός ΥΜ Μιχάλης Τριβιζάς μετά από τροχαίο ατύχημα που συνέβη το βράδυ του Σαββάτου, όταν σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες παρασύρθηκε από φορτηγό, ενώ οδηγούσε...
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With four rounds to go the Tata Steel Chess Tournament is likely to face a nerve-racking finish. On Tuesday Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Alexei Shirov and Erwin l’Ami respectively, joined Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura in the lead. Wesley So lost and so in the B group everything is open. Daniele Vocaturo [...]
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Τα τελευταία δύο χρόνια ο Σύλλογος Γονέων και Κηδεμόνων του 8ου Δημοτικού Αιγάλεω έχει πάρει μια θαυμάσια πρωτοβουλία εντάσσοντας μαθήματα σκάκι στις εξωσχολικές δραστηριότητες. Τα μαθήματα διεξάγονται κάθε Σάββατο...
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The 2011 Tradewise International Chess Festival got underway today at the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. At precisely 3pm the Mayor of Gibraltar Tony Lombard made the first move with the top seeded player in the tournament Vassily Ivanchuk. Mr Lombard was accompanied by the reigning Miss Gibraltar Larissa Dalli.
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V. Kramnik - E. l'Ami 1-0Σε μια έτσι κι αλλιώς σπάνια συνέχεια της Αγγλικής - στην οποία ο μαύρος έχει 100%, αλλά όλες οι παρτίδες κάτω από τα 2400 - o Kramnik έβαλε h4, h5, άνοιξε τη h στήλη και κέρδισε από κει μόλις σε 23 κινήσεις. Επειδή όμως...
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Η Ε.Σ.Σ.Π. προκηρύσσει το Διασυλλογικό Πρωτάθλημα (Π.Ο.Α.) για το 2011. Οι αγώνες θα πραγματοποιηθούν το χρονικό διάστημα 6/2 - 10 /4 του 2011. Αναλυτικά η προκήρυξη στο άρθρο.
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Israel duo Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld and International Master Tamir Nabaty, along with Ukraine GMs Alexander Areshchenko and Kravtsiv Martyn, shares the lead with 8.5 points after the tenth and penultimate round of the India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament at SDAT Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
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Malcolm Pein looks at Magnus Carlsen's demolition of Hikaru Nakamua in Round 8 of the Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee tournament.
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Malcolm Pein looks at Magnus Carlsen's demolition of Hikaru Nakamua in Round 8 of the Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee tournament.
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O Μιχάλης Τριβιζάς έχει μεγάλη ανάγκη γιά αίμα, εκκληση στους σκακιστές. Στον Ευαγγελισμό 8.30-14.30.ΕυχαριστούμεΚ. Ρωμανά-ΔημοπούλουΑναισθησιολόγοςΜπορείτε να δώσετε αίμα σε όλη την Ελλάδα, στο όνομά του, επικοινωνώντας...
