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CHESS Stephen Dann
5 Feb 2012 at 3:05am

The Spiegel Cup Mass. Scholastic Singles finals will be contested next Sunday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlboro, rather than at the Woburn site we incorrectly gave last week.


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Chess queen to St. Louis
4 Feb 2012 at 11:55pm

Chess queen to St. Louis February 4, 2012 By Mike Lear St. Louis is already a chess Mecca, and it is about to add to that reputation.


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Kenneth Rogoff
4 Feb 2012 at 4:12am

The Harvard professor, whose advice on how to counter the financial crisis world leaders seek after, talks about his old addiction chess Ken Rogoff has been coming to the World Economic Forum in Davos for a decade but he has never yet had a decent lunch.


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Does Your Association Board Operate Like a Chess Master?
4 Feb 2012 at 12:07am

My son's latest obsession is chess. He joined the chess club at school, got a new chessboard, downloaded chess apps to all the electronics he could get his hands on, and started reading strategy books.


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The Inaugural Chess Day in Iceland
3 Feb 2012 at 7:58pm

Davisdottir - Olafsson, the President of Iceland watching the game Iceland celebrated its first "Chess Day" on January 26th, the country's first GM and ex-FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson's birthday.


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Anti-Putin protesters cope with bitter cold and big questions
3 Feb 2012 at 4:48pm

Two of the organisers of the upcoming opposition rally "For Fair Elections," anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny and former chess champion Garry Kasparov , speak as they attend a meeting of the rally organisers in Moscow, on Jan.


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Champion U.S. college chess team moves to Webster U
3 Feb 2012 at 2:48pm

Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, will relocate in June to Webster University from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Webster officials said today.


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The youngest chess player of India was awarded for outstanding perfomance
3 Feb 2012 at 7:29am

From Right to Left Mr. Nawang Rigzin Zora Hon'ble Minister for Tourism & Culture J&K State, Mr.


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Aronian open statement about Candidates Tournament
2 Feb 2012 at 11:31am

Levon Aronian , the winner of the Tata Steel Chess tournament and member of the 2800 club, submitted an open statement regarding the upcoming Candidates Tournament.


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World Amateur Chess Championship 2012
1 Feb 2012 at 4:33pm

World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 The "Chess Academy of Thessaloniki", the World Chess Federation and the Greek Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all national chess federations and eligible players in the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 to be held in the 5-star Porto Car...


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Zugzwang
1 Feb 2012 at 11:33am

AT THE end of a game of chess, the losing player often has to choose between two equally hideous alternatives.


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Great Matches in Chess History
31 Jan 2012 at 6:59pm
The match has an important place in chess history. When two players pit themselves against each other over a long series, the result is a tense struggle in which both...
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Aronian Wins Tata Steel Chess Title
30 Jan 2012 at 11:21pm
Levon Aronian put together an impressive tournament to win the 2012 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Despite losing to World #1 Magnus Carlsen, Aronian still won the tournament by a full...
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Thinking Ahead: The 2013 World Chess Championship
29 Jan 2012 at 5:42pm
Okay, so the 2012 World Championship isn't set to be played until May, but that doesn't mean we can't look ahead to the next World Chess Championship, scheduled for sometime...
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Aronian Grabs Early Lead at Wijk aan Zee
15 Jan 2012 at 8:04pm
The Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee is underway. This is always one of the most popular events on the chess calendar, as it brings together a large...
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The Best Players Who Weren't the Best
15 Jan 2012 at 7:45pm
I've recently added an article to the site on the topic of the best players never to win the World Chess Championship. This is always a subject of great debate,...
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Rybka Controversy Rages On
8 Jan 2012 at 9:02pm
Computer chess has been gaining a lot of added attention in the past few months, and not for positive reasons. Last summer, Rybka was stripped of its ICGA computer chess...
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New Ratings On the Way for 2012
31 Dec 2011 at 10:37pm
Rapid chess has become a more and more important factor in the world of chess over the past decade, in large part due to efforts by FIDE and chess organizers...
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Even the Famous Play Chess
31 Dec 2011 at 9:32pm
One of my favorite topics of debate in chess is the uncertainty over just how talented certain celebrity chess players might have been. Obviously, some players like artist Marcel Duchamp...
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