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World Chess Championship Reaches 'Midway Point' Friday
18 May 2012 at 2:37am

The sixth match of the 2012 World Chess Championship is scheduled for Friday afternoon in Moscow.


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World Championship Chess: Gelfand's wall impregnable
17 May 2012 at 9:18pm

When Vladimir Kramnik took on the seemingly unbeatable Garry Kasparov in the world title match of 2000 in London, he modelled his play on the Czech ice hockey team, which had beaten the great Canadian team A on its way to an unexpected gold at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.


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New Game: Pure Chess
17 May 2012 at 5:13pm

Pure Chess offers digital chess games on a 3D board with a camera view that can be moved freely.


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Kasparov in Moscow
17 May 2012 at 11:04am

GARRY KASPAROV TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Garry Kasparov, the 13th world champion, will be a guest of honour at the world chess championship match on 18 May.


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Namibia: 2012 Chess King of Namibia
17 May 2012 at 4:54am

Namibia has a news King of chess : "Candidate Master Charles Eichab won the National Chess Championship 2012.


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Nakamura, Kamsky Win, Zatonskih and Krush Draw
17 May 2012 at 3:49am

For more information, please contact: Mike Wilmering Communications Specialist Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis For Immediate Release Nakamura, Kamsky Win, Zatonskih and Krush Draw By FM Mike Klein The 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship did not change leadership t...


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Dhanabir triumphs
16 May 2012 at 7:30pm

Imphal, May 16: Y. Dhanabir Singh unseated defending champion R.K. Apollosana Singh to claim the champion's title in the 17th Y. Nilamani Memorial Open Chess Championship at Singjamei community hall.


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PHoto Gallery: Windsor Central Elementary Chess Tournament
16 May 2012 at 3:11pm

Checkmate! A total of eighteen students from Woodstock, Pomfret, Dothan Brook, and Barnard elementary schools came together on Friday, May 4th for the Sixteenth Annual Windsor Central Elementary Chess Tournament at The Pomfret School.


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Vishwanathan Anand has a minor edge over Boris Gelfand in the FIDE World Ches...
16 May 2012 at 11:51am

Mumbai 10th May 2012: This World Chess Championship could be one the most exciting chess tournaments being played in a long time.


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SchoolBook: City and Unions Square Off Over Hiring at 24 Struggling Schools
16 May 2012 at 7:46am

Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott takes on the chess whiz kids at P.S. 503 in Brooklyn during a visit on Tuesday to congratulate them on winning the national championship last weekend.


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UM Organizes 16th Grand Asian Chess Challenge
16 May 2012 at 3:32am

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 -- The 16th Grand Asian Chess Challenge, an international level competition, will be held from July 5 to 10 at the Dewan Tunku Cancelor, University of Malaya .


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World Championship Chess: king of the chess world, friend to despots
15 May 2012 at 9:12pm

Halfway through Tuesday's fourth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand, a tall, charismatic figure passed through the press centre heading into the VIP room.


About Chess
Game 4: No Breakthroughs in World Championship
15 May 2012 at 8:34pm
I didn't get a chance to update the blog yesterday, but if you were looking for updates on the World Chess Championship, you haven't missed too much. Today's Game 4...
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International Conference: Chess and Mathematics - Learning by Playing
15 May 2012 at 11:48am

International Conference: Chess and Mathematics - Learning by Playing Turin , 28 May 2012 Teaching chess at school may significantly improve pupils' mathematics learning abilities, according to a study by INVALSI conducted as part of a controlled research project involving some 2,000 8-and 9-year...


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Anand vs. Gelfand Begins Friday
10 May 2012 at 10:11pm
The waiting is over: the World Chess Championship 2012 is ready to begin. In the red corner, we have the reigning champion: Viswanathan Anand. The challenger, of course, is Boris...
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US Chess Championship Starts Tuesday
8 May 2012 at 1:52am
If you're looking for something to watch as you wait for the World Championship to start (and don't worry -- I'll have plenty to say about that over the rest...
About Chess
New On the Site in April
30 Apr 2012 at 10:07pm
Here's a roundup of some of the new content on the site you might have missed from the last month: A look at Chess: The Musical, perhaps the most famous example...
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NYC Middle School Wins Jr. High and High School National Championships
30 Apr 2012 at 12:53pm
Part of this is now old news in the world of scholastic chess, but it's worth giving more attention to: the kids of IS 318, a public middle school in...
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Kramnik-Aronian Match Ends in a 3-3 Draw
30 Apr 2012 at 12:44pm
After six exciting chess games -- many featuring openings that we'd never expect to see Vladimir Kramnik or Levon Aronian to play in a competitive situation -- the Zurich Chess...
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