Archive for April 10th, 2008

Yonhel: Martinique’s 2008 Champion

Posted in Caribbean, Martinique on Apr 10th, 2008 No Comments »

Medeuf Yonhel (pictured left) won the 2008 Martinican Championship with a sparkling 7½-1½. Raymond Marbot duplicated the score, but lost to Yonhel in two tiebreak games 1½-½. Past champion Gilles Suez-Panama (pictured right) and perennial #1, ended on a disppointing note. Ligue d’échecs de la Martinique: https://www.echecs-martinique.com/

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Another World Championship impasse??

Posted in FIDE, Opinion/Editorials on Apr 10th, 2008 3 Comments »

Viswanathan Anand of India is the World Champion. OK… most chess players know this and accept this. Of course there are those who even say Anand will not be accepted until he wins the November match. Let’s hope Anand wins! Why? In my opinion, he is a fitting champion and above all the petty bickering […]

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