Month: November 2010
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Carlsen bolts Championship Cycle
Magnus Carlsen has written FIDE a letter expressing his intent to exit from the World Championship Cycle. Photo by ChessBase. Magnus Carlsen, one of the top contenders for the World Championship crown, has decided to drop out of the cycle. This is the first time since Garry Kasparov that such…
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Jamaican Women feted!
Jamaican Women’s Olympians (L-R): Deborah Richards (board 1), Margoe Williams (board 4), Annesha Smith (board 5), Krishna Gray (board 2) and Ariel Barrett (board 3). Photo by Ian Wilkinson. Jamaica etched another fantastic chapter in its illustrious sporting history when the curtains came down on the 39th World Chess Olympiad…
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November 2010 FIDE Rating list released!
Levon Aronian of Armenia is the sixth player to eclispe the 2800 barrier. World Champion Viswanathan Anand (2804, +4) has reclaimed the #1 position on the FIDE ratings chart… if only but for a short while. Magnus Carlsen’s (2802, -24) performance at the Pearl Spring Invitational at Nanjing, China will…
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