Month: December 2010
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2010 London Chess Classic
GMs Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Photo by Frederic Friedel. Four of the world’s top players will be in Kensington for the 2010 London Classic. World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura will join four of the top English players in a marquee event.…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #2
2010 Women World Chess ChampionshipRound #2 Pairings # Player ELO Nation Flag Player ELO Nation Flag 1 Kosteniuk 2507 RUS Khukhashvili, 2430 GEO 2 Koneru 2600 IND Houska 2421 ENG 3 Hou 2591 CHN Romanko 2414 RUS 4 Kosintseva 2581 RUS Dembo 2454 GRE 5 Dzagnidze 2551 GEO Skripchenko 2460…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #1
Round #1 – Game #1 Saturday, 4 December 2010 Top Seeds maul Challengers GM Koneru Humpy got off to a promising start.Photo by wwcxc2010.tsf.org.tr. In the first round of a two-game match, upsets are likely to occur. However, in the Women’s World Chess Championship, there were no major upsets and…
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2010 Women Chess Cup (Antakya, Turkey)
Today starts the Women’s World Championship with most of the top players in the world. Of course, Judit Polgar has eschewed playing in the gender-based tournament, but as the gap closes, there may be more entrants into the upper echelon of chess. Two possibilities are from the Asian continent in…
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Orrin Hudson seeking support
Orrin C. Hudson has been championing the cause of chess since 2000 when he founded Besome, Incorporated. He story is well know and he has graced the covered of major magazines and been on a number of news programs to explain his mission. One of the mission is to train…
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Four Tie at National Congress
Philadelphia is becoming a marquee arena for the top tournaments in the U.S. The city hosts the Philadelphia Open, the World Open and the National Chess Congress during America’s Thanksgiving weekend. This year the tournament more than 500 players in 11 sections. The tournament also included a Fischer-Random event. The…
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