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2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Champions Crowned in Saint Louis

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

ST. LOUIS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Grandmaster Gata Kamsky, 38, the 2013 U.S. Chess Champion and Irina Krush, 29, the 2013 Women's ...

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Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament

Saturday, May 18, 2013

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

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Pestaño: Famous chess fanatics

Thursday, May 16, 2013

ALMOST every titled player (GMs, IMs etc.) can be considered chess fanatics as they play and study almost every day and a great number rely on the game as their major source of income. This article is not about them but about famous people who excel in their professions and are world-famous.

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NCFP-Davao to enhance Davao chess

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Advance Options Attach image:  No JAMES Infiesto, regional director of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), will be joining seminars spearheaded by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) from May 18-25 at the Midas Hotel Casino in Pasay City in a bid to strengthen chess in Davao City. Infiesto, speaking in yesterday's Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at Calle Cinco ...

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Club organises chess tournament in Kulaijaya

Sunday, May 19, 2013

KULAIJAYA: The Johor Rakan Muda Chess Club is organising its third chess tournament this year in collaboration with the Kulaijaya Rakan Muda Chess Club. The tournament will be held at the Kulai Hypermarket, here, on Sunday from 9am to 6pm.

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Checkmate! Teen Chess Stars Make Their Move

Friday, May 03, 2013

The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 World Youth Chess Champion, and at 15, Sarah Chiang is the youngest woman competing in the Women's Chess Championships.

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Nevada's Yamie Chess® to Make the Class of 2025 the Most Employable and Math Proficient Students Ever to Graduate the ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

LAS VEGAS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Made in America, Yamie Chess: The Adventures of Tigermore and the Mind Angels® , the new supplemental K-8 math learning aid series that uses an educational cartoon ...

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Chess world champion Anand draws against Carlsen

Thursday, May 09, 2013

SANDNES, Norway (AP) — Chess world champion Viswanathan Anand of India halved a point with the Norwegian world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to draw in Thursday's second round of the Norway Chess Tournament.

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Norway's chess superstar has cross-over appeal

Sunday, May 05, 2013

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — He does fashion shoots with Liv Tyler, enjoys soccer-style sponsorships deals and was recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people. Who is this superstar? The world's top-ranked chess player.

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Russia and US play jailhouse chess

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Convicts in Russia team up to play a chess tournament via Skype with inmates at the biggest jail in the US, Chicago's Cook County Jail.

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