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Socko wins Riga Technical University Open on tiebreak
The strong Riga Technical University Open was won by Polish grandmaster Bartosz Socko, who scored 7/9 and edged out Dutch GM Robin van Kampen on tiebreak. 183 players from 28 federations competed in...
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FIDE World Cup 2013: Round 1 - Tiebreaks
Round 1 Tiebreaks: A few surprises, and one appealThe third day of the FIDE World Cup in Tromsø is over and all the results of the first round are in. After two days 36 matches out of 64 had been...
View ArticleFour Players Advance to Round Two; Ramirez Out in Armageddon Thriller
GM Ian Rogers covers the first round of the World Cup, where four Americans advanced to round two: Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk and Robson. Ramirez was eliminated in a dramatic Armageddon tiebreak.
View ArticleFIDE World Cup Round 1: Few Upsets, But Plenty of Drama
Sorry for the long silence here: other matters took me away from the blog for a while. But now that I'm back, let's take a look at one of the more unique, exciting and important events on this year's...
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 3
As expected, the playoff day for Round 1 of the World Cup was full of drama, with unbelievable reversals of fortune, controversy, and yes, two Armageddon games. The most unbelievable shift of fortune...
View ArticleWorld Chess Cup 2013 – Round 1 Final Results
After the exciting first round of the 2013 World Chess Cup in Tromso, 32 players will continue the competition on Wednesday. The tie-breaks also attracted huge interest and two matches were decided...
View ArticleWorld Chess Cup 2013 – Round 2 Pairings
After the today’s World Chess Cup 2013 round 1 tie-break matches, the pairings for the 2nd round are officially confirmed. Top-seeded Levon Aronian will play black pieces in round 2 game 1. Live games...
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World Cup R1 tiebreak: tough fights and an appeal
MORE LATER After the first tiebreak day in Tromsø, local hero Jon Ludvig Hammer is the only Norwegian player left as he managed to eliminate Sergey Movsesian. Another upset was Alexander Fier winning...
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Hola darlings! Lots of interesting things going on during Round 1. I am concentrating on the chess femmes for now (but see my comments below the results table): Deysi Cori - eliminated by Hikaru...
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Breaking News: Cori Appeal Denied
http://www.chessworldcup2013.comChess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Carlsen becomes Ambassador for Nordic Semiconductor
Magnus Carlsen, the Best Player in Chess History, Becomes an Ambassador for Nordic Semiconductor in Three-year Sponsorship Deal The Jakarta Post - PR Newswire | August 13, 2013OSLO, Norway, Aug. 14,...
View ArticleMelkumyan v Granda Armageddon World Cup rd 1 2013 playoff video
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View Article28th & 29th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting multiple norm round robin tournaments from August 13th to August 18th of 2013. All the events are being held in Suite C855 of the California Market Center on 110...
View ArticleLivigno Chess Open Canceled
The 2013 International Livigno Chess Open has been canceled. The organizers (from the local chess club, the Circolo Scacchistico Amos Cusini Livigno) had hoped for a last minute rescue solution....
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Predecessors IX: Petrosian-Gligoric 1970
Above is page 58 of the Spectator for 1 September 2012 in which Ray Keene's chess colummn appears, annotating the game Petrosian-Gligoric, Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 as well as commenting on the arrest of...
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