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Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer - Chess.com

Mon, 08/06/2018 - 06:41

Chess.com

Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer
Chess.com
The chess news is most certainly not taking the summer off. This next edition of "In Other News" didn't take long to fill. Today there are seven more news stories about our royal game that you may have missed, from a chessic tribute to a fallen solider ...

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Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer - Chess.com

Mon, 08/06/2018 - 02:00
Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer  Chess.com

The chess news is most certainly not taking the summer off. This next edition of "In Other News" didn't take long to fill. Today there are seven more news stories ...

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"Play as much as you can and analyse the games you played" - Chessbase News

Mon, 08/06/2018 - 02:00
"Play as much as you can and analyse the games you played"  Chessbase News

Thanks to the new chess club in Atlanta there are always lot of tournaments and activities in the city and on July 28th and 29th there was a five-round Open ...

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Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer - Chess.com

Mon, 08/06/2018 - 02:00
Fallen Soldier Honored; Chess Legend Sits Out; Cost Of Caruana's Computer  Chess.com

The chess news is most certainly not taking the summer off. This next edition of "In Other News" didn't take long to fill. Today there are seven more news stories ...

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Achievers - NewsOK.com

Sat, 08/04/2018 - 05:00

NewsOK.com

Achievers
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization President Chris Amburgy said Zilajeva has been a positive role model for other young chess players. “Veronika exemplifies the high standards of character and sportsmanship we try to instill in our kids,” Amburgy ...

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Achievers - NewsOK.com

Sat, 08/04/2018 - 02:00
Achievers  NewsOK.com

When Veronika Zilajeva was named Oklahoma's state chess champion last month, she was among the youngest players to have earned that title, and the ...

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Events around Concord - Wicked Local

Thu, 08/02/2018 - 08:17

Events around Concord
Wicked Local
Summer Chess Camp focuses on individual improvement and looks to provide a fun, engaging approach. Led by Life Chess Master Vadim Martirosov, this camp will help players advance to compete in state and national scholastic tournaments. Supplies and ...

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Board Gaming Is Alive and Well at Schlow Library - State College News

Wed, 08/01/2018 - 04:03

State College News

Board Gaming Is Alive and Well at Schlow Library
State College News
Earlier this year, the club saw one of its regular members, Emily Hu, a student at State High, become the high school champion at the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation's scholastic championships. She'll be competing at the Denker Tournament of High ...

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Young Penang chess champion eyes Woman Grandmaster title in the future - New Straits Times Online

Tue, 07/31/2018 - 08:05

New Straits Times Online

Young Penang chess champion eyes Woman Grandmaster title in the future
New Straits Times Online
“Last year, she won fourth place in the National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017 in Putrajaya and became champion in the Malaysian National Youth Chess Championship 2018 in Johor, last March,” Zaiyana said. She was with her husband Rosli Mat ...

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Caldwell schools once excelled in game of chess - Sanford Herald

Sat, 07/28/2018 - 16:33

Caldwell schools once excelled in game of chess
Sanford Herald
They spent one full, quarter-hour time slot telling us about Dr. Jeffrey Bulington (no, I didn't leave the r out of his last name) and his success in Franklin County, taking a small, rural school system's kids to a state chess championship and placing ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 07/28/2018 - 14:19

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The US Junior Championships have ended with Awonder Liang a clear winner in the championship section and Carissa Yip of Andover a winner by a point over second-place finisher Jennifer Yu in the girls championship. We congratulate Carissa on her fine ...

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“WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR SOME ALL-GIRLS' OR WOMEN'S CHESS TOURNAMENTS?” - Chess Daily News

Sat, 07/28/2018 - 10:14

Chess Daily News

“WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR SOME ALL-GIRLS' OR WOMEN'S CHESS TOURNAMENTS?”
Chess Daily News
First, even though we are in the 21st century, there is still a social stigma, according to which, girls are not supposed to want to become firefighters, mathematicians, engineers, or (yes!) chess players, etc. Many parents do not recognize that they ...

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Dvorkovich: "Hopefully, we will be able to avoid a dirty campaign" - Chessbase News

Fri, 07/27/2018 - 02:00
Dvorkovich: "Hopefully, we will be able to avoid a dirty campaign"  Chessbase News

Arkady Dvorkovich has been on tour for his electoral campaign and made stops at the Biel International Chess Festival and, a day after, at the Sparkassen ...

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Lockport mayor stepping down for hospital job - Niagara Gazette

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 20:12

Niagara Gazette

Lockport mayor stepping down for hospital job
Niagara Gazette
... JonLuke Pencille, right, were honored during Wednesday's Common Council meeting by Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey. Both players were inaugural co-champions during the 2018 Erie County Elementary Scholastic K-6 Chess Championship, held Feb.

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Malaysian Chess Federation secretary withdraws lawsuit against ... - Malay Mail

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 05:36

The Star Online

Malaysian Chess Federation secretary withdraws lawsuit against ...
Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Malaysian Chess Federation secretary Sophian A. Yusuf today withdrew his lawsuit against Housing and Local Government ...
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Lockport mayor stepping down for hospital job | Local News - Niagara Gazette

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 02:00
Lockport mayor stepping down for hospital job | Local News  Niagara Gazette

Mayor McCaffrey will resign her position, effective Aug. 8, to take over as president and CEO of Eastern Niagara Hospital.

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Settlement reached in 'indecent' chess attire lawsuit - The Star Online

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 01:29

The Star Online

Settlement reached in 'indecent' chess attire lawsuit
The Star Online
Sophian, who was the director of the three-day National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017 held in Putrajaya from Apr 14, 2017, filed the suit on Nov 20, 2017. He alleged that on April 29, Zuraida had uttered a defamatory statement in her capacity as ...

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Caldwell schools once excelled in chess - newstopicnews.com

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 13:26

Caldwell schools once excelled in chess
newstopicnews.com
They spent one full, quarter-hour time slot telling us about Dr. Jeffrey Bulington (no, I didn't leave the r out of his last name) and his success in Franklin County, taking a small, rural school system's kids to a state chess championship and placing ...

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Awonder Liang and Carissa Yip are the 2018 U.S. Junior Champions - Chessbase News

Mon, 07/23/2018 - 02:00
Awonder Liang and Carissa Yip are the 2018 U.S. Junior Champions  Chessbase News

Saint Louis hosted the 2018 editions of the U.S. Junior Chess Championship and the U.S. Girls Junior Championship last week. Awonder Liang and Carissa Yip ...

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Is All Fair In Chess? - Chess.com

Sun, 07/22/2018 - 02:00
Is All Fair In Chess?  Chess.com

A well-known saying states that all is fair in love and war. Our beloved game is actually both love and war. While it is pretty obvious that chess is a war on 64 ...

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