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[imagefield_assist|fid=3649|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]WGM Jennifer Shahade will be featured on ESPN 2's First Take tomorrow, May 7, at 9 a.m. CST (10 a.m. EST). Jennifer will be featured trouncing the competition in the green room throughout...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3650|preset=frontpage_200x200|title=|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=200|height=200]Anand had white twice (color scheme reversed after the first half, so Anand got white in games 6 and 7). I thought if Anand could score 1.5-0.5 in those two games and have...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3654|preset=frontpage_200x200|title=|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=200|height=200]Just as everyone thought Anand had defended with great accuracy, the World Champion makes a huge blunder and resigns shortly thereafter. Many times in the past, Anand's endgame play, especially in the 80s...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3646|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]James "the James Game" Miller was more than just a regular to the club. His outgoing personality and friendly demeanor made him an easily approachable opponent and a joy to play against. James...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3642|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Once again, Anand was able to stifle Topalov's advantage of the white pieces, and the World Champion was able to draw, once again, relatively easily with black. The players repeated the moves from...
Anand was able to keep the balance in game three of the World Championship match, an excellent result with black. He chose to play the Slav Defense, and seemed to be equal or...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3629|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Anand equalized the match score today with a nice positional win in a complicated Catalan. One could easily have mistaken this game for a typical Kramnik win on the white side of his...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3633|preset=bdynako-preview|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=290|height=400] Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning U.S. Champion and the highest-rated American player, announced today he will be moving to Saint Louis following the U.S. Championship, which is scheduled for May 13-25. The...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3627|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Topalov gave Anand the beatdown and the smackdown, as game one of the World Championship match was no contest. Anand played the Gruenfeld Defense, and the position was about equal through the first...
