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2nd Annual ICA Chess Challenge Championship

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By Bill Thompson

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3rd Annual Show-Me Classic

 

[imagefield_assist|fid=10136|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=696|height=247]The 2011 Show-Me Classic had a turnout of 40 players.  Overall First was split between:

Sunil Weeramantry
Mark Ferber
Alex Marler 

Torin Hylan (rated 980) had a huge day, defeating a 1323 and a 1578!

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Whirlwind Rapid Play Ends International Match

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By Ken West

Tornado warnings sent the four grandmasters in the international match to the basement more than once at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Wednesday, but the unusual had already hit the boards.

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Saint Louis GMs Prevail in First Rapid Showdown

By Ken West

The two Saint Louis grandmasters prevailed in the first day of rapid chess in the international match Tuesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, each notching a win with white and holding with the black pieces.

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Nakamura, Robson Pull Away in Round 6

By Ken West

Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Ray Robson each won with white Sunday to take the lead going into the rapid portion of their international matches at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Nakamura’s win gives him a 3.5-2.5 lead over Ukrainian Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov. Robson leads Finegold 4-2.

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Draws Abound in Games 4 & 5

By Ken West

The world did not end Saturday, even though Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura again played the King’s Indian Defense against GM Ruslan Ponomariov, and the fifth game in the international match ended in a draw.

Their match is tied at 2.5 each.

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Robson, Finegold Draw; Nakamura Draws Even

By Ken West

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura evened the score at 1.5 in his international match against GM Ruslan Ponomariov Thursday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Ben Finegold and Ray Robson drew their second straight game.

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Ponomariov, Robson Still Lead in Saint Louis

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By Ken West

In both games, white played e4; in both games white refused to trade queens to remove black’s castling privilege; and both games ended in a draw.

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Saint Louis Grandmasters go 0-2 in Round 1

By Ken West

Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov uncorked Nf3 on the fifth move against Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s King’s Indian Defense and went on to win the first game of their international match Tuesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

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