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World Chess Cup 2013: Know Round 2 Players, Pairings
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The field at the World Chess Cup 2013 is down to 64 and the players will begin the second round on Wednesday. Do...
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St Petersburg Chess Summer Festival Begins Aug 26
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, St. Petersburg Chess Federation is organizing one of the most attractive summer festivals. Consisting of multiple...
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88th French Chess Championships Begin in Nancy
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 88th French Chess Championships are being held from 11th to 23rd August at the Palais des sports Jean Weille in...
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Konstantin Tarlev Wins 6th Arad Chess Open
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 6th Arad Chess Open took place from 31st July to 9th August in the Great Concert Hall of the City Cultural...
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World Chess Championship 2013 Update: Chennai Awaits Carlsen
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Just over three months remain for the World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen...
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US Chess Scoop on Blind Chess - A Video with Joan DuBois
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Joan DuBois, director of affiliate relations at the USCF, talks about a topic close to her heart: Blind Chess.From...
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TCEC Computer Chess Championship New Season starts August 26th
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, TCEC, the most renowned computer chess championship, starts its new season in September 2013 with improvements and...
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World Chess Cup 2013 Round 2, Game 1: 12 Decisive Games
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, In the first game of the second round there were a few blunders and unexpected results. The biggest upset of the...
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A Chess Teacher to Fall in Love with! (Video)
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, We're sure there's no problem in going back to learning chess from the start if we have a sweet chess teacher as...
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Vienna Chess Open Begins Aug 17 with 700 Players from 50 Countries
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The Vienna Chess Open is set to take place for the 18th time at the Vienna City Hall from August 17th to August...
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World Chess Cup 2013 Round 2 Game 2: 17 Players in Round 3
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The classical games of the second round of the World Chess Cup 2013 have been completed with 17 players securing...
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5000-Year-Old Tokens of 'Chess-Like' Game found in Turkey
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, A series of immaculately preserved stone tokens have been discovered at a 5,000 year-old burial site in Turkey....
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Anand vs Carlsen: Illness Clause in World Chess Championship 2013 Contract
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, We found this interesting report in the Deccan Chronicle ahead of Carlsen's visit to India. Chennai: After a delay...
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Iraq Chess Championships 2013 Begin
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, We don't usually associate Iraq with chess. However, the country has chess players aplenty. The 2013 Iraqi Final...
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Sexy Chess Trivia Photo: Whose Hands are These?
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, There is something special in a chess player's fingers. Years of moving pieces brings an electric fire into those...
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15-year-old Ollie Wilson is British u-16 Chess Champion 2013
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, A 15-year-old chess player has become the British Under-16 Chess Champion. Ollie Wilson, who attends Rye College...
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US Chess Masters from August 29 in North Corolina
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 2013 U.S. Masters Championship will be held from 29th August to 2nd September at the Embassy Suites Airport,...
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Cheating in Chess: Another Player Brings Bad Reputation to Chess
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN writes about (in The New York Times) German Jens Kotainy, a German international master, who...
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Magnus Carlsen in India to Inspect World Chess Championship Venue (Photos)
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, We've just received news that World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is in India to inspect the venue of the World Chess...
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Team Prizes at Goch Chess Open from Sept 5-9
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 24th International Goch Open 2013 is scheduled to take place on 5-9th September at the Kultur und...
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