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100-Day Countdown to 5th London Chess Classic Begins; Anand, Nakamura to play...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Chess in Schools and Communities is delighted to announce the 100 day countdown is underway for the 5th London...
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Interview with Chess Legends: Genna Sosonko on Elite Chess, Aging Process,...
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,Mikhail Botvinnik (seated) and Salo Flohr during their match in 1935, Moscow. Sosonko: "Chess in the 21st...
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Wholesale Chess Now Selling Chess King Training DVDs, Software: 10% Off...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Wholesale Chess is pleased to announce that the company has added the Chess King software and training DVDs to...
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World Chess Champion Anand's Seconds: Sandipan Chanda, Surya Shekhar Ganguly,...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Indian newspapers have reported that World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand's new team member is Indian Grandmaster...
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Vienna Chess Open 2013: Stanislav Novikov wins on Tiebreak
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 18th edition of the Vienna Chess Open was held on 17th – 25th August 2013 at the Vienna Town Hall – Stiege 1,...
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10 Chess Films to Watch: Video Countdown
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Here is a nice video of scenes compiled from ten movies on chess. These are quite popular movies in English,...
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Amazing Chess Music: Byrne - Fischer Game with Percussionists Connor Shafran,...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The famous game played in 1956 between Donald Byrne (White), and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer (Black) has now been set...
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Executives' Chess Congress at Western Kentucky - Creative New Concept!
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Here is an interesting new chess event: A Leadership Congress Catering to the Enhancement of Presidents, Senior...
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Rare Russian Chess Books Available Now
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, There's no denying that Russia has given the planet the maximum number of strong and legendary chess players...
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World Chess Candidates 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk?
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The UGRA Chess Federation has sent a bid to FIDE to hold the Candidates Tournament in March 2014 in...
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America's Oldest Chess Championship from Aug 30: Annual New York State...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Albany MarriotThe 135th edition of the Annual New York State Championship - America’s oldest annual tournament,...
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Tobey Maguire to portray chess master Bobby Fischer in Montreal
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, TORONTO — Actor Tobey Maguire is heading to Montreal this winter to make a feature film about the chess match of...
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Pitching for Chess and Peace: Duncan Glassey
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,Edinburgh-based Wealthflow’s Duncan Glassey is hoping to use his passion for chess to help those less fortunate than...
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World Computer Chess Championship begins with Top Chess Engines
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, TCEC, the unofficial world computer championship by Martin Thoresen, started this August 26th with the...
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Schwarzacher Chess Open: GM Vitaly Kunin wins Clear First
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 28th Schwarzacher Open was held 17-24th August in Schwarzach, Austria. A total of 148 players from 18 countries...
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Hamdouchi and Maisuradze are 2013 French Chess Champions
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 88th French Chess Championships were held from 11th to 23rd August at the Palais des sports Jean Weille in...
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88th Argentina Chess Championships begin
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 88th Chess Championship of Argentina is taking place from 25th August to 7th September at the Hotel Atrium...
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Forgetting my Computer is my Biggest Nightmare: World Chess Champion...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, CHENNAI: With his World Championship match against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen just two months away, preparation is...
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Chess and Art: Samuel Beckett's Obsession with Chess
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Stephen Moss has a brilliant article on Samuel Beckett's great obsessions in the Guardian. Was this game of fierce...
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Paris Chess Grand Prix from Sept 27
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Even as the Chess World Cup comes to an end - with Vladimir Kramnik and Dmitry Andreikin to play the final - it is...
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