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Game 8 Quick Draw at Carlsen - Anand World Chess Match; Will Anand Strike...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Much to the disappointment of Viswanathan Anand fans, the eighth game at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match,...
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Croatia World Senior Chess Round 7: Rogulij, Vaisser, Hulak in Joint Lead
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The World Senior Chess Championship 2013 is being held in Croatia. Three players - IM Rogulij (Cro), GM Vaisser...
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Game 9 is Crucial at Anand - Carlsen World Chess Match: Magnus' Dad Henrik
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,World No.1 Magnus Carlsen is not taking any chances in his on-going world chess championship clash against...
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Carlsen Wins Game 9, Needs 1/2 Point to become World Chess Champion 2013
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Game 9 at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match on Thursday had absolutely everyone on the edge. World Chess...
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Anand - Carlsen World Chess Match TV Viewership: Between 100 and 200 million!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The FIDE World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand is scoring possibly the highest...
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Congratulations! Magnus Carlsen of Norway is World Chess Champion
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,World No. 1 has picked up the next big title - the only one missing from his collection - of World Chess...
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Blind Chess film receives Praise at the World Chess Championship in Chennai
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,A full house and an enthusiastic response greeted the award winning documentary Algorithms about young blind...
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Chess Queen Kosteniuk Appointed Ambassador of the 2013 Sport Accord World...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,This year again, 12th women’s world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk will be the official Chess Ambassador of...
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FIDE World Chess Team Championship 2013 begins Nov 24 in Antalya, Turkey
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here's an update (via Chessdom) for all chess lovers wondering what to do now once that the Anand - Carlsen World...
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Senior World Chess Champions 2013: Congrats to Yelena Ankudinova and Anatoly...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 23rd FIDE Individual World Senior Championships 2013 were held on 11-24th November, 2013, at the conference...
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Magnus Carlsen formally Crowned World Chess Champion 2013 in Chennai
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Norway's Magnus Carlsen receiving the World Chess Champion's trophy from politician and main sponsor J...
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Uganda Chess News: Ssegwanyi, Kabengano win Kawuma Open Chess Championship
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Let's catch up on some chess news from Uganda: Former National Chess Champion, Arthur Ssegwanyi put up an...
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Magnus Carlsen already thinking about Defending his World Chess Champion...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen was crowned the World Chess Champion in Chennai on Monday. Here are top quotes by...
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World Team Chess begins in Antalya: Russia vs Armenia in Round 1 Today
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The FIDE World Team Chess Championship 2013 is taking place November 24th – December 6th in Antalya,...
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Viswanathan Anand Praises Russian Chess in McKinsey Essay
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Chess legend and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand praised the chess prowess of Russia in an essay that...
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World Team Chess Round 1: Russia - Armenia Draw
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The World Team Chess Championship 2013 has begun in Antalya, Turkey. The most important pairing of the first...
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Mid-week Chess Trivia: What is Karjakin, Anand, Carlsen's Ranking and Which...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Let's take you back in time for this chess trivia photo. Can you name the event and which of the top-three prizes...
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Doctor Who Theme Chess Tournament in Mablethorpe Today
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,A Doctor Who themed chess tournament is taking place in Mablethorpe today (Thursday November 28). The tournament,...
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Magnus Carlsen: No Childhood Dream of World Chess Champion, Just got...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,New World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway gives an exclusive interview to ChessTV after winning the...
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Kosteniuk to play Goodwill simul in favor of Telethon Geneva on December 8, 2013
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013Hello everyone,If you happen to be in Geneva, Switzerland on December 8 at 2 PM, come and meet me or even play with me in a...
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