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Anastasia Bodnaruk wins Russian Chess Cup for Women
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,WGM/IM Anastasia Bodnaruk from Saint Petersburg emerged winner of the Russian Cup for Women after defeating WIM...
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Dmitri Jakovenko wins Russia Chess Cup Final 2013
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The Russian Chess Cup Final has concluded with the final phase after a full year: Anastasia Bodnaruk won the...
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Basque Chess at SportAccord World Mind Games Sergey Karjakin, Zhao Xue win...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Sergey Karjakin from Russia dominated the Basque system chess tournament at the SportAccord World Mind Games in...
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Richard Rapport wins European Rapid Chess Championship 2013
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2013 that was held on 14-15th...
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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen's Heart Rate to be Monitored during CES...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Is World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen really calm when playing chess? We will find out when the Norwegian...
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Super Chess Talent: Name the Two Grandmasters!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,How well do you know your chess stars - Can you name these two chess prodigies and where was this photo taken?...
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Cuban Bruzon Wins Mexican Chess Tournament
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon has won the 25th edition of the Chess tournament Carlos Torre in Memoriam....
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Are Killer Chess Robots Kind to Pretty Russian Girls?
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Yes, pretty girls play very strong chess, but once in a while you cannot help suspect that a killer chess...
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Khanty Mansiysk Chess Candidates 2014: FIDE seeks Players' Confirmation by...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,FIDE has announced that the deadline for players to confirm their participation in the Candidates Chess...
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World School Chess Championship 2014 in Brazil Nov 26 - Dec 4, 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013Hello everyone,Here is an important press release from FIDE regarding the World School Chess Championship 2014: Dear Chess...
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GM Norm Chess Tournaments held in Canterbury, Australia
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The Box Hill Chess Club in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia hosted two round robin tournaments on 14-22nd...
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Efforts on to include chess in the Olympics: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who was in Chennai recently for the closing ceremony of the World Chess...
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Texas Tech to host World Series of Chess Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Event
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,For the first time ever, Texas Tech will host the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, Dec....
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Anand on World Chess Championship 2013: I should have pressed Carlsen a bit more
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here is an interesting interview given by former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand to SportStar. “I never...
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Merry Christmas Chess Comic!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,We wish you you and your families a wonderful Christmas, filled with love, happiness, and chess with this...
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Trosman Chess Memorial Simul Becomes an Annual Event
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,We have here a very nice chess article on the Trosman Memorial Simul Becomes an Annual Event. The article is by...
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Chess in South East Asian Nations in Myanmar
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 27th SEA Games are being held in Nay Pyi Taw, the new capital of Myanmar. This is a biennial multisport games...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 with Anand, Carlsen, Aronian, Nakamura, Caruana,...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 will be the first encounter between the newly-crowned World Chess Champion,...
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37th San Sebastian City International Chess Open April 12-19
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 37th San Sebastian City International Chess Open is set to take place on 12-19th April, 2014, at the Gros...
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Pavlodar Chess Open 2013: GM Rinat Jumabayev wins on Tiebreak
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The Pavlodar Chess Open 2013 took place from 10-19th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.The...
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