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The Machine - Chess Play Premiere in Manchester; Hadley Fraser as Garry Kasparov
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Philip Radcliffe writes about the premier of chess play 'The Machine' in Manchester this Sunday. First up is the...
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The Chess Motif for all of the World - Feature Article
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hello everyone,Bobby Fischer, seated, ponders his next move as challenger Samuel Reshevsky paces during the 1963 U.S....
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Good Samaritan Chess News Twice Over: Helping Renown Institute for Cancer,...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hello everyone, There are several chess-inspired good Samaritans out there and it's always quite gratifying to feature these...
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International Chess Tournament “Ikaros”: 36 Years of a Brilliant Course!
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The International Chess Tournament Ikaros becomes 36 years old this summer, celebrating with yet another marvelous...
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Fiji Chess News: Manoj Kumar Wins Parmeshwar Memorial
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Here is some latest chess from Fiji. Candidate Master (CM) Manoj Kumar successfully retained the Rajnesh Parmeshwar...
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GM Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship 2013
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Indian Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after...
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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 in Beijing from Dec 10
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,Fide has announced the players selected for the SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 to be played in Beijing, China...
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President Jacob Zuma Quotes on Chess
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, South African President Jacob Zuma has lauded Indian chess player Abhijit Gupta for winning the Commonwealth...
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Beijing Chess Grand Prix 2013: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Wins Clear First
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, This completes a hat-trick of sorts for Azerbaijan Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov as he wins the Beijing Chess...
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IM Adrien Demuth is Chess Champion of Paris
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 88th Championnat d’Echecs de Paris (Paris Chess Championship) took place 6th – 14th July at the Stade Louis...
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Fide on Chess Ratings: Summary Report of QC Council
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, SUMMARY REPORT OF QC COUNCIL MEETING IN ATHENS1-2 June 2013 Annex QC1 ANALYSIS QC consultant Jeff Sonas has...
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Topalov Qualifies for Candidates Chess Tournament 2014
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the Beijing Chess Grand Prix and, along with Fabiano Caruana, could fill one of the seats...
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Bangladesh Get their Youngest Fide Master in 10-year-old Fahad
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Mohammad Fahad Rahman, a fourth grader, has become Bangladesh’s youngest Fide Master. The World Chess Federation...
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US Chess Scoop on World Open Video
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The World Open moved from Philly to DC this year, and the US Chess Scoop talked to many star players about games...
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Progress in Chess is an Ongoing Process: Parimarjan Negi
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, He used to be a "one dimensional player" but over the years, India's youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi has...
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Computer Chess Team Interviewed at Google HQ
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Google hosted a few of the people involved with the film Computer Chess for a screening and an “At Google” Q&A...
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Indian Chess Profile: Harika Dronavalli
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Indian chess is defined by two outstanding names. One is of course World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, and the...
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Dutch Chess Championships: GMs Wouter Spoelman, Dimitri Reinderman Joint...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Dimitri Reinderman (title on tiebreak) and Lisa Schut Dutch Chess Champions 2013The Dutch Chess Championships were...
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Universiade Chess Event: Seven Leaders after Four Rounds
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 27th Summer Universiade event is taking place on July 6-17 2013 in Kazan, Russia. Once again, chess has been...
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Pretty Chess Damsel: Name Her, Which Tournament has She Just Won?
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,This chess trivia question is really easy - particularly if you have been reading Chess Blog! Name this pretty...
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