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chessblogger (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A few years ago I got a great deal for a set of wireless mouse and keyboard (less than $40 CAD in total). And it’s been serving me great because cables annoy me (there is already too many of them around my desk). The only times the wireless mouse bothered me was when replacing batteries, and when playing blitz games: the control over the cursor is just not as tight as with a regular mouse. Recently...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
We just received: Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate. US Champion Hikaru Nakamura, a legend in speed chess, and Bruce Harper have written the first book about bullet chess, the popular and fun format where players get just one minute for the entire game. The authors discuss the relationship between the position on the board and [...]
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
US Chess League VP Arun Sharma recaps Week 8 action in the US Chess League at the USCF website and assesses the playoff scenarios. Meanwhile, the vote is in for Game of the Week , with New Jersey having two games (Gulko - Perelshteyn and Shen - Esserman) in the top three, but first place going to Bartholomew - Becerra (with its sustained kingside attack) from the Dallas vs. Miami match. New Jersey...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
World's youngest GMs Friday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov AZE 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So PHI 14 years, 1...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ray Robson GM by IM Malcolm Pein Tuesday 20th October 2009 There was agony and ecstasy in the last round of the SPICE international organised by Susan Polgar at her chess school in Texas. Attention was focused on the attempt by Ray Robson, 14, to become the youngest ever American GM. Robson needed 2/2 and won nicely, see below, in his penultimate game after which he needed to defeat Daniel Rensch,...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Here is my unofficial calculation with some help from Chessdom.com: 1. Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days 8. Etienne Bacrot...
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Phenomenal 18-year-old Super-GM Magnus Carlsen finished the Nanjing Spring tournament ( games at Chessgames ) with a win to give him an unbelievable 8 / 10 score for the event, leading his nearest competitor, world number one Veselin Topalov, by 2.5 points. With the win, Carlsen broke 2800 on the Live Ratings List , making him one of the few in chess history to have done so. He is now less than 8 points...
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The Chess Circuit (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The London Chess Classic 2009 will be the highest level tournament in London for 25 years and will be the first in a series of events designed to increase enthusiasm for chess in the UK and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities. It is also our objective to bring the world championship to London in the Olympic year 2012. England's four leading Grandmasters;...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
To Play or Not to Play By Lubomir Kavalek Special to The Washington Post Monday, August 31, 2009; 9:57 AM During the last few months, Hikaru Nakamura, 21, has traveled back and forth from North America to Europe, adding Japan for good measure. The frequent traveling finally caught up with the young U.S. champion in Amsterdam, where he competed in the Rising Stars vs. Experience tournament, and he...
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