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Botswana-Zambia friendly match
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE Staff Writer (Mmegi-Botswana) Tuduetso Sabure led Botswana women to victory. Botswana women gave their Zambian opponents a 15-5 thumping in a friendly chess match played in Kasane on Saturday. The two teams played four rounds. In the last round, the Zambians were walloped 4-0 as Keitumetse Mokgacha, Onkemetse…
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2011 Chicago Open
The 20th annual Chicago Open takes place in Wheeling, Illinois which is about a 40-minute drive from downtown Chicago. Grandmasters from around the road are competing in one of the major U.S. tournaments in the summer circuit that carries a $100,000 guaranteed prize fund. GM Pentala HarikrishnaPhoto by Daaim Shabazz.…
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Nakamura, Robson storm to victory!
After a three-month layoff of chess, Hikaru Nakamura felt the rust. He sat out the U.S. Championship, but decided he would participate in an exhibition match against Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine. Nakamura, the world’s #8 lost the first game, but rebounded in the second with a win. After three…
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U.S. Summer Chess Circuit
Summertime is certainly a busy time for U.S. chess. Next week will kick off a run of major summer tournaments. 20th Chicago Open May 26-30, 27-30, 28-30 or 29-30 National Open June 10-12 or June 11-12 4th New York International June 17-21 8th Philadelphia International June 24-28 39th World Open…
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2011 CUCA International (Luanda, Angola)
GM Sergei Tiviakov, world traveler impresario, is currently in Angola taking part in the CUCA International tournament in the capitol of Luanda. He has taken very nice pictures and a brief article has appeared on ChessBase. GM Nigel Short heads the field of 26 players in the open section. There…
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World candidates matches heat up!
When looking at the eight players who qualified for the candidates matches, many had chosen Levon Aronian as the odds-on favorite. With Magnus Carlsen having withdrawn, Aronian was hoping to make a big splash against Alexander Grischuk. Surprisingly, Armenia’s Levon Aronian failed to advance. The match went into tiebreaks and…
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Emojong to raise Ugandan flag at zonals
The Uganda Chess Federation has confirmed sending 2011 East Africa Chess Champion, Elijah Emojong to represent the country at the Zone 4.2 Africa Chess Championship to be held in Khartoum, Sudan from 19th to 29th May 2011. Elijah Emojong Zone 4.2 also comprises of chess power-house Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya,…
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