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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #1)
The Millionaire Open kicked off with an incredible buzz as players milled about in anticipation for the start of the Millionaire Chess Open. Players from near and far… as close as Las Vegas and as far way as Asia/Africa/Pacific came to participate in the event of the year. Although there…
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, NV)
After the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open (MCO) was met with a rousing organizational success, many of the skeptics were silenced and supporters encouraged. However, there was always the question of whether this tournament would become a fixture on the American chess landscape. Amy Lee There is a wave of excitement…
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Opinion/Editorials
Movie “PAWN SACRIFICE”… fair to Fischer?
Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and looked through every picture from every interview he ever did, read everything he ever said, but in the end, you finally have to trust a certain amount of your own…
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2015 World Chess Cup: FINALS
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (FINALS) 1 Karjakin, S RUS 6-4 Svidler, P RUS Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 || Semifinals | Finals | Official Website: https://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/ All PGN Games (TWIC): https://www.theweekinchess.com/ Rules and…
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2015 World Chess Cup: Semifinals
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (SEMIFINALS) 1 Svidler, P RUS 1½-½ Giri, A NED 2 Karjakin, S RUS 3½-2½ Eljanov, P UKR Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 || Semifinals | Finals | Who will…
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50+ GMs, 50+ Countries = Millionaire Chess 2015!
The second Millionaire Chess Open is just a bit more than a week away and excitement is building. There is also excitement because more “star power” has been added before the September 30th registration deadline. The MC organized periodically announces strong players and yesterday Amy Lee told The Chess Drum…
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Uganda’s Ssegwanyi impressive at World Cup
Arthur Ssegwanyi of Uganda. The World Cup is currently moving into the sixth round and the elite Grandmasters are among the last four players standing, but of course there are always a number of interesting stories that surface. This one comes out of Uganda and this time the subject is…
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2015 World Chess Cup: Round #5
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (Round #5) 1 Svidler, P RUS 3½-2½ Wei Yi CHN 2 Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA ½-1½ Giri, A NED 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 2-4 Karjakin, S RUS 4 Eljanov, P UKR 1½-½ Nakamura, H USA Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round…
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2015 World Chess Cup: Round #4
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (Round #4) 1 Topalov, V BUL ½-1½ Svidler, P RUS 2 Wei Yi CHN 3½-2½ Ding Liren CHN 3 So, W USA ½-1½ Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA 4 Wojaszek, R POL 1-3 Giri, A NED 5 Caruana, F USA ½-1½ Mamedyarov,…
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2015 World Chess Cup: Round #3
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (Round #3) Bracket 1 1 Topalov, V BUL 2½-1½ Lu Shanglei CHN 2 Radjabov, T AZE 1½-2½ Svidler, P RUS Bracket 2 3 Areshchenko, A UKR ½-1½ Wei Yi CHN 4 Guseinov, G AZE ½-1½ Ding Liren CHN Bracket 3…
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Opinion/Editorials
Movie “PAWN SACRIFICE”… fair to Fischer?
Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and looked through every picture from every interview he ever did, read everything he ever said, but in the end, you finally have to trust a certain amount of your own…
Read More »