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Josh Colas: 7th Grade National Champ!
Guy Colas told The Chess Drum that there was an intense focus that his son Josh Colas had before the National K-12 Championships in Orlando, Florida. “As you know Josh never reveals his emotion which is why he is liked so much. However, I can tell when he’s pumped.” The…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #4
2010 Women World Chess ChampionshipRound #4 Pairings # Player ELO Nation Flag Player ELO Nation Flag 1 Harika 2525 IND Ruan 2480 CHN 2 Zhao 2474 CHN Skripchenko 2460 FRA 3 Koneru 2600 IND Ju 2524 CHN 4 Hou 2591 CHN Lahno 2522 UKR Preview: Looking at the quarterfinals, you…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #3
2010 Women World Chess ChampionshipRound #3 Pairings # Player ELO Nation Flag Player ELO Nation Flag 1 Kosteniuk 2507 RUS Ruan 2480 CHN 2 Muzychuk,M 2462 UKR Harika 2525 IND 3 Dembo 2454 GRE Zhao 2474 CHN 4 Skripchenko 2460 FRA Cmilyte 2514 LTU 5 Koneru 2600 IND Zatonskih 2478…
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2010 London Chess Classic
GMs Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Photo by Frederic Friedel. Four of the world’s top players will be in Kensington for the 2010 London Classic. World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura will join four of the top English players in a marquee event.…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #2
2010 Women World Chess ChampionshipRound #2 Pairings # Player ELO Nation Flag Player ELO Nation Flag 1 Kosteniuk 2507 RUS Khukhashvili, 2430 GEO 2 Koneru 2600 IND Houska 2421 ENG 3 Hou 2591 CHN Romanko 2414 RUS 4 Kosintseva 2581 RUS Dembo 2454 GRE 5 Dzagnidze 2551 GEO Skripchenko 2460…
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2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #1
Round #1 – Game #1 Saturday, 4 December 2010 Top Seeds maul Challengers GM Koneru Humpy got off to a promising start.Photo by wwcxc2010.tsf.org.tr. In the first round of a two-game match, upsets are likely to occur. However, in the Women’s World Chess Championship, there were no major upsets and…
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2010 Women Chess Cup (Antakya, Turkey)
Today starts the Women’s World Championship with most of the top players in the world. Of course, Judit Polgar has eschewed playing in the gender-based tournament, but as the gap closes, there may be more entrants into the upper echelon of chess. Two possibilities are from the Asian continent in…
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Orrin Hudson seeking support
Orrin C. Hudson has been championing the cause of chess since 2000 when he founded Besome, Incorporated. He story is well know and he has graced the covered of major magazines and been on a number of news programs to explain his mission. One of the mission is to train…
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