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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #11

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #11 Thursday, 14 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) Poland 1-3 China Hungary 3-1 Ukraine Norway 1 4-0 Malaysia Russia 2½-1½ France Azerbaijan 2½-1½ USA Full Results Medal Standings (Open) GOLD-China SILVER-Hungary BRONZE-India Kurt Meier of the Seychelles shown here in action during round seven. Meier collapsed…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #10

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #10 Tuesday, 12 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) France 1½-2½ China Ukraine 2-2 Azerbaijan Croatia 3½-½ Norway 1 Hungary 3½-½ Romania Bulgaria 1½-2½ Poland Full Results China got a key win over the French maintaining the lead. In the penultimate round of the 2014 Chess Olympiad,…

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  • Ilyumzhinov wins 2014 FIDE election 110-61

    The buildup to the 2014 FIDE election in Tromso, Norway was so tense you could feel it in the air. As representatives from 176 federations filed into the Universitetet i Tromsø (UIT) auditorium there was a buzzing of excitement. However, it was a matter of time before the meeting had…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #9

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #9 Monday, 11 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) China 2-2 Ukraine Czech Republic 1½-2½ France Norway 2-2 Turkey Azerbaijan 2-2 Romania Israel 1-3 Hungary Full Results The parity of this year’s Olympiad means that many teams retain medal chances even after a setback. In order to…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #8

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #8 Sunday, 10 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) China 3-1 Azerbaijan Romania 3-1 Czech Republic Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-3 Norway Ukraine 2½-1½ Bulgaria France ½-1½ Poland Full Results Ding Liren is one of China’s bright hopes for future dominance. Both he and Yu Yangyi are picking…

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  • African tensions boil at 2014 Olympiad

    The battle for the office of FIDE President is perhaps the most important event during this two week Olympiad. While the games were to take place at 2:00pm, the continental meetings took place today at 9:00am at the Radisson Blu Hotel. One of the main topics was the election for…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #7

    Top Boards (Open) Cuba 1½-2½ Azerbaijan Czech Republic 3-1 Russia Norway 1 1½-2½ Germany Serbia ½-3½ China Bulgaria 3-1 Netherlands Full Results Magnus Carlsen vs. Arkadij Naiditsch, 0-1.Photo Paul Truong. One of the shocks of the round was not Germany’s win over Norway, but the fact that Magnus Carlsen bungled…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #6

    Top Boards (Open) Azerbaijan 3½-½ Georgia Serbia 2-2 Bulgaria Italy 1-3 Norway 1 Cuba 3½-½ Kazakhstan Uzbekistan 1½-2½ Russia Full Results Azerbaijan widens its lead with a crushing victory over Georgia with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov getting a cluster of pieces around the black king with deadly effect. Serbia-Bulgaria drew trading wins…

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  • Conrad “Lightning” Holt wins U.S. Open!

    GM Conrad Holt receiving the Edmondson Cup. Photo by Daaim Shabazz.Conrad Holt has had a great run in the last couple of years. The physics major and rising senior at University of Texas at Dallas made a sparkling debut in last year’s U.S. Championship scoring a creditable 5th place with…

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  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #5

    Top Boards (Open) Azerbaijan 2-2 Serbia Russia 2-2 Bulgaria Armenia 2½-1½ Norway 1 China 2-2 Netherlands Ukraine 1½-2½ Uzbekistan Full Results What’s wrong with Ivanchuk?Photo by David Llada. The Ukraine has won two Olympiads of the past five with Armenia winning the other three. They are always a credible threat…

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