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Betting on Chess
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A London bookmaker has Viswanathan Anand of India as the favorite to win the Tata Steel chess tournament when it concludes on Sunday.
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Nakamura and Anand Again Separate Themselves From the Pack at Tata Steel
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Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan Anand won their games in Round 10 on Thursday and are tied for the lead for the fourth time.
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It's Turkey's Move
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In a letter, the European Chess Union has said that the Turkish Chess Federation can bid on hosting the European Women's Championship, but it will not automatically restore its right to host the event after the Turkish Federation dropped it a month ago.
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Solitaire Chess Anyone?
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ThinkFun has created an application that presents a series of problems using chess pieces on a four-by-four grid.
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Using Right Hemisphere of Brain to Win in Chess and Shogi
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 In chess and shogi, new research suggests that experts use parts of the brains that casual players do not.
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Bobby Fischer’s Odd Life Traced in Frank Brady’s ‘Endgame’
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 In “Endgame,” a longtime associate of Bobby Fischer recounts the chess superstar’s rise and fall from grace.
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Magnus Carlsen Falls Victim to ‘Chess Blindness’
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At the Tata Steel tournament, Magnus Carlsen made a colossal mistake and lost to a 16-year-old from the Netherlands.
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Giri Smashes Carlsen, but Nakamura Leads Tata Steel Chess Tournament
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The world's top-ranked player, who had White on Monday, lost in 22 moves to a 16-year-old grandmaster.
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Carlsen's New Modeling Partner
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G-Star Raw has hired the actress Gemma Arterton to be a spokesmodel alongside Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1 chess player.
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To Play Better Against Attractive Women, Men Need to Avert Their Eyes
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A study by Swedish researchers found that male chess players took more risks, with worse results, in games against attractive female players.
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The New Computer Chess Bully on the Screen
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A new chess program called Houdini is leading a competition that includes Rybka, the four-time defending world computer champion.
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America Has a New Chess Grandmaster and Three New International Masters
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At the Berkeley International tournament, which finished Saturday, Samuel Shankland became a grandmaster and Keaton Kiewra, Daniel Naroditsky and Conrad Holt each earned the international master title.
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Arrested Chess Players Walk Free
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Two players arrested for playing chess in a park had the charges dismissed on Tuesday.
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ESPN Discovers a Chess Prodigy. Or Not.
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The current issue of ESPN the Magazine has an article that says a Ugandan girl is a prodigal chess player, based on her latent talent.
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Charges Against Chess Players Dismissed
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A judge dismissed criminal summonses against two of the six men who were charged for playing chess at a playground in Upper Manhattan.
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Two Tied for Lead of Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament
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A series of decisive games over the last two days have tightened the lead of one of the year's oldest elite tournaments.
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Holiday Tournaments Keep Many Chess Players Busy
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Many popular chess tournaments have been held during the holidays for decades.
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Victimized by China
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A response to Nicholas D. Kristof column about Hou Yifan,China’s latest chess champion.
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Chess: Matthew Herman’s Meteoric Rise
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Matthew Herman abandoned chess when he was 13 to attend college, and then pursued a career at Goldman Sachs.
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Chess: University of Texas at Dallas Wins College Showdown
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The University of Texas at Dallas won the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships over the nation’s other three elite university teams.
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China Rises, and Checkmates
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 The human face of China as No. 1? Not some Communist hack, but a 16-year-old girl who’s the new women’s world chess champion.
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Chess: The Year in Review
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 Among the highlights: Hou Yifan began the youngest world champion ever, and Ray Robson was the youngest American to earn the rank of grandmaster.
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N.J. Triplets, 7, Quickly Become Chess Champions
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 Barely a year after learning the game, Andreas, Nicholas and Constantine Oskiper of East Windsor won a national title for first grade teams.
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Women’s World Chess Event Is Dominated by Chinese
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 The Women’s World Chess Championship has provided more evidence of a shift in the balance of power in the women’s game to Asia from Eastern Europe.
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16-Year-Old Becomes the Youngest World Chess Champion
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Hou Yifan, a 16-year-old chess player from China, became the youngest chess champion on Friday, toppling a record held since 1978.
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Chess Champion, at 16, Sets Record as World's Youngest
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Hou Yifan, a 16-year-old chess player from China, became the youngest chess champion on Friday, toppling a record held since 1978.
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Two Chinese Players Are Finalists at Women's World Chess Championship
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Hou Yifan, 16, the youngest player in the championship tournament, and Ruan Lufei, will play a four-game match for the title, beginning on Monday.
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California Boy, 9, Becomes Youngest U.S. Chess Master
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 Samuel Sevian of Santa Clara, Calif., has become the youngest master in United States history, and there seems to be fewer concerns about his achievement than the previous record holder.
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New York City Public School Repeats and Repeats as National Chess Champion
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For the second time in three years, Intermediate School 318, in Brooklyn, won three sections of the National Scholastic K-12 Chess Championships in Florida last weekend.
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At a Berlin Apartment for Rent: Boxing, Chess, Sleep
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The founders of an unusual sport called chessboxing have created a "Chessboxing Design Apartment" in Berlin -- and it's available for non-boxers to rent.
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