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Zhao Xue Wins Grand Prix Tournament in Nalchik, Russia
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The third tournament in the series was dominated by Zhao Xue of China, whose performance came close to setting a record.
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Maghami Expelled From Corsica Chess Meet
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Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian, refused to compete against Ehud Shachar, an Israeli, in the fourth round of the Corsica Masters.
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Chess: Elite Players Struggle After Taking Break From Play
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The biggest obstacle chess players face when they return to competition is reconditioning themselves to the pressure.
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How Chess Offered Insight Into a Student’s Potential
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A reader responds to a recent article about the skills children develop when they play chess.
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Chess Tournament Near Chicago Teaches Discipline
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 A chess tournament in Oak Brook, Ill., demonstrates how much discipline, analytical thinking, time management and other adult skills children can develop by playing the game.
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Chess Tournament in Chicago Teaches Discipline
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A chess tournament in Oak Brook demonstrates how much discipline, analytical thinking, time management and other adult skills children can develop by playing the game.
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen Is Master of the Late Rally
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Magnus Carlsen has gotten into a strange habit of falling behind in tournaments before storming back to win.
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Chess: Topalov Takes on the Irish National Team
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No player since Garry Kasparov has been able to master elite simultaneous exhibitions, but Veselin Topalov decided to give it a try.
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Chess: European Players Are Well Paid for Team Play
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European stars are well paid to compete for the continent’s top clubs, but in the United States, elite players only get a small stipend to participate in league play.
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Good at Chess? A Hedge Fund May Want to Hire You
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For a number of hedge fund managers and traders, playing chess well has been among their better career moves.
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Chess: Hou Yifan Takes First Legs of Women’s Grand Prix
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After spending the past few months playing mostly men, Hou Yifan is on a winning streak on the women’s circuit.
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Peter Svidler of Russia Wins World Chess Cup
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Peter Svidler bested a fellow Russian, Alexander Grischuk. They and a Ukrainian, Vassily Ivanchuk, now advance to the Candidates Matches.
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Chess: Russians and Ukrainians Square Off at World Cup
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Four former Soviet republics are now among the world’s top 10 chess powerhouses, and Russia and Ukraine have become bitter rivals.
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Chess: Navara and Moiseenko Play Nice at the World Cup
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David Navara took a draw rather than force checkmate after his opponent, Alexander Moiseenko, agreed not to enforce a rule that would have be unfavorable to Navara.
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Chess: Shankland Upsets Leko at World Cup
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Samuel Shankland’s victory over Peter Leko of Hungary was the biggest set in the early going at the tournament, which is now under way in Russia.
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Numberplay: Avoiding Attack
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Dan Finkel with a variation on a classic chess conundrum.
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Two Big Tournaments in the Two Biggest Cities
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The competition at the First Metropolitan International Tournament in Los Angeles was slightly tougher than at the Manhattan Open.
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Chess: Swiercz and Deysi Win World Junior Titles
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Dariusz Swiercz, 17, and Cori T. Deysi, 18, won titles at the World Junior Chess Championship, but the best players of their generation now skip the tournament.
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Two Americans Abroad, With Vastly Different Results
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Two of America’s best players recently returned from trips abroad after having very different results in international competitions.
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Chess: Carlsen and Kramnik Win at Biel and Dortmund Events
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Magnus Carlsen at the Biel Chess Festival and Vladimir Kramnik at the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting trampled their competitors to take the two tournament titles.
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China: Armenia Wins World Team Championship
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Armenia swept the field at the World Team Championship, but Wang Yue was the competition’s highest scorer.
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Chess: Hou Defeats Sebag in Showdown in China
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 Hou Yifan defeated Marie Sebag at an elite women’s tournament in Hangzhou in a back-and-forth game that was not decided until the 32nd move.
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Boris Gelfand Gets First Shot at World Title, at Age 43
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Now in his 40s, Boris Gelfand will plays for the World Championship next year for the first time.
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Anish Giri Cements Status as the Netherlands’ Best
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Anish Giri, 17, was the runaway winner of the Dutch national championship, the second time he has claimed the title.
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Developer of Computer Chess Champ Accused of Stealing Code
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A champion computer was stripped of its titles and its developer was barred from future tournaments.
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Chess: Gregory Young Wins U.S. Junior Title
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Gregory Young of San Francisco was ranked just seventh in the 10-player field at the United States Junior Closed Championship, and he had not competed in six months.
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One Move Ahead of Opponents, and Two Ahead of Trouble
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James Black Jr., 12, a seventh grader from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is on the cusp of becoming a national master, the second-highest title awarded by the United States Chess Federation.
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Chess: Robert Hungaski Wins New York International
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Robert Hungaski won the tournament and earned his second grandmaster norm, and Kassa Korley and Aleksandr Ostrovskiy earned their first norms for international master.
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Chess: Loek Van Wely Finds Success in America
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The grandmaster Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands has become a big success on the American circuit.
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Chess: Christoph Natsidis Punished for Cheating
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Christoph Natsidis was disqualified from the German Championship after officials found evidence on his cellphone that he was relying on an Internet program.
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