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Zhao Xue Wins Grand Prix Tournament in Nalchik, Russia
The third tournament in the series was dominated by Zhao Xue of China, whose performance came close to setting a record.

Maghami Expelled From Corsica Chess Meet
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian, refused to compete against Ehud Shachar, an Israeli, in the fourth round of the Corsica Masters.

Chess: Elite Players Struggle After Taking Break From Play
The biggest obstacle chess players face when they return to competition is reconditioning themselves to the pressure.

How Chess Offered Insight Into a Student’s Potential
A reader responds to a recent article about the skills children develop when they play chess.

Chess Tournament Near Chicago Teaches Discipline
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.

Chess Tournament in Chicago Teaches Discipline
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.

Chess: Magnus Carlsen Is Master of the Late Rally
Magnus Carlsen has gotten into a strange habit of falling behind in tournaments before storming back to win.

Chess: Topalov Takes on the Irish National Team
No player since Garry Kasparov has been able to master elite simultaneous exhibitions, but Veselin Topalov decided to give it a try.

Chess: European Players Are Well Paid for Team Play
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.

Good at Chess? A Hedge Fund May Want to Hire You
For a number of hedge fund managers and traders, playing chess well has been among their better career moves.

Chess: Hou Yifan Takes First Legs of Women’s Grand Prix
After spending the past few months playing mostly men, Hou Yifan is on a winning streak on the women’s circuit.

Peter Svidler of Russia Wins World Chess Cup
Peter Svidler bested a fellow Russian, Alexander Grischuk. They and a Ukrainian, Vassily Ivanchuk, now advance to the Candidates Matches.

Chess: Russians and Ukrainians Square Off at World Cup
Four former Soviet republics are now among the world’s top 10 chess powerhouses, and Russia and Ukraine have become bitter rivals.

Chess: Navara and Moiseenko Play Nice at the World Cup
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.

Chess: Shankland Upsets Leko at World Cup
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.

Numberplay: Avoiding Attack
Dan Finkel with a variation on a classic chess conundrum.

Two Big Tournaments in the Two Biggest Cities
The competition at the First Metropolitan International Tournament in Los Angeles was slightly tougher than at the Manhattan Open.

Chess: Swiercz and Deysi Win World Junior Titles
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.

Two Americans Abroad, With Vastly Different Results
Two of America’s best players recently returned from trips abroad after having very different results in international competitions.

Chess: Carlsen and Kramnik Win at Biel and Dortmund Events
Magnus Carlsen at the Biel Chess Festival and Vladimir Kramnik at the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting trampled their competitors to take the two tournament titles.

China: Armenia Wins World Team Championship
Armenia swept the field at the World Team Championship, but Wang Yue was the competition’s highest scorer.

Chess: Hou Defeats Sebag in Showdown in China
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.

Boris Gelfand Gets First Shot at World Title, at Age 43
Now in his 40s, Boris Gelfand will plays for the World Championship next year for the first time.

Anish Giri Cements Status as the Netherlands’ Best
Anish Giri, 17, was the runaway winner of the Dutch national championship, the second time he has claimed the title.

Developer of Computer Chess Champ Accused of Stealing Code
A champion computer was stripped of its titles and its developer was barred from future tournaments.

Chess: Gregory Young Wins U.S. Junior Title
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.

One Move Ahead of Opponents, and Two Ahead of Trouble
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.

Chess: Robert Hungaski Wins New York International
Robert Hungaski won the tournament and earned his second grandmaster norm, and Kassa Korley and Aleksandr Ostrovskiy earned their first norms for international master.

Chess: Loek Van Wely Finds Success in America
The grandmaster Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands has become a big success on the American circuit.

Chess: Christoph Natsidis Punished for Cheating
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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