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As the weather has warmed, tournament and match activity has picked up. Last week, began with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, ranked No. 2 in the world, winning the CEZ Chess Trophy, a rapid-play match in the Czech Republic against David Navarra, that country’s top-ranked player (No. 50 over all). Kramnik got off to a blistering [...]
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It is no surprise that everyone makes mistakes, even grandmasters. But in recent tournaments, some of the top players in the world have made some blunders that even, well, ordinary players might make. Obviously, there is no causal relationship among the errors, but it is nice to be reminded that everyone is human. The first [...]
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In the Denker tournament of High School Champions, Scott Low, Julian Landaw and Daniel Yeager tied for first, but who would get the 4-year-scholarship to University of Texas at Dallas? Find out in Jonathan Hilton’s blog.

After several blown deadlines for settling the time, location and prize fund for a match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the World Chess Federation announced yesterday that the match will take place in Lvov, Ukraine, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 14. The prize fund will be 0,000.
The [...]
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As the weather has warmed, tournament and match activity has picked up. Last week, began with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, ranked No. 2 in the world, winning the CEZ Chess Trophy, a rapid-play match in the Czech Republic against David Navarra, that country’s top-ranked player (No. 50 over all). Kramnik got off to a blistering [...]
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It is no surprise that everyone makes mistakes, even grandmasters. But in recent tournaments, some of the top players in the world have made some blunders that even, well, ordinary players might make. Obviously, there is no causal relationship among the errors, but it is nice to be reminded that everyone is human. The first [...]
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After several blown deadlines for settling the time, location and prize fund for a match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the World Chess Federation announced yesterday that the match will take place in Lvov, Ukraine, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 14. The prize fund will be 0,000.
The [...]
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As the weather has warmed, tournament and match activity has picked up. Last week, began with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, ranked No. 2 in the world, winning the CEZ Chess Trophy, a rapid-play match in the Czech Republic against David Navarra, that country’s top-ranked player (No. 50 over all). Kramnik got off to a blistering [...]
Source: http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/rss2.xml

It is no surprise that everyone makes mistakes, even grandmasters. But in recent tournaments, some of the top players in the world have made some blunders that even, well, ordinary players might make. Obviously, there is no causal relationship among the errors, but it is nice to be reminded that everyone is human. The first [...]
Source: http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/rss2.xml

After several blown deadlines for settling the time, location and prize fund for a match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the World Chess Federation announced yesterday that the match will take place in Lvov, Ukraine, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 14. The prize fund will be 0,000.
The [...]
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