Divya stands tall in Singapore
Times of India
NAGPUR: After a losing start to her international campaign, Divya Garg came back strongly to claim the top honours along with two others in the 2nd Singapore International Youth Chess Championship recently. In the girls' under-14 category of the Open ...

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Super Bowl fever with Manchester Titans: The game that's like rocket-fueled chess
Manchester Evening News
It's like chess on speed.” Those involved are a mix of graduates, like Matt, who picked up the sport while studying at university, youngsters who fell in love with the game from watching it on TV and a handful of veterans still in action from the 80s ...

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SPOTLIGHT: Chess Club survives at Illinois school
Chicago Tribune
"I've always loved playing chess and I love the logical skill and challenge that it gives," Martin said. He's not alone. Although small, LP's chess club continues as one of the remaining few in the area. Led by coach Bill Schulte, owner of River Valley ...

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Sawaski wins 'Electronic Knights,' national chess title
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
By Rob Roos It was something of a belated Christmas present for Jim Sawaski of Newberry when he received a letter in the mail in early January from the United States Chess Federation. Sawaski found out that he was the winner of the 2007 Electronic ...

ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Chess Club survives at LaSalle-Peru high school
Chicago Tribune
"I've always loved playing chess and I love the logical skill and challenge that it gives," Martin said. He's not alone. Although small, LP's chess club continues as one of the remaining few in the area. Led by coach Bill Schulte, owner of River Valley ...

Super Bowl fever with Manchester Titans: The game that's like chess on speed
Manchester Evening News
It's like chess on speed.” Those involved are a mix of graduates, like Matt, who picked up the sport while studying at university, youngsters who fell in love with the game from watching it on TV and a handful of veterans still in action from the 80s ...

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Seven round Swiss system chess tourney for Berbicians
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Sports | Sunday, February 5, 2012 A seven round Swiss system chess tournament will be held at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus Berbice today. The Comments section is intended to provide a forum for reasoned and ...

Susan Polgar makes a move; Texas Tech chess coach and grand master leaving for ...
LubbockOnline.com
Polgar, a world and Olympic chess champion, will transfer her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence to Webster University starting June 1. By Adam D. Young Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar is making a move, uprooting the chess institute created in ...

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Chess: Vietnam's Liem finishes seventh at UK tournament
SGGP
Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam Chess completed the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK at the 7th position among more than 250 players competing in the tournament that wrapped up on Feb. 2. The Ho Chi Minh City player earned 7 points ...

Gibraltar Chronicle
17-Year-Old's Victory Puts Pressure on Best Woman Ever to Play the Game
New York Times
Until last week, when Hou Yifan, the 17-year-old women's world champion, turned in a spectacular performance at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, which ended on Thursday. Hou's results will put her on the cusp of the top 100 among all players, ...
Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the LimelightHuffington Post
Gibraltar rocks the world of chess with a quarter of a billion website hitsGibraltar Chronicle
Kavalek in Huffington: Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the LimelightChessbase News
St. Louis Beacon (blog) -Times of India -VietNamNet Bridge
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Akram leads PCPA chess championship
The News International
KARACHI: National Master Wasim Akram led the points table at the end of the fifth round of the 2nd PCPA Open Chess Championship for Zahiruddin Farooqui Trophy here on Saturday. He was the only player to accumulate the maximum five points, as he emerged ...
Wasim Akram catches Lodhi off guardDAWN.com

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Columbus Dispatch
On Chess: Carlsen is cool but not complacent
Columbus Dispatch
Carlsen doesn't obsess about such things; he simply goes about playing chess. $1 million a year, and a father who is a businessman and helps in practical matters, the 21-year-old wunderkind leads a relatively worry-free existence.

IHSA State Chess Tournament Ready to “Check” into Peoria
Canton Daily Ledger
By Anonymous Chess masters will make their move when the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) hosts the 2012 State Chess Tournament Feb. 10-11 at the Peoria Civic Center. A total of 138 high school chess teams, including some from several area ...

BBC News
Oxford six-year-old plays chess in adult tournament
BBC News
A six-year-old boy from Oxford is taking part in his first adult chess tournament after becoming obsessed with the game. Callaghan McCarty-Snead took up chess last summer because he suffers from bad asthma. Now he is captain of his chess team at SS ...

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“Misbah's composure the key,” says British Chess Master
DAWN.com
Celebrated British Chess Grand Master Dr Nigel Short complimented Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq for his composure and patience, key attributes according to him that helped his team to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match test series.

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Gibraltar Chronicle
Gibraltar rocks the world of chess with a quarter of a billion website hits
Gibraltar Chronicle
Tradewise 2012 has rocked the world of chess and made history this week. Hou Yifan from China at 17 years of age played the best result by a female player in the history of the game. The world of chess will be talking about her achievements in this ...
Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the LimelightHuffington Post
Kavalek in Huffington: Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the LimelightChessbase News
Women's world champion cruises in GibraltarSt. Louis Beacon (blog)
Times of India -VietNamNet Bridge -Viet Nam News
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Library events for Feb. 4
Gresham Outlook
Chess at the Library — 1 to 4:30 pm, Gresham Library. Have fun playing chess or Chinese chess; the library will provide the equipment. All ages welcome. Learning Lab: Guide to English Language Learning Resources — 1:30 to 3:30 pm, Gresham Library.

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CHESS FOR SUCCESS! Spend the Summer of 2012 Pursuing the Best Moves Possible
Westside Today
Make 2012 the year you checkmate chess at the best chess camp in Los Angeles. Summer is the perfect opportunity to improve your child's focus, concentration and thinking abilities. By Ivona Jezierska | February 03, 2012 Register for one or both 2012 ...

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FM Chess to hold tournament Saturday
In-Forum
FARGO – FM Chess will hold a scholastic chess tournament today at Fargo's Centennial Elementary, 4201 25th St. S. FARGO – FM Chess will hold a scholastic chess tournament today at Fargo's Centennial Elementary, 4201 25th St. S. Registration will be ...

Top collegiate chess team moving from Texas to Webster U.
STLtoday.com
WEBSTER GROVES • It's hard to imagine that the local competitive chess scene could get any more spirited. St. Louis is home to the US Chess Championships, the country's No. 1 rated player and the World Chess Hall of Fame. Soon you can add the nation's ...
Chess queen to St. LouisMissourinet.com
Champion college chess team moves to Webster USt. Louis Business Journal
Polgar leaving Texas Tech, taking championship chess team with herKCBD-TV
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