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By FM Mike Klein IM Irina Krush won both games of yesterday’s rapid playoff match
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By FM Mike Klein After 11 exhausting days of play at the 2012 U.S. Championships,
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By FM Mike Klein The battle all chess fans waited to see at the 2012
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By Mike Klein GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky entered round nine of the 2012
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By FM Mike Klein The 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship did not change
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By FM Mike Klein Dramatic finishes punctuated an unpredictable day at the 2012 U.S. Championship
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By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS, May 13, 2012 — Round six of the U.S.
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By FM Mike Klein For the first time in the 2012 U.S. Championship, one player
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By GM Ben Finegold and Mike Wilmering SAINT LOUIS, May 12, 2012 — After four
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By FM Mike Klein The bell curve of scores began to take shape after today’s