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Foisor Wins US Women's While So, Onischuk Head To Playoff
Chess.com
From left, GM Varuzhan Akobian, GM Hikaru Nakamura, IM John Donaldson, GM Alex Onischuk, GM Gata Kamsky (at the 2008 Olympiad, not the 2017 U.S. Championship!). Alas, that was not to be, at least not yet. Despite a more deliberate effort, against ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
After seven rounds at the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the standings become even murkier. Fabiano Caruana had a rare loss, to US newcomer and St. Louis University student Zherebukh Yaroslav, which pushed ...

So overwhelming
Philippine Star
So trounced teenager Jeffrey Xiong, clinching the victory with a daring Queen sacrifice, while Akobian banked on a time-pressure blunder to beat top-seeded Fabiano Caruana. Veteran Alexander Onischuk outplayed third-seeded Hikaru Nakamura to take ...
So keeps share of leadInquirer.net
Wesley So stays on topManila Bulletin

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So keeps share of lead
Inquirer.net
Top seed Wesley So subdued rising star Jeffery Xiong in the ninth round Friday and kept his share of the lead in the 2017 US Championship in St. Louis, Missouri. His third win against six draws gave the Cavite-born 6.0 points, the same total posted by ...
Wesley So stays on topManila Bulletin

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The US championships are ongoing at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and after six rounds, Wesley So is in first place, but right behind him ...
So keeps share of lead | Inquirer SportsInquirer.net
Wesley So stays on topManila Bulletin

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The US championships are ongoing at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and after six rounds, Wesley So is in first place, but right behind him are Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Stanford student Daniel Naroditsky, and Varuzhan ...

Minnetonka chess player shares lead at U.S. Chess Championship ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Grandmaster Wesley So, who has an unbeaten streak of 65 games, won a stunner on Friday. By Dennis J. McGrath Star Tribune. April 10, 2017 — 10:40am.
So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila StandardThe Standard
Wesley draws, shares US leadManila Bulletin

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World No2 Wesley So shares lead after inspired victory at US ...
The Guardian
The 23-year-old is in joint first place after a brilliantly imaginative 31-move attacking victory in the game of the tournament so far against 16-year-old Jeffery ...
So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
Wesley draws, shares US leadManila Bulletin
Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila StandardThe Standard

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World No2 Wesley So shares lead after inspired victory at US championship
The Guardian
The title holder and world No3 Fabiano Caruana suffered a shock defeat in Wednesday's seventh round from Yaroslav Zherebukh, a 23-year-old former Ukrainian who only got into the event as a wildcard. Caruana won in round eight, but then had a total ...
Akobian Wins To Become So's Newest Co-Leader - Chess.comChess.com
Minnetonka chess player shares lead at US Chess ChampionshipMinneapolis Star Tribune
So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
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GM So 'di matinag - Abante Tonite
Abante-Tonite
Nakipaghatian ng puntos si Super Grandmaster Wesley So sa rounds 7 at 8 para manatili sa unahan ng US Chess Championships sa St. Louis, Missouri.
GM So ligtas sa upset - Abante News OnlineAbante Online

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GM So 'di matinag - Abante Tonite
Abante-Tonite
Nakipaghatian ng puntos si Super Grandmaster Wesley So sa rounds 7 at 8 para manatili sa unahan ng US Chess Championships sa St. Louis, Missouri.
GM So ligtas sa upset - Abante News OnlineAbante Online

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Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila Standard
The Standard
WESLEY So blitzed his way to his sixth draw in eight games in the eighth round of the 2017 United States Chess Championship. So is still in the lead, but he no ...

Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila Standard
The Standard
WESLEY So blitzed his way to his sixth draw in eight games in the eighth round of the 2017 United States Chess Championship. So is still in the lead, but he no ...

Shahriyar Mammadyarov: “I'm always going to Shamkir with great enthusiasm”
AZERTAC News
Shahriyar Mammadyarov, last year's winner of the Shamkir Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of late chess player Vugar Hashimov expressed his views on the fourth race that will start on April 20. Azerbaijani chess player said that Shamkir ...

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So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times Online
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So agreed to a draw with GM Hikaru Nakamura in the eighth round to remain on top in the 2017 US Chess Championship ...
Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila StandardThe Standard
Wesley draws, shares US leadManila Bulletin

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Chess: Wesley So shares top spot in US Championship after another draw
ABS-CBN News
Wesley So drew Round 8 of the US Chess Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday, to keep his spot atop the 12-man field. So, a Filipino former juniors champion who now lives in the US, halved the point with Hikaru Nakamura for his 4th draw in a ...

Armenian Genocide Library Opens in Washington
MassisPost
WASHINGTON, DC — Historians and researchers studying the Armenian Genocide will have a chance to use over 5000 publications in the Armenian Genocide library in Washington, DC Voice of America reported. The opening ceremony of the Armenian ...

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So plays Nakamura to draw, keeps share of lead
Philippine Star
1 with Akobian, who supplanted Yaroslav Zherebukh from the top with a snappy 28-move win of a French showdown. The loss sent Zerebukh into a four-way logjam at No. 3 with Nakamura, defending champion Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Onischuk with ...

So plays Nakamura to draw, keeps share of lead
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So battled four-time champion Hikaru Nakamura to a 30-move draw of a Bogo-Indian duel to remain on top with new co-leader Varuzhan Akobian after eight rounds of the US Chess Championships in St. Louis, Missouri Friday.
So Remains on TopManila Bulletin
So keeps lead despite another drawThe Manila Times
So still leads US Open after draw | Inquirer SportsInquirer.net

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Akobian Wins To Become So's Newest Co-Leader
Chess.com
Despite telling the man he vanquished a day earlier, GM Fabiano Caruana, that he just wanted to play 1. e4 and make a draw, instead he went down convincingly. GM Varuzhan Akobian, an inveterate French player, won as Black and is the newest co-leader ...
So notches another draw, keeps leadThe Manila Times

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