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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sat, 03/25/2017 - 11:08pm

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Chess Notes
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The championship will feature the usual cast of characters, with Wesley So, defending champion Fabiano Caruana, and Hikaru Nakamura leading the field. Given his great past 12 months, So must be considered the favorite. But we won't be surprised if ...

Armenian School Principals Accused of Illegal Campaigning - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 03/24/2017 - 6:39pm

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Armenian School Principals Accused of Illegal Campaigning
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — An Armenian civic organization on Friday claimed to have collected evidence that public school principals across Armenia are illegally pressurizing their staffs and students' parents to vote for the ruling Republican Party (HHK) in ...

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Tatev Abrahamyan, Varuzhan Hakobyan to take part in US Chess Championships - Panorama.am

Caruana - Fri, 03/24/2017 - 7:07am

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Tatev Abrahamyan, Varuzhan Hakobyan to take part in US Chess Championships
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As Panorama.am was informed from Chess.am, both of the championships feature 12 of the strongest chess players. Famous players Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, as well as Gata Kamsky and Alexander Onischuk will take part in the U.S. ...

Tatev Abrahamyan, Varuzhan Hakobyan to take part in US Chess Championships - Panorama.am

Nakamura - Fri, 03/24/2017 - 7:07am

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Tatev Abrahamyan, Varuzhan Hakobyan to take part in US Chess Championships
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As Panorama.am was informed from Chess.am, both of the championships feature 12 of the strongest chess players. Famous players Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, as well as Gata Kamsky and Alexander Onischuk will take part in the U.S. ...

Levon Aronian joins lineup of Grenke Chess Classic - PanARMENIAN.Net

Caruana - Fri, 03/24/2017 - 2:31am

Levon Aronian joins lineup of Grenke Chess Classic
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Seven other grandmasters are also participating in the round-robin tournament, including Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Arkadij Naiditsch (Azerbaijan), Hou Yifan (China), Matthias Blübaum (Germany) ...

Levon Aronian joins lineup of Grenke Chess Classic - PanARMENIAN.Net

Caruana - Fri, 03/24/2017 - 2:22am

Levon Aronian joins lineup of Grenke Chess Classic
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Seven other grandmasters are also participating in the round-robin tournament, including Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Arkadij Naiditsch (Azerbaijan), Hou Yifan (China), Matthias Blübaum (Germany) ...

Carlsen, Caruana, So Vie For PRO Chess Champs This Weekend - Chess.com

Caruana - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 7:59pm

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Carlsen, Caruana, So Vie For PRO Chess Champs This Weekend
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(We will set aside GM Fabiano Caruana, who was born in the U.S., but is playing for Montreal!) Let's take a look at the matches and the lineups in more detail. Norway vs. Stockholm (Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. PDT, 1.pm. EDT, 6 p.m. CET):. No surprise ...

Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia suspended over extremism - TASS

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 11:24am

Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia suspended over extremism
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MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. Russia's Justice Ministry has suspended the activities of the religious organization calling itself Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia due to its extremist activities. Read also ...

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Pestaño: Comparing American, China and India | SunStar - Sun.Star

Caruana - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 9:29am

Pestaño: Comparing American, China and India | SunStar
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Wesley So is of Filipino origin while Fabiano Caruana is Italian. Another is Hikaru Nakamura of Japanese origin and still another is Gata Kamsky, who immigrated from Russia. All of them transferred to the USA mainly to earn more money. Incidentally ...

Pestaño: Comparing American, China and India | SunStar - Sun.Star

Nakamura - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 9:29am

Pestaño: Comparing American, China and India | SunStar
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Another is Hikaru Nakamura of Japanese origin and still another is Gata Kamsky, who immigrated from Russia. All of them transferred to the USA mainly to earn more money. Incidentally, the US Championship will start this March 28 and these four ...

Armenian GM Levon Aronian to take part in Grenke Chess Classic 2017 - Panorama.am

Caruana - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 5:43am

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Armenian GM Levon Aronian to take part in Grenke Chess Classic 2017
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The tournament participants are Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Arkadij Naiditsch (Azerbaijan), Hou Yifan (China), Matthias Blübaum (Germany) and Georg Meier (Germany).

On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition - KBIA

Caruana - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 5:41am

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On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition
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In the open section, the favorites are the imposing trio that has helped the U.S. vanquish its opposition and win the 2016 Chess Olympiad: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Between them, they share five national titles, with Nakamura ...

On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition - KBIA

Nakamura - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 5:41am

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On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition
KBIA
In the open section, the favorites are the imposing trio that has helped the U.S. vanquish its opposition and win the 2016 Chess Olympiad: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Between them, they share five national titles, with Nakamura ...

On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition | St. Louis ... - St. Louis Public Radio

Caruana - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 5:21am

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On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition | St. Louis ...
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It's that time of the year again. The time when St. Louis dresses up in its white and black gown and welcomes the best chess players the nation has to.

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On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition - St. Louis Public Radio

Nakamura - Thu, 03/23/2017 - 5:21am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: US Chess is rising and So is the competition
St. Louis Public Radio
In the open section, the favorites are the imposing trio that has helped the U.S. vanquish its opposition and win the 2016 Chess Olympiad: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Between them, they share five national titles, with Nakamura ...

Top GMs Star In German Bundesliga - Chess.com

Caruana - Sun, 03/19/2017 - 3:37pm

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Top GMs Star In German Bundesliga
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As always, Baden Baden managed to contract several top 10 players, such as GMs Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vishy Anand. 18 and 19 March was the fifth weekend, with rounds 9 and 10. On Saturday Baden-Baden defeated Werder ...

Varuzhan Hakobyan and Tatev Abrahamyan to participate in the 2017 US Championship - Panorama.am

Caruana - Sat, 03/18/2017 - 8:06am

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Varuzhan Hakobyan and Tatev Abrahamyan to participate in the 2017 US Championship
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The 2017 U.S. Championship will kick off on March 29 at Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The tournament is an elite competition, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, Wesley ...

Varuzhan Hakobyan and Tatev Abrahamyan to participate in the 2017 US Championship - Panorama.am

Nakamura - Sat, 03/18/2017 - 8:06am

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Varuzhan Hakobyan and Tatev Abrahamyan to participate in the 2017 US Championship
Panorama.am
The 2017 U.S. Championship will kick off on March 29 at Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The tournament is an elite competition, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, Wesley ...

The Story of Aurora is Now in Turkish - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 03/17/2017 - 3:01pm

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The Story of Aurora is Now in Turkish
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ISTANBUL — A long-forgotten book and a long-lost screenplay about one of the most well-known figures of Armenian Genocide is now in Turkish. Edited by writer Anthony Slide and presented with a foreword by Atom Egoyan, Aurora contains an annotated ...

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Caruana, Nakamura, So To Compete In US Champs - Chess.com

Caruana - Fri, 03/17/2017 - 12:56pm

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Caruana, Nakamura, So To Compete In US Champs
Chess.com
Yet again, the U.S. Championship will see a super strong field. GMs Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, America's top three grandmasters, will all be playing. The dates of the tournament are 28 March-10 April. For the ninth consecutive year ...

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