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Diron Ohanian, Esq. Appointed New Board Chairman at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 08/26/2016 - 5:14pm

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Diron Ohanian, Esq. Appointed New Board Chairman at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School
MassisPost
Diron Ohanian CANOGA PARK, CA — A.G.B.U. Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park, California proudly welcomes Mr. Diron Ohanian, Esq., to the chairmanship of the school's board of trustees. Mr. Ohanian has served the board for the past decade ...

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Karabakh War Film “Tevanik” to Screen at Glendale International Film Festival - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 08/26/2016 - 2:54pm

MassisPost

Karabakh War Film “Tevanik” to Screen at Glendale International Film Festival
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GFF-2016 GLENDALE — “Tevanik” directed by Jivan Avetisyan is nominated for “Best foreign film” competition of Glendale International Film Festival, the official page of the film on Facebook reports. According to the post, the screening will take place ...

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Martin Methodist Redhawks Drop No. 10 Vanguard In Opener - Victory Sports Network

Nakamura - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 11:31am

Martin Methodist Redhawks Drop No. 10 Vanguard In Opener
Victory Sports Network
Cabral Vieira, Hikaru Nakamura (SO/Tokyo, Japan) and Hannah Mayberry (SR/Centerville, Tenn.) all collected assists on the first, second and final goals of the contest. As a team, the RedHawks outshot the Lions by a 17-12 margin and held a 9-6 edge in ...

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Caruana - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 9:30am

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess
St. Louis Public Radio
With the elite trio of top-10 players at the pinnacle of American chess - namely Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, chess fans are now talking about the fourth board in the upcoming Olympiad. Despite the fact that Sam Shankland and Ray ...

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Nakamura - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 9:30am

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess
St. Louis Public Radio
With the elite trio of top-10 players at the pinnacle of American chess - namely Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, chess fans are now talking about the fourth board in the upcoming Olympiad. Despite the fact that Sam Shankland and Ray ...

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Smithsonian Institution to Propagate Armenia History Around the World - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 2:00am
Smithsonian Institution to Propagate Armenia History Around the World  MassisPost

WASHINGTON, DC -- Molly Fannon, Director of International Relations at Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., speaking to the Voice of America.

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Artsakh Parliament Unanimously Adopts Resolution on Amnesty Declaration - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 2:00am
Artsakh Parliament Unanimously Adopts Resolution on Amnesty Declaration  MassisPost

STEPANAKERT (Panorama) — NKR National Assembly held an extraordinary session on August 25 to discuss NKR President's proposal of declaring amnesty ...

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Chess competitions and their significance - Malay Mail Online

Caruana - Wed, 08/24/2016 - 6:43pm

Malay Mail Online

Chess competitions and their significance
Malay Mail Online
Xiong, who won the event with a round to spare, is already a 2650 level grandmaster and is now the leader of of an exciting generation of hugely-talented teenage Americans slotting just behind their senior twentysomethings Fabiano Caruana, Hikara ...

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How Wesley won - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Nakamura - Wed, 08/24/2016 - 10:24am

How Wesley won
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Wesley and former world champion Veselin Topalov won in the first round of the Sinquefield Cup against Hikaru Nakamura and Peter Svidler, respectively. They were tied for first place up to round 4. Topalov then took sole possession in round 5 with a ...

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“Made in Armenia 2016” Exhibition Launches Official Website - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 08/23/2016 - 4:04pm

MassisPost

“Made in Armenia 2016” Exhibition Launches Official Website
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YEREVAN (Panorama) — The Development Foundation of Armenia has presented the official website of 'Made in Armenia 2016' exhibition is to take place in Yerevan from September 15-17. According to the reports, the website contains comprehensive ...

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Immigrants deserve a better reputation - DesMoinesRegister.com

Caruana - Tue, 08/23/2016 - 10:01am

DesMoinesRegister.com

Immigrants deserve a better reputation
DesMoinesRegister.com
All of them have “immigrant” backgrounds. They are Fabiano Caruana (ranked No. 4 and current U.S. champion, born in Miami, whose parents are Italian nationals), Hikaru Nakamura (ranked No. 6, brought to U.S. by his Japanese father and American mother ...

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Immigrants deserve a better reputation - DesMoinesRegister.com

Nakamura - Tue, 08/23/2016 - 10:01am

DesMoinesRegister.com

Immigrants deserve a better reputation
DesMoinesRegister.com
4 and current U.S. champion, born in Miami, whose parents are Italian nationals), Hikaru Nakamura (ranked No. 6, brought to U.S. by his Japanese father and American mother when he was two), and Wesley So (ranked No. 7, born in the Philippines, came to ...

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Valery Permyakov Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Gyumri Massacre - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 08/23/2016 - 8:42am

MassisPost

Valery Permyakov Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Gyumri Massacre
MassisPost
GYUMRI (RFE/RL) — A court in Armenia has found a Russian soldier guilty of murdering a local family of seven, sentencing him to life imprisonment. The high-profile trial of 19-year-old Valery Permyakov ended on Tuesday in the northwestern Armenian ...

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Anand: In chess, 40 is the new 50 - ESPN

Caruana - Tue, 08/23/2016 - 4:28am

ESPN

Anand: In chess, 40 is the new 50
ESPN
For the first time in close to a decade, he finds himself not in contention for the world title. For the first time in his career, age seems to be a factor; at 46 Anand is clearly the elder statesman in a sport that is increasingly peopled by players ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

Nakamura - Sun, 08/21/2016 - 5:14pm

Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Wesley So seems to have adapted to his new country very well. He was just 18 went he left the Philippines to attend Webster University in St. Louis. Though the ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sat, 08/20/2016 - 1:34pm

The Guardian

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Sinquefield Cup at the St. Louis Chess Club has come to an end with American Wesley So a half point ahead of the field. This win earns him $75,000 and 13 Grand Chess Tour points, which pushes him into clear first in the tour's standings with 30 points.
Wesley So well placed to clinch Grand Tour after Sinquefield Cup winThe Guardian

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New Hampshire firm developing adjustable-height chess table with help from US champion - Concord Monitor

Caruana - Sat, 08/20/2016 - 2:00am
New Hampshire firm developing adjustable-height chess table with help from US champion  Concord Monitor

There are markets and there are niche markets, and then there's the market being pursued by Right Height, a New Hampshire firm developing an ...

New Hampshire firm developing adjustable-height chess table with help from US champion - Concord Monitor

Caruana - Fri, 08/19/2016 - 11:08pm

Concord Monitor

New Hampshire firm developing adjustable-height chess table with help from US champion
Concord Monitor
Michael Kind (right) CEO of Right Height Manufacturing, ponders a move in a speed-chess game against U.S. Chess Champion Fabiano Caruana at the company's offices in the Manchester Millyard. They are playing on an adjustable-height Prodigy Desk.

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Wesley So well placed to clinch Grand Tour after Sinquefield Cup win - The Guardian

Caruana - Fri, 08/19/2016 - 7:08pm

The Guardian

Wesley So well placed to clinch Grand Tour after Sinquefield Cup win
The Guardian
Next month the US team will be favourites to win the 180-nation Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, after Sinquefield provided generous transfer fees to persuade Fabiano Caruana to switch from Italy and So to leave the Philippines. Caruana already had dual ...

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