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Chess Grandmaster Says There Is Gender Inequality In The Game Because Men And Women Are 'Hard-Wired Very Differently' - Huffington Post

April 23, 2015 - 2:00am
Chess Grandmaster Says There Is Gender Inequality In The Game Because Men And Women Are 'Hard-Wired Very Differently'  Huffington Post

British chess grandmaster Nigel Short is responding to criticism after recently arguing that inherent differences in men's and women's brains may explain...

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Chess Grandmaster Says Men And Women Are 'Hard-Wired Very Differently' - Huffington Post

April 23, 2015 - 2:00am
Chess Grandmaster Says Men And Women Are 'Hard-Wired Very Differently'  Huffington Post

British chess grandmaster Nigel Short is responding to criticism after recently arguing that inherent differences in men's and women's brains may explain...

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Tech mate? Top grandmaster claims chess is riddled with cheats using ... - Telegraph.co.uk

March 22, 2015 - 3:24am

Telegraph.co.uk

Tech mate? Top grandmaster claims chess is riddled with cheats using ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph chess correspondent Malcolm Pein, who runs the top level London Chess Classic tournament, said he is not aware of any allegations of cheating in the English game and the game is clamping down on the use of technology. He added: "The chess ...

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Tech mate? Top grandmaster claims chess is riddled with cheats using smartphones - Telegraph.co.uk

March 21, 2015 - 2:00am
Tech mate? Top grandmaster claims chess is riddled with cheats using smartphones  Telegraph.co.uk

The genteel world of British chess has been rocked after a top grandmaster claimed the game of kings is riddled with cheats. Daniel Gormally, 38, suggested the ...

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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Game of strategy to captivate all sorts of players - South Wales Argus

March 14, 2015 - 2:00am
IT'S THE WEEKEND: Game of strategy to captivate all sorts of players  South Wales Argus

Chess is a game being played across Gwent by all generations - with a lot of success being enjoyed. KATH SKELLON finds out more.

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Chess master’s victory in 20 games at once - The Argus

February 19, 2015 - 2:00am
Chess master’s victory in 20 games at once  The Argus

IT WAS checkmate for 20 schoolchildren who took on a chess grandmaster in a simultaneous exhibition game.

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All for a good game - The Hindu

January 13, 2015 - 2:00am
All for a good game  The Hindu

Viswanathan Anand moved his coins at an event in the city recently to raise funds for children with cleft palates.

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Garry Kasparov humbled by Westminster peer, but what did the chess great miss? - Telegraph.co.uk

January 3, 2015 - 2:00am
Garry Kasparov humbled by Westminster peer, but what did the chess great miss?  Telegraph.co.uk

In an eight-board simultaneous display at the House of Lords Garry Kasparov was given some trouble by Lord Harrison. See what happened here.

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Alabama chess - Magic City Classic tournament results and latest chess news - AL.com

December 22, 2014 - 2:00am
Alabama chess - Magic City Classic tournament results and latest chess news  AL.com

Wrapping up a busy year in Alabama chess, the Annual Magic City Classic chess tournament drew participants from all over Alabama as well as several chess ...

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Two Classic games: Can you solves these two chess puzzles from the 6th ... - Telegraph.co.uk

December 19, 2014 - 1:02pm

Telegraph.co.uk

Two Classic games: Can you solves these two chess puzzles from the 6th ...
Telegraph.co.uk
A beautiful miniature from the 6th London Chess Classic Open, which I publish today because the victor was the victim in yesterday's column after employing the same opening line against the tournament winner in a later round: D. Guthrie – I. C. Chirila.

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Two take Classic Open: Kamil Dragun and Chinese junior Jinshi Bai share win - Telegraph.co.uk

December 19, 2014 - 8:53am

Telegraph.co.uk

Two take Classic Open: Kamil Dragun and Chinese junior Jinshi Bai share win
Telegraph.co.uk
The 6th London Chess Classic Open was won jointly by GM Kamil Dragun of Poland and the Chinese junior Jinshi Bai, whose score of 7.5/9 was good for a GM result. Six GMs were equal third on 7/9: Vladislav Tkachiev (France); Bartosz Socko (Poland); ...

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Remembering P.H. Clarke: a giant of English chess and biograper of Tal and Petrosian - Telegraph.co.uk

December 19, 2014 - 2:00am
Remembering P.H. Clarke: a giant of English chess and biograper of Tal and Petrosian  Telegraph.co.uk

P. H. Clarke was an England international who played eight times for his country at the Chess Olympiad and was captain at Havana in 1966.

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Two Classic games: Can you solves these two chess puzzles from the 6th London Open? - Telegraph.co.uk

December 19, 2014 - 2:00am
Two Classic games: Can you solves these two chess puzzles from the 6th London Open?  Telegraph.co.uk

Here are two tricky puzzles from the London Chess Classic Under 2000 weekender, from the Sicilian and the Gruenfeld.

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