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Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Shahade Talks to CardsChat About Life as a Poker ...
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It's been a little bit rushed, because I left in the middle to go back to St. Louis and cover the first event of the Grand Chess Tour, which was really fun. I love being here, there's just so much to do! I wish that I could clone myself at the World ...

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Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Shahade Talks to CardsChat About Life as a Poker ...
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ES: I've never made it out to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, but I've always wanted to visit. JS: You definitely have to go! If I do make it out to the Sinquefield Cup [an elite chess tournament scheduled for late August that will ...

Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Shahade Talks to CardsChat About Life as a Poker Star, Being a Chess Master, and Tying It All Together  CardsChat.com

PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade talks to CardsChat about poker, chess, and where those two games intersect.

Norway chess
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Grand Chess Tour was organized earlier this year -- it consists of a series of three super chess tournaments that include Norway Chess 2015, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic, with a million-dollar guaranteed ...

Norway chess
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Grand Chess Tour was organized earlier this year -- it consists of a series of three super chess tournaments that include Norway Chess 2015, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic, with a million-dollar guaranteed ...

Norway chess
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Grand Chess Tour was organized earlier this year -- it consists of a series of three super chess tournaments that include Norway Chess 2015, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic, with a million-dollar guaranteed ...

BusinessWorld | Norway chess
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Grand Chess Tour was organized earlier this year -- it consists of a series of three super chess tournaments that include Norway Chess 2015, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic, with a million-dollar guaranteed ...

Shelby Lyman on Chess: Meeting His Waterloo
Valley News
Napoleon met his Waterloo more than once — on the chessboard and in the boudoir as well as on the battlefield. Below is a win by Veselin Topalov against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from the third Norway Chess 2015 tournament in Stavanger, Norway.

Sportstar
Graf's new role
Sportstar
The 40-year-old rather played like a well-oiled machine to win the Norway Chess 2015 title, pushing his higher rated and mostly younger rivals behind. He had only one setback, when he lost to Anish Giri of Holland in the penultimate round; but he had ...

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Sportstar
Graf's new role
Sportstar
The inaugural Grand Chess Tour, featuring big stars and big prize money, got off to a spectacular, though completely unexpected, start in Norway in June. The expectations were that local lad Magnus Carlsen, World champion and the strongest player of ...

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Sportstar
Graf's new role
Sportstar
The 40-year-old rather played like a well-oiled machine to win the Norway Chess 2015 title, pushing his higher rated and mostly younger rivals behind. He had only one setback, when he lost to Anish Giri of Holland in the penultimate round; but he had ...

and more »Google News

Sportstar
Graf's new role
Sportstar
The next stop for the Grand tour is the Sinquefield Cup at Saint Louis (United States) from August 21. The total prize-fund of the tour is more than a million dollars. The standings: 1. Veselin Topalov (Bul) 6.5; 2. Viswanathan Anand (Ind) 6; 3. Hikaru ...

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Chess by Shelby Lyman
Buffalo News
Monarchs and military leaders – Peter the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and Robert E. Lee among them – have shown an affinity for the board game called chess. It is no wonder. The pieces are more than symbolic replicas of military weaponry.

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Aronian occupies 10th position in FIDE rankings
Armenpress.am
In December 2012, Aronian competed in the London Chess Classic, coming in 6th place with one win (vs Luke McShane), 5 draws and 2 losses. In the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January, Aronian finished second with +5−1=7, behind Carlsen. Aronian ...

Nakamura, Hikaru vs. Grischuk, Alexander | Norway Chess 2015  chess24.com

Caruana, Fabiano vs. Giri, Anish | London Chess Classic 2015  Chess24

Hammer, Jon Ludvig vs. Giri, Anish | Norway Chess 2015  chess24.com

Telegraph.co.uk
Say Yes2Chess! British champion David Howell takes on 42 youngsters at Hyde ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Norway Chess 2015: Is it too late for Magnus Carlsen? Magnus Carlsen's Norway Chess horror show analysed · Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournament · ECF trades wisely to secure future of Hastings International Chess Congress ...

Author: ECU -  European Chess Union