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Dragan Solak wins the Turkish Chess ChampionshipDragan Solak wins the Turkish Chess Championship The Turkish Chess Championship for men was held over 10 rounds of Swiss system from 29th January to 5th February in Kemer, Antalya.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 22:21
Life-sized chess game is teaching tool
Chess.jpg Staff Photo by Bob Vosseller Forked River Elementary School teacher and chess club advisor Andrea Blatt, dressed as a queen piece of a chess set speaks to Boy Scout Josh Camaligan, 15, who painted large chess boards for the school's recently acquired life-sized chess set during 'Family Chess Night'' held Jan.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 21:16
Liem loses to female champ at Gibraltar chess tourney
Vietnam's number one chess player Le Quang Liem lost to the world female champion, Chinese Hou Yifan, in the eighth round of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival on Tuesday.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 19:16
Levon Aronian to participate in Bilbao Grand Slam 2012
PanARMENIAN.Net - From September 24-October 13, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in Chess Grand Slam 2012, to be held in Bilbao, Spain.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 18:11
PBGC worthy opponent in AMR bankruptcy fight
The PBGC and its director, Joshua Gotbaum, have a fighting chance of winning their battle against American Airlines, which is trying to terminate four pension plans as part of parent AMR Corp.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 13:57
February a chance for GOP hopefuls to boost momentum
After a blockbuster few months, the race for the Republican presidential nomination may be about to hit the snooze button.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 09:37
Super Aeroflot 2012
Aeroflot Chess 2012 The Aeroflot Chess tournament takes place 7-17 February 2012 in Moscow, the city where the RSSU Cup has just finished and where the 2012 World Chess Championship will be played.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 05:32
Super Bowl Chess Match
The coaches are preparing to move their players in what looks like it may be a chess match.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 23:23
Political alliances also redrawn in tough Coastal Bend redistricting process
Freshman lawmakers, many of whom ran on a platform of government reform and transparency, were quickly awakened to the fact that redistricting is much more than toying with voting maps and committee hearings.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 19:19
Ken Rogoff Explains What It Takes To Get Really Good At Something In Life
We've called Ken Rogoff one of the most dangerous economists in the world, because his views on sovereign debt have been used by politicians to push all kinds of misguided, premature austerity projects around the world, but after reading this profile of him in the FT , we find it really hard to have anything against him.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 15:09
CHESS Stephen Dann
The Spiegel Cup Mass. Scholastic Singles finals will be contested next Sunday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlboro, rather than at the Woburn site we incorrectly gave last week.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 11:05
Chess queen to St. Louis
Chess queen to St. Louis February 4, 2012 By Mike Lear St. Louis is already a chess Mecca, and it is about to add to that reputation.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 07:55
Levon Aronian Shrugs Off Losses To Triumph At Tata Steel Wijk Aan Zee
LEVON ARONIAN SHRUGS OFF LOSSES TO TRIUMPH AT TATA STEEL WIJK AAN ZEE Leonard Barden guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 February 2012 13.59 GMT 3239 F El Debs v M Vachier-Lagrave, Tradewise Gibraltar 2012.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 16:26
Kenneth Rogoff
The Harvard professor, whose advice on how to counter the financial crisis world leaders seek after, talks about his old addiction chess Ken Rogoff has been coming to the World Economic Forum in Davos for a decade but he has never yet had a decent lunch.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 12:12
Does Your Association Board Operate Like a Chess Master?
My son's latest obsession is chess. He joined the chess club at school, got a new chessboard, downloaded chess apps to all the electronics he could get his hands on, and started reading strategy books.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 08:07
The Inaugural Chess Day in Iceland
Davisdottir - Olafsson, the President of Iceland watching the game Iceland celebrated its first "Chess Day" on January 26th, the country's first GM and ex-FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson's birthday.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 03:58
Anti-Putin protesters cope with bitter cold and big questions
Two of the organisers of the upcoming opposition rally "For Fair Elections," anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny and former chess champion Garry Kasparov , speak as they attend a meeting of the rally organisers in Moscow, on Jan.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 00:48
Champion U.S. college chess team moves to Webster U
Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, will relocate in June to Webster University from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Webster officials said today.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 22:48
IBM SmartCamp Global Finals: IBM's Manoj Saxena Outlines the Commercial Opportunity of Watson
When it comes to being an entrepreneur, IBM's general manager for its Watson Solutions group has been there, done that, and got the t-shirt. Twice.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 21:48
The youngest chess player of India was awarded for outstanding perfomance
From Right to Left Mr. Nawang Rigzin Zora Hon'ble Minister for Tourism & Culture J&K State, Mr.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 15:29
Why not end the work week by taking in a few area "Best Bets"
Feb. 3 WHO-WHOO - Tap your nocturnal nature at an Owl Prowl from 7-9 p.m. at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall-on-Hudson, for an evening of owl facts and fiction.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 14:24
Little Harbour School's Schulten retiring
Longtime Little Harbour School physical education teacher Steve Schulten is hanging up his whistle at the end of the year.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 09:09
Saints top Severn for wrestling title
St. Mary's hosted their rivals the Severn School for the MIAA B Conference championship wrestling match.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 04:00
Aronian open statement about Candidates Tournament
Levon Aronian , the winner of the Tata Steel Chess tournament and member of the 2800 club, submitted an open statement regarding the upcoming Candidates Tournament.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 19:31
Girl Power
Once again it was quite impossible for Simon Williams to keep up with the moves in all the leading games.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 15:16
World Amateur Chess Championship 2012
World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 The "Chess Academy of Thessaloniki", the World Chess Federation and the Greek Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all national chess federations and eligible players in the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 to be held in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from ... (more)
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 00:33
Jerry Saltz on Dorothea Tanning, 1910-2012
Dorothea Tanning died today at 101, and pieces of history die with her. Artist, poet, wife of Max Ernst from 1946 until he died in 1976, and one of a group of great women Surrealists, she was at the center of a movement that was a vicious mill for women.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 23:33
Zugzwang
AT THE end of a game of chess, the losing player often has to choose between two equally hideous alternatives.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 19:33
5 Nashville-area students are chess champs
One of the winners - Lucas Pao, a student at University School of Nashville - is ranked in the top 100 chess players among 10-year-olds nationwide.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 10:14
I-was-like-a-pawn-guarding-wazir-Kushwaha-points-fingers-at-Maya
Gorakhpur Forced out of ministership and the coming elections over his alleged role in Uttar Pradesh's NRHM scam, Babu Singh Kushwaha has pointed fingers at Chief Minister Mayawati, pointing out that she was in-charge of the Family Welfare Department before he took over.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 05:59
Great Matches in Chess History
The match has an important place in chess history. When two players pit themselves against each other over a long series, the result is a tense struggle in which both sides fight for the advantage at every turn.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 01:45
Chess club hosts family night
SYCAMORE – The DeKalb Chess Club will hold the latest in its ongoing series of Family Chess Nights Thursday, Feb.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 00:40
BCCI recommends Viswanathan Anand for Bharat Ratna
Cricketcountry.com is looking for youngsters who are knowledgeable and passionate about cricket and interested in making a career in the lucrative and glamorous world of cricket journalism.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 23:40
'Drive,' 'Transformers,' 'In Time'
Drama requires emotions and cool requires their suppression. The tautly paced, peerlessly stylish crime drama "Drive" has it both ways.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 19:30
Governor visits Gibraltar
22 31, January 2012 GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR VISITS TRADEWISE The Governor of Gibraltar Sir Adrian Johns visited the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival today.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 15:26
Six-year-old is a rising chess star
Callaghan, a pupil at SS Philip and James Primary School in North Oxford, said: "Basically I practise lots of science and that helps me with chess because science is really a puzzle.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 11:16
Chess stars visit The Hague
The Hague is hosting a chess tournament on January 31, with three Russian stars challenging some 120 local players.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 10:11
Draw keeps Liem in leading group in Gibraltar chess
Vietnam's top chess player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem remains in the leading group in the Masters category of the Gibraltar Open after a fifth-round draw with Englishman Nigel Short Saturday.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 09:11
Paragua tries to conquer simul chess meet
GM Paragua tries to conquer simul chess meet ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 01/29/2012 9:15 PM | Updated as of 01/29/2012 9:15 PM MANILA, Philippines -- Grand Master Mark Paragua, the first Filipino to reach super grand master status, will once again showcase his talent when he goes up against top Sta.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 04:57
Gibraltar LIVE! Hou Yifan vs Judit
The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 continues to bring excitement to the chess calendar, this time attracting not only some of the best Grandmasters, but also the women chess elite.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 00:47
Tata Steel Chess 2012 - Aronian Wins
Full article on the Tata Steel Chess 2012 Tournament available on William's site.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 20:42
Photo Gallery and Results: Junior chess champs battle it out in Sheringham
More than 30 children and their parents turned-up from all over the county to compete at the town's community centre yesterday .
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 19:43
ChessBoardForPC 0.4.2
ChessBoardForPC is a fun chess game where you can do whatever you want with pieces .
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 15:43
Master Class in Gibraltar
18 30, January 2012 MASTER CLASSES AT THE TRADEWISE CHESS FESTIVAL The Master Class has become a major feature of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 14:38
Judit video
Judit Polgar Master Class Recorded live from the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Part 1: Analyzing the game Polgar - Ikonnikov from round 2: Runtime: 36 minutes Part 2: Q & A with live audience and online questions via Twitter: Runtime: 31 minutes
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 10:28
L. Aronyan is the champion of Wijk aan Zee super championship
L. Aronyan is the champion of Wijk aan Zee super championship http://times.am/?l=en&p=4233 On the 13thround of Tata Steel super championship held in Wijk aan Zee,Netherlands, Armenian GM Levon Aronyan ended the match against Azerbaijani chess-player Temur Rajabov and became the champion of the super championship with 9 points.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 06:29