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- FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki: Round 4 May 25, 2013Veselin Topalov and Leinier Dominguez won their games in the 4th round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix to catch the other five players in the shared lead. The remaining games were drawn, but not without fight. Morozevich and Nakamura played the spectacular game in Naidorf Sicilian. Caruana pressed for a long time but Kasimdzhanov was able to hold on to a draw […]
- Report on restructuring and amending Handbook May 23, 2013Report on restructuring and amending Handbook Last year the General Assembly amended the Statutes and Electoral Regulations. Now it is time to deal with the rest of the Handbook. There is confusion in finding information in the current Handbook and I suggest a simpler layout. I am recommending that the Handbook be reduced from six to two sections. The first […]
- World Junior Chess Championship 2013 May 22, 2013The World Junior U20 Chess Championship 2013 will take place in Hatay, Türkiye, from 12th September (Arrival) to 27th September (Departure) 2013.Please download the REGULATIONS of the tournament. […]
- Laws of Chess May 22, 2013Proposed changes to the Laws of Chess will be further discussed at the EB in Tallinn in October 2013 to be implemented in 2014. There will be no changed to the Laws of Chess at 1st July 2013. […]
- FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki 2013 May 21, 2013FIDE is pleased to announce the fourth stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Series will be held in Thessaloniki (Greece) between the 21st of May and 4th of June 2013. The 5-star Makedonia Palace Hotel and its owner, international business investor and philanthropist Ivan Savvidi, are FIDE's sponsors for the 12-player Grand Prix Chess Tournament. "This even […]
- Fox Sports Midwest US Chess Champs Special Tonight May 25, 2013Tonight, FOX Sports Midwest will air a one-hour recap special covering the 2013 U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships, which recently concluded at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL). […]
- Washington International & Razuvaev Memorial Set for Aug 6-11 May 23, 2013The Washington International returns to Rockville, MD from Aug. 6 -11 concurrent with the Razuvaev Memorial featuring four top women players vs. four GMs including GMs Kosteniuk and Gulko. […]
- Kamsky & Nakamura in Greece May 22, 2013Our #1 rated player Hikaru Nakamura and the reigning US Champ, Gata Kamsky are playing in the FIDE Grand Prix in Greece. Round one brought good and bad news for American fans. […]
- Jennifer's Blog: Saint Louis Highlights May 22, 2013CLO editor Jen Shahade talks about some highlights of her trip to Saint Louis for the US Chess Champs, including the Ramirez-Kamsky final, visiting the ICA school and commentary with GMs Ashley and Seirawan (content/view/12210/343/). […]
- The May Check is in the Mail May 22, 2013This month's check is in the mail by Alex Dunne features an annotated game by Kenneth Holroyd, our newest International Correspondence Chess Master. […]
There are many theories surrounding the birth of the first US flag. According to the one that seems most probable, Betsy Ross, an american seamstress, was called upon by three members of a Committee from the Continental Congress in May 1776. George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross, asked Betsy to sew the first US flag, which they had a design for.
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[[EventDate "1788.]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J Bruhl"]
[Black "F Philidor"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. hxg5 hxg5 7. Rxh8 Bxh8 8.
d4 g4 9. Bxf4 gxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Bxe4 c6 17. Kd2 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rh1 Bf6 20. Kc2
O-O-O 21. Bd6 Nb6 22. Bc5 Kc7 23. Rh7 Rh8 24. c4 Rxh7 25. Bxh7 Nd7 26. Kd3
Nxc5+ 27. dxc5 Be7 28. b4 a6 29. a3 f5 30. Bg6 Kd7 31. Bh5 Bg5 32. Bd1 Bc1 33.
Ba4 Bxa3 34. Kc3 Bc1 35. Bd1 Bf4 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. b5 Kf6 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. b6 Bg3
40. Bd1 Bh4 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Bf3 Bf2+ 43. Kd3 Bxc5 44. Kc3 Bxb6 0-1