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- 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 […]
- Chess video from national TV in South Africa May 21, 2013This youtube link is to a South African national TV programme regarding a chess in schools project in South Africa.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQqoAnAhs3I […]
- Replacement of GM Nadezhda Kosintseva May 21, 2013GM Nadezhda Kosintseva has withdrawn from the Women's Grand Prix and she has been replaced by the next highest rating reserve, GM Tatiana Kosintseva who will take over the calendar allocations of the withdrawn player. […]
- Congratulations to Serzh Sargsyan May 20, 2013The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected as the President of the Armenian Chess Federation.Please download the congratulations from the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. […]
- Bela Khotenashvili is the winner of Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix May 15, 2013Bela Khotenashvili became the winner of Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix In the last round Georgian player Bela Khotenashvili managed to make a draw against Anna Ushenina and won the tournament. Her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk had to win the game in order to catch the leader but Slovenian player didn’t get anything out of the opening and drew against Alexandr […]
- Nakamura Ties for Second in Norway May 20, 2013Hikaru Nakamura, the #1 rated player in the US, had a fine performance at Norway Chess, tying for second with Carlsen, a half point behind tournament winner Karjakin. […]
- Metropolitan Chess News: Sarkar Wins, 27th Invitational Up Next May 16, 2013The Western Pacific Open was recently hosted by Metropolitan Chess in Los Angeles from April 26-28. IM Justin Sarkar won the Open section. Next up is the 27th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational. […]
- Dreams & Extremes for Nakamura in Norway May 16, 2013GM Ian Rogers writes about the dreams that created Norway Chess 2013 and the extremes of our #1 rated player GM Hikaru Nakamura there so far. […]
- Boor & Rosen Top Chicago Chess Center Invitational May 16, 2013Carl Boor and Eric Rosen topped the Chicago Chess Center UNAM Invitational. See key games and find out more about the CCC, which aims to create a metropolitan chess center in Chicago. […]
- Kamsky Wins 4th Title in Armageddon May 13, 2013The 2013 U.S. Championship went extra innings today in a gripping tiebreak final. After splitting a pair of rapid games, GM Gata Kamsky won $30,000 and his fourth title in an Armageddon game against GM Alejandro Ramirez, who was seeking his first title. […]
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had initially created a bald telepathic villain bent on dominating the world, in the short story “The Reign of the Super-Man” in Science Fiction #3, a fanzine Siegel published in 1933. Siegel re-envisioned the character later that year as a hero bearing no resemblance to his villainous namesake, with Shuster visually modeling Superman on Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and his bespectacled alter ego, Clark Kent, on a combination of Harold Lloyd and Shuster himself, with the name “Clark Kent” derived from movie stars Clark Gable and Kent Taylor…
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