Andrew Liu, 14, of Westboro tied for first last weekend in the under-age-15 section of the U.S. Junior Open in Tarrytown, N.Y. He was one of two students in the 319-player, four-section event. At the same site, Alexander Ivanov...
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Alex Ivanov of Newton and Robert Perez, undergrad at M.I.T. in Cambridge, tied for first in the 250-player 82nd Mass. Open in 11 rated sections. There were 219 players, according to the USCF, when the scholastic and blitz side...
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The 82nd Mass. Open continues today and tomorrow with rounds 3 to 6 at the Royal Plaza Best Western Hotel in Marlboro. Tomorrow’s scholastic side event, for grades K-6, begins at 10:30 a.m. Details at www.masschess.org. Check the MACA...
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Gata Kamsky of New York won his fourth U.S. Championship title after defeating fellow GM Alejandro Ramirez in a two-stage playoff. Both had 6.5 of 9 points in the 24-player, 10-day event in St. Louis. Irina Krush of New...
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If you missed the first eight rounds of the U.S. Championship and Women’s Championships, you can tune in for today’s final round at www.uschesschamps.com today. The coverage by Yasser Seirawan, Jen Shahade and Maurice Ashley is superb, and live...
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Source: http://www.telegram.com Twelve men and a dozen women will begin the U.S Championships in St. Louis this Thursday, and this year, two of the 24 will be from Massachusetts — Alexander Ivanov, 56, of Newton, and Sam Shankland, 21, an...
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Grandmaster Robert Eugene Byrne, 84, of Ossining, N.Y., a chess columnist for The New York Times from 1972 to 2006, died April 12 at home after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. Learn more about his career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrne_(chess_player).Born...
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Bharath Heggadahalli, 10, of Southboro, finished tied for 5th (6-1 score) in a consolation K-5 group. Others who won trophies in major sections were from Newton, Acton, Belmont and Winchester. Steve Frymer of Lexington, state scholastic coordinator, highlights some...
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Sunday, March 31, 2013 CHESS Stephen Dann Pando does it again! Bruce Pandolfini of New York City, the dean of American amateur chess instruction since 1972, has changed his free monthly column March 27 at the Cape Cod www.chesscafe.com to...
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Tuesday on www.uschess.org, Sam Shankland, student at Brandeis University in Waltham, was named the 27th recipient of the Frank P. Samford, Jr. Chess Fellowship ($42,000 for 2013-14, renewable for a second year), beginning July 1, 2013. While Shankland is...