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The Bill Wright St. Louis Open was held from April 12-14 in St. Louis Chess Club. This tournament had open and U2000 sections with a total prize of $10,000. Among the 41 players in the open section, there were more than 20 masters (including 8 GM,... | Read More
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From August 2012 to October 2012, my USCF rating went from 1610 to 1828. During that 3 months I had some nice games played and I want to share some of them. Hope you enjoy watching the three games below :)
First of all, I would share two of m... | Read More
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I entered 2012 US Open rated as 1610. After finished the entire 9 rounds in the tournament, I finished at 2nd place in Class B (scored 5.5/9 with a performance rating 1970). My rating went up from 1610 to 1719. Here are three of my good games play... | Read More
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No. Ttl Name St Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9
1 GM Hoyos, Manuel Leon MEX 2679 8.0 -X- W 86 W 27 W 24 W 6 W 9 W 10 D 11 D4
2 GM Gurevich, Dmitry IL 2539 8.0 W246... | Read More
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After working on IM Igor Khmelnitsky's Chess Exam and Training Guide for four days long (spent some time in each day with an average speed of 5-10 minutes for each diagram's questions), I finally went over the whole 100 questions and spent a long ... | Read More
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GM Yifan Hou (born 1994) together with GM Judit Polgar, are currently the strongest two female chess players in the world. Polgar is rated as the toppest femlae player, while GM Yifan Hou is the ever youngest world chess champion in history, for b... | Read More