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FIDE confirms GM title to Sriram Jha

FIDE confirms GM title to Sriram Jha

abhiraj42
| Jan 11, 2010
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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has confirmed Grand Master title to Sriram Jha of India. Sriram was chosen for the GM based on his Elo rating of 2,511.   A press release by All India Chess Federation press release on Saturday said that, ...

Always nice to be at the pinnacle: Anand

Always nice to be at the pinnacle: Anand

abhiraj42
| Dec 22, 2009
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Viswanathan Anand in the city on Monday. A Telegraph picture World No. 3 and reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand was in town to felicitate the East Zone winners of the NIIT Mindchampions Academy — Chess Master 2009, on Monday. From playing ...

Chess Wallpapers on Google.com

Chess Wallpapers on Google.com

abhiraj42
| Dec 9, 2009
| 3,812
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Chess game 1024 x 768 - 176k - jpg fantasyartdesign.com Find similar images chess 1024 x 768 - 179k - jpg peacheshomedecorandmor... Find similar images Chess Wallpaper 4 2000 x 1500 - 2175k - jpg tlbklaus.deviantart.com Chess Wallp...

Robochess! A chess playing robot

Robochess! A chess playing robot

abhiraj42
| Nov 28, 2009
| 4,996
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Robochess is the name of this chess playing robot. This robot was created by a 17 year old Iranian Student, Ebrahim Jahandar. The robot can play chess against human and unlike other robots this one has a bulletin Chess Game Computer. Other r...

Ivanchuk threatens to quit professional chess

Ivanchuk threatens to quit professional chess

abhiraj42
| Nov 27, 2009
| 1,602
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The FIDE World Chess Cup is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 20th to December 15th 2009. It is a seven-round knockout event with six rounds of matches comprising two games per round, with the winners progressing to the next r...

Big Stories of 2008

Big Stories of 2008

abhiraj42
| Nov 4, 2009
| 1,004
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Champions, old and new, were the biggest stories of 2008.   In January, Bobby Fischer, the mercurial former world champion, died at 64, his age matching the number of squares on a chess board. In October, Viswanathan Anand of India ret...

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