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BOTW: 2018.06.26

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 13:39

Our Best of the Web is the Chess.com knockout qualifier, June 26, 2018 at 1pm, featuring four GMs, including Canada's Eric Hansen...

Lethbridge Judge Sentences Young Offenders to... chess!

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 06/10/2018 - 21:50

Based on advice from professors of nursing and education at the University of Lethbridge, a Lethbridge Judge has sentenced five young offenders to study chess with instructors once a week. 

The "Chess For Life" program ran from February to May of 2018, and may be renewed. 

Speelman analyzes Stefanovic

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 06/04/2018 - 21:14

ChessBase asks readers to send in their games for GM Jon Speelman's "Agony" column. This week, Speelman analyzes three games by Canadian Miroslav Stefanovic, against three Canadian opponents: Alex Ferreira, David Southam, and Nameer Issani... all of whose names are misspelled :(

BOTW: 2018.05.27

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 05/28/2018 - 12:12

You know it's going to be a monstrously strong tournament when five-time World Champion Vishy Anand is the bottom seed!  Altibox Norway and Karpov Poikovsky are this week's Best of the Web...

 

BOTW (not!): 2018.05.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 05/18/2018 - 02:00

Not the Best of the Web features two competitions which ought to create some buzz, but bad internet presence makes them both evidence for the prosecution...

BOTW: 2018.04.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:59

Eight of the world's top 10 players compete this week in two tournaments in St.Louis and Shamkir, Azerbaijan, on this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: No Match for World Champion

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 17:54

With the 2018 Candidates ending with seven of the eight players not qualifying for a World Championship match, our Best of the Web this week focuses on two great players who, despite their best efforts, never got to play a match against the world's best player....

BOTW: Candidates 2018

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 10:39

The 8-player double RR to determine the Challenger for Magnus Carlsen in the next World Championship match is this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: Bonus

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 12:58

Carlsen vs Nakamura in Fischer Random Match, Stockfish 9 released, and Qiyu Zhou at the St.Louis Norm Congress are a bonus Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2018.02.03

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 19:05

The PRO Chess League returns with a special weekend of chess, and GM Pascal Charbonneau is interviewed on Perpetual Chess, this week's Best of the Web...

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