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BOTW: 2017.10.04

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/04/2017 - 13:33

Magnus Carlsen plays Gadir Guseinov in the last match in the first round of the Chess.Com Speed Chess Championship; the trailer to a documentary on the 1978 Karpov-Kortchnoi World Championship match; and TED talks by Judit Polgar and Jen Shahade are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.09.23

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 09/23/2017 - 00:41

The 2017 Isle of Man International -- one of the strongest Swiss tournaments ever -- and the WYCC are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.09.12

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/12/2017 - 15:13

Our Best of the Web is a translation of the Russian Sport-Express story on the Azmaiparashvili Incident at the 2017 FIDE World Cup...

BOTW: 2017.09.03

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 09/03/2017 - 12:08

The 2017 World Cup -- the 128-player knock-out tournament for a seat in the Candidates -- starts in Tbilisi...

BOTW: 2017.08.23

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 08/23/2017 - 12:56

A busy week in the Chess.com Speed Championship -- with three matches in eight days -- and a look back at the Sinquefield Cup and St.Louis Rapid and Blitz events through the player interviews are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.08.14

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 08/14/2017 - 13:19

Garry Kasparov returns in the St.Louis Rapid and Blitz, and Lev Aronian is profiled in the New Yorker in this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.08.02

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 11:58

The 2017 Sinquefield Cup and the Chess.com blitz match between Grischuk and Rapport are this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW: 2017.07.24

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 07/24/2017 - 14:57

Our Best of the Web this week includes the 50th Biel Chess Festival and the 17th Susan Polgar Foundation Girl's Invitational...

2017 Zonal Games: Rd.9 Hambleton - Sambuev

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 07/01/2017 - 14:45

A dramatic final round at the 2017 Canadian Championship (Zonal 2.2) saw GM Bator Sambuev and IM Nikolay Noritsyn both win with Black to tie for first with 8/9 and advance to a playoff.

BOTW: 2017.06.17

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 06/17/2017 - 14:15

The regular appearance of well-sponsored events may have spoiled chess fans for anything less than the best: live games, video and GM commentary. That kind of production take money, but even events with smaller budgets can still do a lot with social media (photos and video) and chess software (game posts). Or not...

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