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BOTW: 2017.01.23

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 17:18

More than half of the world's 2700+ players are competing this week, and you can watch their games live online
Gibraltar, TATA Steel, and round 3 of the PRO Chess League are this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW: 2017.01.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 15:36

GM post-mortems at TATA Steel, and the live Toronto vs Montreal PRO Chess match are this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW: 2017.01.11

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 13:28

The PRO Chess League and the 79th annual TATA Steel Chess tournament are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2016.12.27

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 12/27/2016 - 20:47

The World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Qatar, December 25-30; and a BBC documentary on FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov are this week's Best of the Web.

Chess Canada - 2016 Olympiad

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 12/22/2016 - 12:49

The latest issue of Chess Canada is here!
It's free for everyone, and it's BIG...

BOTW: 2016.12.09

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 12/09/2016 - 19:56

This week's Best of the Web: 8 of the world's top 10 play in the London Classic (Dec. 9-18, 2016); interviews with the late Mark Dvoretsky; videos of the late Mark Taimanov; and an excerpt from "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual" where he analyzes an excellent rook ending played by Taimanov.

BOTW: 2016.11.30

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 11/30/2016 - 14:09

The World Championship tie-break -- Wed. Nov. 30, 2 pm EST -- is the Best of the Web.

BOTW: 2016.11.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 11/18/2016 - 18:03

Houdini Returns from the Dead (sort of), Stockfish 8 released, and the top two computers and humans continue to battle it out in the biggest matches of 2016... in this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW: 2016.11.07

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 09:59

There's a super-abundance of world class chess this week: with the Carlsen-Karjakin World Championship match being the highest profile, but perhaps only the second-strongest match this week.

BOTW: 2016.10.26

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 10/25/2016 - 21:35

It's a choice between 20th century and 21st century chess this week.
The Russian Superfinal continues, but the men's event might set a record for most draws: after 9 rounds, Alexander Riazantsev leads with +2, 1/2 a point ahead of four players who have each scored 1 win and 8 draws.
At the cutting edge of 21st century chess is the ultimate online blitz match: World Champion Magnus Carlsen plays GM Hikaru Nakamura for online blitz bragging rights.

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