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BOTW 2015.12.20

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 12/20/2015 - 08:45

Welcome Back Qatar!

BOTW 2015.12.04

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 23:53

"I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too."
- Magnus Carlsen

'I like to play chess with old men in the park, although it's hard to find 32 of them.'
- Emo Phillips

BOTW 2015.11.12

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 12:00

Four boards and only four players? Basque chess in St.Louis leads off this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW 2015.11.05

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 17:20

2015 WYCC's final two rounds, and "The Strongest Chess Match in History" are this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW 2015.10.21

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/21/2015 - 10:12

The European Club Cup, a proven winner against Kansas City pitching, and the 2015 WYCC are in this week's Best of the Web.

BOTW 2015.10.07

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 16:26

Attention Canadian chess and sports fans...
this Best of the Web starts with Elo ratings used to calculate the Blue Jay's World Series hopes.

Kovalyov Eliminated

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 07:58

GM Anton Kovalyov drew his second match game against Fabiano Caruana, losing the match 0.5 - 1.5. 

Kovalyov Advances Again!

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 08:16

Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov won his second round match at the World Cup in Baku, defeating former Argentine teammate GM Sandro Mareco: 1.5 - 0.5.

Kovalyov defeats Kasimdzhanov

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 09/13/2015 - 07:25

Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov won his first round match at the World Cup in Baku, defeating former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a blitz playoff.

BOTW 2015.09.11

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 20:55

The FIDE World Chess Cup takes place from September 10 – October 5, 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov and 2015 Canadian Champion IM Tomas Krnan compete. Info and links to live games...

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