June, 2008
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current news)
News
beginning June 1 - 18, 2008
June
19, 2008:
In the News:
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June 19, 2008, Time
Magazine Online: Vishy Anand writes an article about the
origins of chess, reiterating the traditional line of 19th
century English and German chess "historians." (What
makes an "historian" seems to be remarkably fluid...) |
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Random
House, Inc.: Katherine Neville's long-awaited sequel to her
smash chess history/chess mystery epic "The Eight," will be
available on October 14, 2008: THE FIRE!!!!!!! Picks up
the action 30 years after the start of the original story. I a
waiting with baited breath... |
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June 18, 2008, The
Daily Review (insidebayarea.com): Alisha Chawa, 7-year
old Chess Princess! One of the largest trophies in Alisha's growing
collection came less than two weeks ago, when she tied for first in
her age group at the Las Vegas International Chess Festival, winning
four of five games. Her achievement landed her a spot in the
prestigious Susan Polgar National Invitational For Girls at Texas Tech
in July, an event that will bring together the country's top young
female players.
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June 21, 2008 - Happy Summer Solstice Everyone!!!!!
New York International at the Marshall Chess Club
June 21 - 25, 2008
New York, NY
I looked through the first round match-ups at the website
and saw WFM Iryna Zenyuk (USA 2216) is the lone chess femme playing in
this 41-player event! Good luck to Iryna
In the News:
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June 21, 2008, Sun-Sentinel.com: Chess:
A Knight's Tour by Bill Cornwall, commentary on the Armageddon
game between IM Irina Krush and WGM Anna Zatonskih at the 2008 U.S.
Women's Chess Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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June 21, 2008, Susan
Polgar's chessblog: Phil Innes of Chessville submits an
open letter with questions concerning the Armageddon play-off game
between Krush and Zatonskih to the United States Chess Federation
Executive Board.
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June
22, 2008:
In the News:
| June 22, 2008, Susan
Polgar's chessblog: Tom Braunlich responds to Phil Innes'
letter. Can we PLEASE be done with this,
already? |
| June 22, 2008, Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal: Susan Polgar's latest column: With
encouragement, girls can be as good as boys at chess. |
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23, 2008, Mangalorean.com:
There is usually a steady stream of chess news out of India, covered
by the Indian press. I wish the American press were as diligent
in covering local and national chessevents in the USA! This
story caught my eye because she's just so cute. In the Karnataka
State Under 7 Boys and Girls Chess Championship organised by Bangalore
district Chess Association (India) on behalf of United Karnataka Chess
association from 20th to 22nd June 2008 at Bangalore, Rajath Rao
secured Runner Up by scoring 6 points in 7 rounds. In Girls Swathi
Bhat secured Runner Up by scoring 3.5 points in 5 rounds. Swathi
Bhat has therefore qualified to represent Karnataka in the Upcoming
National Under 7 Girls Chess Championship to be held in Mumbai.
Congratulations to Swathi Bhat.
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June
24, 2008:
In the News:
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June 24, 2008,
Chessbase: Kasparov's
Master Class. It's that time of year and GM Garry
Kasparov's Kasparov Chess Foundation (based in New York, New York)
hosted the most promising young American chessplayers (under age 18)
at a special training session with The Champ himself. Chess
femmes included Alisa Melikhina and Alena Kats and at least one other
unidentified chess femme, judging from the photographs. I didn't
see anything about this event tonight at the Kasparov
Chess Foundation website. |
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June 24, 2008, Chessbase:
Yet more opinions about the Krush-Zatonskih Armageddon game at the
2008 U.S. Women's Chess Championship. It's more of the same I've read
elsewhere. Honestly, if Irina Krush, America's chess sweetheart,
hadn't accused Anna Zatonskih of "cheating," would we even
be having this conversation? There is absolutely no dispute -
this kind of play-off decides titles in the BIGS all the time.
So what's the issue here? Is it the fact that it's WOMEN who
were playing, and Irina got ticked off and whined like a little girl
because things didn't break her way? Is that what is really
going on here? Like - the WOMEN can't play like the MEN, they
can't suck it up and take the consequences of losing on time. We must
give America's Chess Sweetheart a break. Oh, give ME a
break! PLEASE! |
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