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Game of the Day
Friday, July 3

Rybka
vs
Shredder
Shredded

Player of the Day

Rainer F A Knaak
(1953-)

Opening of the Day

English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
1. c4 c5 2.

c6 3. g3 g6 4.

g7 5.

f6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4

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Sparkassen Chess Meeting
Dortmund, Germany
Jul 2-12
Kramnik, Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Bacrot, and Naiditsch play. We will have live broadcasts of the top board daily at 9:00am (USA/Eastern).

Big Slick Chess Tournament
London, England
Jun 27-Jul 5
The 1st annual Big Slick Chess Tournament takes place at the Big Slick Poker Club, Purley (London), England. Games uploaded daily.

17th World Computer Chess Championship
Pamplona, Spain
May 11-17
Rybka, as usual, dominated the field. It finished with +7 -0 =2, a full point and a half ahead of 2nd place Deep Sjeng.

Bazna Tournament
Bazna, Romania
Jun 14-25
"Chucky" beats out Radjabov, Shirov, Gelfand, Kamsky, and Nisipeanu compete in this double round robin.

44th Capablanca Memorial
Habana, Cuba
Jun 8-18
Leinier Dominguez-Perez wins the "elite group", beating Meier, Khenkin, Savchenko, Bruzon Batista, and Timofeev.

10th Karpov Tournament
Poikovsky, Russia
Jun 3-12
Alexander Motylev won the event with 7/9.

XXII Leon Tournament
Leon, Spain
Jun 5-8
A rapid knockout tournament, featuring Carlsen, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, and Wang Yue. Magnus Carlsen beat Vassily Ivanchuk 4-3 after the blitz playoff in the final.

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
Malmo, Sweden
Jun 3-7
Six leading player play 5 rounds for this quick round robin. Nigel Short won with 4.5/5: a 2990 performance rating.

Leko-Anand Rapid Match
Miskolc, Hungary
Jun 3-7
World Champion Anand defeats Peter Leko 5-3 in this rapid match.

Chinese Championship
Xinghua Jiangsu
May 26-Jun 6
Ding Liren won the tournament after receiving a forfeit point in the final round, due to the new "no tolerance" policy of arriving late at the board.

Chinese Championship (Women)
Xinghua Jiangsu
May 26-Jun 6
12 of the strongest female Chinese players vie for the women's title. Discussion forum now open.

Cez Trophy 2009: Navara vs Ivanchuk
Prague, Czech Republic
May 27-31
Ivanchuk defeated Navara 5.5 to 2.5 in this rapid match.

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup
Odessa, Ukraine
May 22-24
Boris Gelfand took clear first place with a 3-1 victory over Peter Svidler in the finals.

M-Tel Masters
Sofia, Bulgaria
May 12-23
Alexey Shirov places first with 6.5/10, beating Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, and Dominguez-Perez. The event was a double round robin played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov.

8th Asian Continental Chess Championship
Subic, Philippines
May 13-24
Surya Sekhar Ganguly beat out Zhou Weiqi on tiebreaks, both finishing with 8/11 points. Players from 15 countries competed, including 40 GMs, 15 IMs, and 8 FMs. Zhang Xiaowen won the women's event with 9/11.

US Championship
St. Louis, Missouri
May 7-17
With 7 out of 9 points, Nakamura is the 2009 US Champion.

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