Apr-02-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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me to play: An amazing tournament...who would have guessed that Ivanchuk would defeat both Carlsen and Kramnik in their "mini-matches" and finish in next to last place.
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| | Mar-10-13 Women's World Team Championship (2013)
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me to play: Nice win for the US against Russia. A bright spot in what has been a bit of a rough tournament for them.
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| | Mar-08-13 Henry Edward Bird
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me to play: I recall a funny description of Bird..."A strong, but near-sighted English chess master, who frequently reached for the wrong pawn ".
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| | Mar-06-13 Irving Chernev
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me to play: This was the Chernev book that I had in my library. Mine had a different cover... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...
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| | Mar-04-13 K Ozturk vs I Krush, 2013
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me to play: Is the score right ? Did Irina lose on time ??
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| | Jan-28-13 San Antonio (1972)
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me to play: <Page 2 of the book also mentions a "vision" of the company: "the growth of Church's Fried Chicken's International Chess Tournament through the years to come." Well, <that> didn't happen. Maybe they chickened out.> They did , if I recall correctly, go on to sponsor a ...
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| | Jan-23-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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me to play: Until the organizers can manage to provide video coverage that doesn't include several moments staring at a close up of someone's ear or hair...Chess will not soon become a mainstream viewing experience. Just a random observation. :)
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| | Dec-27-12 Tal vs Anand, 1989
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me to play: Here is another... Seirawan vs Robson, 2012
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| | Dec-14-12 Snowdrops and Old-hands (2012)
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me to play: Looks like the "old guys" made a little bit of a comeback in this latest round.
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| | Dec-13-12 London Chess Classic (2012)
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me to play: <SimonWebbsTiger> Thanks for mentioning the Najdorf book...I will have to look for it. You are right about King and his colleagues doing an admirable job of commentary without any silicon assistance.
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