12/03/2008
Chess tourney to take place at Dumfries school (News & Messenger)
The next Scholastic Chess Tournament takes place at Mary Williams Elementary School, 3100 Panther Drive in Dumfries on Saturday, Dec.13.
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12/03/2008
Al Sulaiti bags chess trophy (Gulf Daily News)
ALI Al Sulaiti secured a first-place finish in the Al Shakhoora Open Chess Championship despite a 0.5-0.5 draw with Warren Ortis of the Philippines.
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12/01/2008
CHESS: Armenia Defeats Israel, U.S. at Olympiad (Washington Post)
Armenia, the defending champion, won the gold medals at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, last Tuesday. Scoring 19 match points, it finished one point ahead of Israel. The U.S. team accomplished an unbelievable feat in the last round, smashing the previously undefeated Ukraine 3 1/2-1/2 ....
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12/02/2008
Chess players win at St. Francis tourney (The Wichita Eagle)
Wineteer Elementary Chess Club members Andrew Kennedy and Joseph Harris were medal winners at a Scholastic Tournament at St. Francis of Assisi School. Nancy Pritchard is the sponsor of Wineteer's Chess Club. Wichitans travel to black leaders' summit The following students from Wichita high schools attended the Black Leadership Symposium Oct. 23 at the University of Kansas. East -- Marcus ...
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12/03/2008
'Cadillac Records' vs. 'Chess Records' (Entertainment Weekly)
By Margeaux Watson Margeaux Watson on the soundtrack to the new Beyonce movie. Her advice? Go back to the source...
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12/01/2008
Quick games hone chess skills (Louisville Courier-Journal)
While all the usual pieces were there, Evan Buelt and Kevin Heiny, both 16, were not playing a normal game of chess. In a matter of seconds, the North Oldham High School juniors would move a piece and hit the timer. Their hands, and their black-and-white chess pieces, slid back and forth on the board.
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12/01/2008
C-G chess team competes (The McPherson Sentinel)
The Canton-Galva School chess team has competed at multiple tournaments during the past two months. The following are results from the tournaments: • Kansas Scholastic Chess Association Tournaments held in Galva. Eleven members of Canton-Galva chess teams participated in the tournament.
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12/01/2008
THE BEST OF CHESS RECORDS Features all of the Classic Hits by the Original Artists Recreated in the Film CADILLAC ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In the film Cadillac Records, and on its soundtrack album, 15 classic Chess Recordings are recreated by the performers portraying the original recording stars. For those who want to hear the original hits, there is The Best Of Chess Records - The Original Versions Of Songs In The Film "Cadillac Records" , to be released December 2, 2008.
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12/01/2008
Scandal in Boryspil airport: chess cup broken, diamond stolen (Unian)
A precious diamond was stolen from a diamond-encrusted cup, which had been won by the Ukrainian National Chess Team in the World-Wide Chess Olympiad in Germany, in the main airport of Ukraine. The cup itself was broken.
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12/02/2008
Gibbon students sometimes play teachers at chess, and often beat them (Kearney Hub)
GIBBON — One afternoon each week, Gibbon students ranging from grades two through 12 face off over several battered cardboard and wooden chessboards.
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