The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Tuesday reclaimed its Number 1 ranking in college chess by winning the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, the top tournament of its kind held each year in the Western Hemisphere.
Accepting the first-place trophy are (from left) coach Rade Milovanovic and “A” team players Alejandro Ramirez, Igor Shneider, […]
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It was drama of the highest degree: on the second day of the event World Champion Vishy Anand fought his way to the top to join the leader of the Blitz Championship, Vassily Ivanchuk, in round 29. After 37 of 38 grueling rounds the two were still neck-on-neck and clear of the field. In the […]
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Viswanathan Anand (profile) was two points behind leader Vassily Ivanchuk (profile) after the first day of the two-day World Blitz Chess Championship on Wednesday, in Moscow. Anand, who was among the six players seeded straight into the finals, won eight of the 19 games he played on the first day. He also lost four and […]
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