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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 30, 2007 |
 On the heels of his Barcelona win, Hikaru won the Corsica Masters (Oct.28-30.) He defeated one strong GM after another (Van Wely, Bareev, Kasimdzhanov, Mikhalevski) to take the 20,000 Euro first prize.
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By WIM Alexey Root
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October 30, 2007 |
 WIM Alexey Root reviews Bruce Pandolfini's newest book, Treasure Chess: Trivia, Quotes, Puzzles and Lore from the World's Oldest Game.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 29, 2007 |
 The 6th North American FIDE Invitational (Chicago, Oct. 28-Nov. 3) kicked off yesterday. In a wild game, Ray Robson defeated Stephen Muhammad with a king-walk. Ray leads with 1.5/2, along with David Vigorito and Mehmed Pasalic.
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By NM Leo Martinez/DoreenTanaka
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October 27, 2007 |
 Now that we are deep into fall, it's time to start reminiscing about summer. CLO offers lesson excerpts from two of the most exclusive camps in America, the Western Invitational chess Camp and the U.S. Chess School. Included is a video starring GM Kaidanov.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 26, 2007 |
 In the Casino de Barcelona (October 18-26) tournament, Hikaru Nakamura finished with back to back wins against Illescas and Narciso, finishing the event with 7/9, a full point ahead of the field.
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By Robby Adamson
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October 25, 2007 |
Week 9 of the U.S. Chess League featured the most exciting and wild matches of this year, and clarified the playoff picture with Philly cliching a spot in the Eastern division and Dallas clinching 1st place in the Western division. Robby Adamson reports.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 25, 2007 |
 Web-editor Jennifer Shahade reviews Kasparov's new book, How Life
Imitates Chess, and discusses his recent stop in Philadelphia on his
quick East Coast media/book tour last week.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 24, 2007 |
A 4th round win over Vaganian propelled Hikaru Nakamura into clear first in the Casino de Barcelona event (October 18-26) Updated: Nakamura defeats closest rival Lenier Dominguez, to cement lead.
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By NTD Franc Guadalupe
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October 23, 2007 |
 Franc Guadalupe reports from the U.S. Class Championship in Houston, Texas (Oct.19-21.) Tournament winner GM Alejandro Ramirez annotates his win over IM Daniel Fernandez.
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By Joan DuBois/Aviv Friedman
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October 23, 2007 |
 Mark Schein and Aviv Friedman, in cooperation with the US Chess Trust
announce their new scholarship project, which offers 12,500$ annually
to talented U.S. youth.
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By IM Josh Friedel
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October 19, 2007 |
 IM Josh Friedel writes on the Western States Open in Reno (October 12-14), in which six GMs and one IM tied for first, while Gregory Serper prevailed in the playoff.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 19, 2007 |
Hikaru Nakamura created plenty of fireworks on the first two days of
an elite round robin event in Barcelona. In the first round, he walked
his king from g1 to h7 in the middlegame. In round two against Mikhail
Krasenkow of Poland, Hikaru made, in his own words, an "epic queen
sacrifice" on f2.
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By Robby Adamson
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October 18, 2007 |
Robby Adamson reports on round eight action of the U.S. Chess League, in which Nakamaru found his groove and competition for playoff spots is coming down to the wire.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 17, 2007 |
 On October 13, more than 500 people filed into the San Francisco Design Center for the Hip Hop Chess Federation's 1st Kings' Invitational. As RZA emerged victorious in the headliner event, over 100 area students competed for scholarships and shoes. Jen Shahade reports.
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October 16, 2007 |
 Check out one of Kasparov's remaining East Coast tour dates in the U.S. to promote his new book, How Life Imitates Chess.
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