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By Jennifer Shahade
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August 5, 2008 |
 Tatev Abrahamyan has 4/4 and the clear lead at the World Girls Championship in Turkey. Meanwhile Alejandro Ramirez and Tyler Hughes are rebounding from tough starts.
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By Steve Immitt
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August 5, 2008 |
 In the August Open at the Marshall Chess Club, IM Robert Hess defeated GM Leonid Yudasin en route to first place.
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By J.Shahade/Jerry Hanken
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August 5, 2008 |
 There are 11 3-0's in the U.S. Open, including Mitchell Powell, who upset a master in round three. Hanken writes about his loss to top-seed IM Doug Root. Meanwhile, Fernandez leads the Collegiate and Parry leads the Denker.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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August 4, 2008 |
 CLO editor Jennifer Shahade blogs on visits to Belize and Saint Louis,
and gives thoughts on hot summer topics like the Sochi Grand Prix and
Forcing Moves.
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By J.Shahade/M.Peterson
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August 4, 2008 |
 Check out more info on Nakamura's Mainz 960 win, including a victory over Najer and a video interview link. Also watch Macauley Peterson's video interviews with Vinay Bhat and Vishy Anand.
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By Jerry Hanken
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August 4, 2008 |
 In his daily "Corner" live from the U.S. Open (Dallas, August 2-10) Jerry Hanken philosophizes on chess culture, comparing U.S.A to India.
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By Jonathan Hilton
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August 3, 2008 |
 Jonathan Hilton blogs and analyzes games from the Denker tournament of High School Champions (Dallas, August 2-5), where he has 1.5/2.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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August 3, 2008 |
 Tyler Hughes, Tatev Abrahamyan of U.S. and Alejandro Ramirez of UTD/Costa Rica arrived in Turkey for the World Junior Champs. CLO interviews U.S. Junior Champion Tyler Hughes on Turkey, Lindsborg and the field at the 08' Junior.
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August 3, 2008 |
 The U.S. Open and the Denker tournament of high school champions kicked off on August 2, Saturday night. Check out Hanken's Corner, and game highlights from the first round.
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August 2, 2008 |
 In the third round of the Sochi Grand Prix (July 31-August 15), GM Gata
Kamsky lost to Ivan Cheparinov, who is now the
tournament leader. He calmed down with a fourth round draw to Levon Aronian.
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By Randy Wheeless
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August 2, 2008 |
 Courtney
Jamison won clear first at the Susan Polgar National Invitational for
Girls. The 16-year-old top seed and Pan-American medalist scored
5.5/6.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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August 1, 2008 |
 American World Championship Candidate GM Gata Kamsky pounded Vassily Ivanchuk today in the second round of the Sochi Grand Prix (July 31-August 15.)
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By By Harry Schaack and Eric van Reem
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August 1, 2008 |
 Hikaru Nakamura took first place on tiebreak over Motylev and Movsesian in the Finet Open in Mainz, Germany. The event features chess 960, a variant in which the pieces are scrambled in the back row.
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By Randy Wheeless
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July 30, 2008 |
 Top-seed Courtney Jamison shares the lead at the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls with two girls who are rated in the middle of the pack: Alexandra Wiener and Brianna Conley.
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