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By CLO
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July 31, 2012 |
 The 30-person US delegation earned ten medals at the Pan-American Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. The bounty included six golds, three silvers and one bronze. Emily Nguyen even scored a perfect 9/9 in the girls under ten section.
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By Michael Regan
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July 30, 2012 |
 The 1st Annual Washington International has featured a number of upsets, including Awonder Liang's win against GM Kaufman. After five rounds Onischuk and Kamsky lead with 4.5/5. Update 8/1/12: Kamsky wins the event--full story coming soon!
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By Michael Regan
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July 27, 2012 |
 The inaugural Washington International starts this weekend. The field includes 10 GMs, 11 IMs and three of the top four players residing in the US (Kamsky, Onischuk, Gareev.)
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By Franc Guadalupe,
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July 27, 2012 |
FIDE Zonal President Franc Guadalupe passes on an important message on the 2012 Continental Chess Championship which will take place in Mar de la Plata, Argentina, October 12-22.
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By Michael Regan
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July 26, 2012 |
 Cadet co-champions Michael Bodek, Christopher Gu, Christoher Wu, and Aleksandr Ostrovskiy played a two-round knockout tournament to determine the winner of a UMBC scholarship. Bodek won. Find games and details in the full story.
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By Macauley Peterson
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July 25, 2012 |
 GM Hikaru Nakamura began the Biel GM tournament with two draws and a third round loss to Wang Hao. Macauley Peterson's report includes annotations and details on Morozevich's withdrawal.
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By CLO
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July 25, 2012 |
 The Pan-American Championships have begun in Lima, Peru and the US delegation includes 30 players coached by FM Aviv Friedman.
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By CLO
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July 23, 2012 |
After 5 rounds of the Cadet Championships, Christopher Wu pulled in to first place with a win over Justus Williams as Christopher Gu fell to Joshua Colas. Update: Michael Bodek took first place after a playoff. Full story coming soon.
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By Ankit Gupta
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July 22, 2012 |
 Two young stars, FM Yian Liou and Samuel Sevian tied for first at the 20th Metropolitan Invitational. They both earned IM norms along the way, Sevian's 2nd and Liou's 1st. Find details and a game annotated by Liou.
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By Franc Guadalupe
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July 21, 2012 |
 Expert Karthik Ramachandran won the US Junior Open in Houston with a perfect score, while 15-year-old Sarah Chiang took clear second.
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By Michael Regan
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July 20, 2012 |
The 2012 US Cadet Championship kicks off this Saturday, 7/21, at 11 a.m. Pairing numbers will be drawn on Friday night. Participants include Colas (pictured), Ostrovskiy & Wu.
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By Franc Guadalupe
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July 19, 2012 |
 GM Alexander Ivanov won this year's Senior Open, held in Houston Texas. Former U.S. Senior Champ IM Joe Bradford, the top finisher over 60, qualifies for the World Senior Championship in Greece.
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By Randy Hough
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July 19, 2012 |
 U.S. chess lost one of its major figures of the 20th century Tuesday with the passing of Jacqueline Piatigorsky at age 100. Her accomplishments as an organizer, benefactor, and player were legion.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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July 19, 2012 |
 A.J. Steigman, chess master & founder of Soletron, a social networking platform, challenged Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel to a $1 million chess match. Steigman tells CLO about his favorite games and how chess helped his business instincts.
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By CLO
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July 18, 2012 |
 The 2012 delegates call is now online. The 62-page report includes the President's report, the Executive Director's report, Committee reports, future USCF events, a US Chess Trust report and more.
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By Dewain Barber
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July 18, 2012 |
 The 2012 Denker Tournament of High School Champions and the Barber tournament of K-8 Champions begin on August 4th at the US Open in Vancouver, Washington.
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