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By Macauley Peterson
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October 29, 2012 |
 After a tumultuous two months, US Champion Hikaru Nakamura won the 16th Univé tournament in the small Dutch city of Hoogeveen over GMs Sergei Tiviakov, Anish Giri, and Hou Yifan.
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By CLO
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October 29, 2012 |
 It's an exciting season for college chess. The annual Duncan Oxley hits ICC on Nov.4 while the Gligoric Cup, a face-off between University of Texas at Dallas and University of Belgrade takes place on Nov.2.
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By Steve Immitt
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October 29, 2012 |
 GM Alex Shabalov won the Bahamas International, scoring 6.5/9, good for the full first $2000 prize. Yaacov Norowitz and Erik Santarius both earned IM norms.
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By Randy Hough
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October 28, 2012 |
 Alexander Ivanov won in playoff at the Western States Open in Reno over WGM Tatev Abrahamyan and GMs Walter Browne & Melikset Khachiyan, who also scored 4.5 in the main tournament.
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By Robert Hungaski
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October 25, 2012 |
 Robert Hungaski writes about earning his final GM norm in the 2012 Continental Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where GMs Shabalov and Kaidanov earned spots into the World Cup.
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By Matan Prilleltensky
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October 25, 2012 |
 Get a glimpse into the 18th session of the US Chess School. The first part features lessons by GM Alejandro Ramirez and thoughts on "doing too much" by USCS founder IM Greg Shahade.
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By Steve Immitt
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October 24, 2012 |
The Bahamas International began with a small but powerful field, including 5 GMs, 4 IMs and 3 FMs. See games from round one and follow along at bahamasinternational.net/
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By GM Ben Finegold
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October 24, 2012 |
 GM Ray Robson (who turns 18 today, Oct 25), won the Open Swiss (2300+) at the SPICE Cup in STL, while GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France won the "Super Group A" round-robin.
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By The US Chess Scoop
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October 24, 2012 |
GM Tamaz Gelashvili won clear first at the Boardwalk Open in Asbury, New Jersey. Watch the Scoop for interviews with Tamaz, GMs Kekelidze, Erenburg and young stars Christopher Wu & Praveen
Balakrishnan.
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By Kostya Kavutskiy
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October 22, 2012 |
 Kostya Kavutskiy goes over week six and seven highlights from the US Chess League, including "move of the week", "match of the week" and "endgame of the week."
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By CLO
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October 19, 2012 |
 Our second round-up of National Chess Day activities include chess festivals in Tucson and Memphis, World youth training in the Bay Area and in-depth annotations from the 22nd Metropolitan Invitational by Kostya Kavutskiy.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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October 18, 2012 |
 The World Chess Hall of Fame is proud to announce that Alex “Yermo” Yermolinsky will be officially inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame on October 23, 2012.
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By CLO
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October 17, 2012 |
 Brooklyn Castle is getting the word out on the importance of chess in the schools. The film, which documents the success of IS 318, opens Friday in NY with a special screening on Thursday at Lincoln Center.
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By CLO
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October 16, 2012 |
 Find dispatches from National Chess Day festivities and tournaments all over the country including the Midwest Class where 97-year-old Erik Karklins (pictured) took third place in the expert section.
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By Macauley Peterson
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October 15, 2012 |
 Macauley Peterson reports on chessboxing: "Saturday night at The Scala, a nightclub near London’s King’s Cross
station. With hip-hop music blaring...the
crowd cheers as a scantily clad brunette announces the round."
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By CLO
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October 15, 2012 |
Brooklyn Castle is coming out in theaters beginning October 19 in New York City. But the USCF has made special arrangements to have a sneak peek screening the night before the film opens to the general public.
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