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By Al Lawrence
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August 13, 2012 |
 GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, FM John Bryant and GM Dmitry Gurevich tied for 1st-3rd place at the U.S. Open. Hoyos captured the title in an Armageddon playoff against Bryant.
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By Al Lawrence
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August 12, 2012 |
With one round to go and eight in the books at the 113th U.S. Open Chess Championship in Vancouver, Washington, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos stands by himself at the top of the long, 500-plus-player wall chart with 7.5 points.
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By Al Lawrence
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August 11, 2012 |
GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, champion of Mexico, leads the US Open in Vancouver, WA with a perfect 7-0 score, after defeating GM Alejandro Ramirez. GM Yasser Seirawan, Yaacov Norowitz and IM Salvijus Bercys are half a point back.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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August 8, 2012 |
 It's a season of chess & fashion: Kosteniuk was highlighted in the Age issue of Vogue Magazine, as "challenging stereotypes at 28", Prada debuted a new chess inspired fall line and a chess-inspired shoe drawing by Warhol is in the World Chess Hall of Fame "Chess Inspires" exhibit at the Saint Louis airport.
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By CLO
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August 8, 2012 |
 US teams are set to travel to the 40th Olympiad in Istanbul from August 27th to September 10th. The overall team is led by reigning US Chess Champion and World #5 Hikaru Nakamura while reigning US Women's Champ Irina Krush leads the women's squad.
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By Randy Hough
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August 8, 2012 |
 Atulya Shetty and Darwin Yang tied for first in the Denker, with Shetty receiving the UTD scholarship on tiebreak. Tommy He took clear first in the Barber tourney of K-8 champions, while Alex Weiner won the US Junior Girls Open. Find full story by Randy Hough, including an update on the Open.
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By Randy Hough
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August 6, 2012 |
 The Denker Tournament of High School Champions and its Barber K-8 counterpart have reached the halfway point in Vancouver, Washington. Meanwhile the US Open just took off with Northwest legend GM Seirawan as top seed.
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By Randy Hough
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August 3, 2012 |
 As the US Open begins in Vancouver, Washington, the concurrent Denker and Barber tournaments also kick off. Randy Hough previews both championship events.
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By Frisco Del Rosario
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August 2, 2012 |
 Written and produced by Iris Kokish, “The Queen’s Gambit”, a play which opened in San Francisco last weekend is a study in female empowerment, spanning the life of a rising young master and told within the length of her national championship match.
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By Gary Newsom
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August 2, 2012 |
 The 2012 US Masters/North Carolina Open, will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Greensboro from August 30 to September 3. Eight GMs are preregistered, including four-time US Champ Shabalov.
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By Michael Regan
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August 2, 2012 |
 Gata Kamsky won the inaugural Washington International with a final round win over GM Joel Benjamin. He ended with a score of 7-2, taking home the first place prize of $5000.
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By Daniel Lucas
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August 2, 2012 |
 Effective with the August 2012 issue of Chess Life, available now for USCF Members via our online viewer or pdf download at uschess.org, the USCF's flagship magazine is in full color after six years as a two-color publication. The magazine will be arriving in our Premium Members' mailboxes soon.
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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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