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Woman Plays 1,100 Chess Games in 17 Hours (Washington Post)

All hail the queen of chess. Former women's world champ Susan Polgar is believed to have broken four international chess records this week after playing more than 1,100 games over 17 hours.

The records, which still have to be confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records:

Most games played at once. Polgar, 36, had 326 simultaneous games going on Monday afternoon. Of those, she won 309, drew 14 and lost three.

There's play time, and there's chess time (Chico Enterprise Record)

Students took a recess from shouting, running and joking when the chess timers started Saturday morning at Wildwood Park.

Only the click of the clock signaling a different person's turn could be heard in the play area as pensive children chose their next chess move, but on the monkey bars and slides about 50 feet away, those who had finished their game hooted, hollared and played.

About 28 members of the Sacramento Valley Scholastic Chess League played in their first summer tournament Saturday morning, director Bill Bynum said while wearing a red shirt labeled "Chess Coach."

U.S. junior takes world chess title (Washington Times)

The United States has produced a new world champion. New York FM Alex Lenderman was the surprise winner of the Boys Under 16 title at the World Youth Championships in Belfort, France, late last month.

Lenderman defeated a number of higher-rated rivals, notably Russian IM Ian Nepomniachtchi, on his way to a 9-2 finish. It was the first gold medal for a U.S. junior in a number of years in the annual event.

Three other Americans scored in the top five in their divisions, including Californian Daniel Naroditsky (fifth in the Boys Under 10 division), Ray Robson of Florida (sixth in the Under 12 class), and New York's Robert Hess (fifth in the Under 14 competition.).

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