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Kapil Chandran Makes a Move for Haiti

By CLO
February 16, 2010
11-year-old expert Kapil Chandran organized a 38-board simul to benefit Haiti relief. Kapil scored one loss, two draws and 35 wins and most importantly raised $306 for the Save the Children organization. Read more...

Team OC Wins Amateur Team West

By John Hillery
February 16, 2010
At the US Amateur Team West, held in Woodland Hills, CA, Team OC with Alexandre Kretchetov, Takashi Iwamoto, Ilia Serpik and Leo Kamgar prevailed on tiebreaks over ACA: 64 Square Modern Warfare. Read more...

Results are in at the US Amateur Team East

By CLO
February 16, 2010
Results are in at the 2010 US Amateur Team East. The Cambridge Springers, led by Bill Kelleher on board one, and Joseph Fang (who scored 6-0 on board two) topped on tiebreak. Read more...

Beasts From the Southeast Take Amateur Team South

By Harvey Lerman
February 15, 2010
The Beasts from the Southeast (Jeffrey Haskel, Toby Boas, Dalton Perrine, Adam Miller) won the US Amateur Team South, which was held in Orlando this weekend. Read more...

Americans in Aeroflot : Kamsky on Plus One

By CLO
February 14, 2010
Strong American Grandmasters playing in Aeroflot, include Kamsky, Shabalov, Ehlvest and Khachiyan. Despite losing to Ehlvest early in the event, Kamsky is back in the plus column in the "A" section. Read more...

Akshay Malhotra Plays 150 Games for Haiti Relief

By CLO
February 12, 2010
After watching TV coverage of the quake and reading about Haiti benefit simuls on CLO, 11-year-old Akshay Malhotra, played 150 simul games to raise funds for Haiti relief. Read more...

Amateur Team Weekend Upon us!

By CLO
February 11, 2010
Check out details and star lineups from all four US Amateur Teams, set for President's Day weekend. GM Hess and IM Ippolito share team strategies--CLO is also looking for YOUR stories! Read more...

Chess Without Borders Hosts Haiti Fundraiser

By Betsy Dynako
February 10, 2010
Chess Without Borders hosted a tournament on February 6th in which two precocious eight-year-olds chaired a Haiti fundraiser committee. They hoped for $2000 in donations, but settled for $400. Read more...

Americans in Aeroflot

By CLO
February 10, 2010
Americans Grandmasters storming the super-strong Aeroflot Open (February 8-19) include Kamsky, Ehlvest and Shabalov. In the "A2" section is GM Khachiyan. Read more...

Changing of the Guard: A Documentary on the 2009 US Championship

By CLO
February 9, 2010
Changing of the Guard is a documentary on the 2009 US Chess Championships, which were held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. You can pick up your own copy on the CCSCSL website. Read more...

Hilton in the Big Classroom, Part I: Nicaragua

By Jonathan Hilton
February 9, 2010
In the first installment of Jonathan Hilton's study abroad chronicles, he goes to Nicaragua and asks CLO readers to weigh in: Does the golden safety rule apply to chess masters? Read more...

Adamson Secures 2nd IM Norm at the 24th North American Masters

By Sevan A. Muradian
February 8, 2010
Robby Adamson of Arizona wrapped up his second IM norm last weekend at the 24th North American Masters. Read more...

De Firmian Wins the Bermuda Open

By Carol Jarecki
February 8, 2010
GM Nick De Firmian won this year's Bermuda Open, in a tiebreak playoff over GM Alexander Ivanov, held just after the Super Bowl. Read more...

A Glimpse into Nakamura's Preparation

By CLO
February 7, 2010
A Tech Republic article by Debra Littejohn Shinder gives us a unique glimpse into the preparation of US Champion Hikaru Nakamura. The author's name sounds familiar because she is the mother of Nakamura's second, Kris Littlejohn. Read more...

Shankland Searches Gibraltar for Final Norm

By IM Sam Shankland
February 7, 2010
IM Sam Shankland writes about his first trip to Gibraltar for the 8th Gibtelecom Chess Congress, where he narrowly missed out on a GM norm. Read more...

Bermuda Open Begins

By Carol Jarecki
February 6, 2010
As a blizzard blitzes the Northeast, the Bermuda Open began calmly with sunny parties, a blitz tournament and no first round upsets. Read more...

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April - Chess Life Online 2010

FIDE Trainers Seminar for Women Instant Replay: Topalov-Anand Game 5 Drawn Anand on Top so Far in Sofia Kasparov, Karpov and Carlsen to Appear at New York City Benefit Instant Replay: Anand Wins Game Four Chess Without Borders Join Millions of Volunteers Worldwide on Global Youth Service Day Nakamura to Relocate to Saint Louis A Couch Potato's Guide to the World Championship - Part II Aleksandr Lenderman: Officially a Grandmaster Expert Meets Grandmaster: A Personal Perspective on Playing Maurice Ashley Anand Evens Score in Sofia Topalov Begins Match with Big Win A Volunteer's Perspective on Columbus: A Blue Apron & Female Fire A Couch Potato's Guide to Topalov-Anand Santarius Wins Hales Corners Challenge XI Field finalized for 2010 U.S. Championship All-Girls Nationals: Ballantyne Ties with Chen and Wins UTD Scholarship High School Nationals: The Biggest Tie Ever and Hunter on Top $10,000 Up for Grabs at the US Championship Blitz Open Kudrin and Ivanov Win Hartford Open Meekins and Ong Lead High School; Matlin Leads All Girls The National High School and All Girls Begin in Columbus In Columbus, Ryba Wins Blitz, Low and Uesgui Take Bug Abby on Columbus, College and her Last Scholastic Game Final Four: UMBC beats Brownsville to retain title The Quest to Qualify by IM Altounian GM Jesse Kraai Takes Clear First in Reno Vela, IS 318, Adelberg and Lee on Top at the Junior High Nationals Four GMs Tie in Saint Louis Open College Final Four Update: Brownsville vs. Maryland Baltimore County Four Lead the Saint Louis Open Adelberg and IS 318 in Clear Lead at Junior High Nationals Junior High School Nationals: Day 1 Report Final Four Kicks Off in Brownsville Tournament of Champions Final: Altounian vs. Studen Nakagawa Takes First in K-9 Blitz The Grandmaster Apartment Record field set for Saint Louis Open GM Pascal Charbonneau on Blitzing the Donald Benge Memorial 2010 Grand Prix Sponsors: ChessLecture.com and ChessMagnetSchool.com The Final Scoop on the Philadelphia Open GM Robert Hess is the 2010 Samford Fellow The Story of IS 318: Interview with the Director of Chess Movie Kamsky Tops Philadelphia Open New USCF Rating Floors Implemented Far West Open Begins The Scoop Begins at the Philadelphia Open The April Check is in the Mail

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