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By Chris Bird
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 IM Irina Krush culminates her impressive play of the last year with a U.S. Women’s Championship win—her first since winning in 1998 as a mere 14-year-old.
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By Howard Goldowsky
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The author of two noted books focusing on the creative process (one was turned into a Nova special) turns his attention to his early love, chess, in a mass-market book that bridges the serious chess world and the casual observer.
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By IM Irina Krush
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For the second year in a row, North America enjoys a top-flight round robin in Montreal. Despite recent world-class results, Kamsky was off form, and Pascal Charbonneau stepped on the gas pedal too late to have a good result.
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By Jerry Hanken
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With an unusually low winning score of 6½, GM Varuzhan Akobian enjoys a tiebreak victory at the World Open over eight other players.
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By IM Danny Kopec, Ph.D.
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How Computers, Tournaments & Etiquette Have Changed the Royal Game
No, this article is not about the issue of drug testing in chess. A whole generation of our readers has come of age not realizing what chess was like just a short era ago—and not realizing what has been lost.
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By GM Eugene Perelshteyn
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The American contingent in Cali turns in an impressive performance as Varuzhan Akobian and Alexander Ivanov tie for first, Gulko is 6-13th, and Sergey Kudrin, Dmitry Gurevich, and Jaan Ehlvest finish 14-22nd.
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By Jon Jacobs
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King’s Gambit ties a personal memoir to an examination of top-level chess—with a dose of “espionage” thrown in for good measure.
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