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Living on Tulsa Time
By Tom Braunlich   
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This year’s Frank K. Berry U.S. Championship is packed with excitement!


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The U.S. Women’s Championship
By Tom Braunlich   
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In one of the most exciting conclusions ever in a U.S. Championship event—but one that generated much controversy—IM Anna Zatonskih wins her second U.S. Women’s Championship.



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Petrosian Finishes Second at Second City!
By Jerry Hanken   
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Nakamura, Akobian, and Tigran L. Petrosian—an Armenian playing in his first American tournament—tie for first, with Akobian winning the Armageddon game over Petrosian.


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Yeager has the Right Stuff
By FM Mike Klein   
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FM Dan Yeager, taking a page out of Nakamura’s playbook, goes all out for victory in the last round of the National High School Championship and is rewarded with the championship.


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Michael Lee is Junior High Champ
By WFM Elizabeth Vicary   
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"This victory was not so important for me as much as it was for the school team’s success."

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It’s All Medina Parilla at the All Girls
By WFM Elizabeth Vicary   
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Now a junior at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Medina learned to place chess at CES 70, the Bronx elementary school featured in the movie, Knights of the South Bronx.


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Looks at Books: A Brilliant Deception
By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM   
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With chess cheating much in the chess and mainstream media these last few years, this fictionalized account of one of the great chess deceptions is especially timely.




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August - Chess Life Magazine 2008

Living on Tulsa TimeThe U.S. Women’s ChampionshipPetrosian Finishes Second at Second City!Yeager has the Right Stuff Michael Lee is Junior High Champ It’s All Medina Parilla at the All GirlsLooks at Books: A Brilliant DeceptionForcing Sequences: The Key to Better CalculationChess to Enjoy: Pawn WorthSoliaire Chess: Knowing What’s Coming Is Only Half the BattleBack to Basics: Tactics Reign SupremeEndgame Lab: Portoroz 1958What's The Best Move: The Golden Age of Two-MoversFirst Moves: Kasparov Conducts Master Class With America's Top Junior PlayersCounterplay: Letters to the EditorUSCF Affairs: 2008 USCF Awards

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