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Asian junior chess: Nandhidhaa stuns Vaishali

Edit The Hindu 04 May 2016
Grandmaster S.L. Narayanan stayed in the lead after beating Iranian Masoud Mosadeghpour in 40 moves in the fifth round of the Asian junior chess championship here on Saturday ... Narayanan’s calculated kingside offensive with a queen-and-rook pair brought the Iranian under severe pressure that eventually proved decisive. On the second board, top seed Aravindh Chithambaram and second seed M. Karthikeyan drew in 43 moves ... Open. S.L ... Girls....

Easy for fancied players in Dubai Chess

Edit Khaleej Times 13 Apr 2016
The Dubai Open Chess Championship for the Rashid bin Hamdan Cup opened at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club when fancied players hurdled past opponents in round-one assignments, barring a handful who had to share points ... The game ended in a draw on move 41 ... The Emirati countered with threats against white's king with his queen and knight, although Howell's bishop proved more than adequate in securing the kingside fortress ... ....

To attack or defend, it's a tough call

Edit Deccan Herald 02 Apr 2016
Chess Checks. Many a time during a chess game, a player can have doubts whether to continue with the attack he has been launching or go on the defensive. At times it might be prudent to shift gears when the proceedings are not to your liking but at times the decision can also backfire. In the game below, Black does not castle and initiates a kingside attack by rolling his pawns ... White. Steffen Pedersen (2454) – Black ... Bogo Indian ... 18....

Sergey Karjakin qualifies for the 2016 World Championship Match! (World Chess Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Mar 2016
(Source. World Chess Federation) The 14th and last round of the FIDE World Candidates Tournament 2016 was held today at the DI Telegraph in Moscow, Russia. Sergey Karjakin of Russia emerged winner and qualified for the World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen! ... Karjakin avoided the sharpest lines and proceeded into strategically even middlegame ... The queens went off early and white tried to get something going on the kingside ... 1 ... 8....

Fabulous Fabiano dents Anand's charge

Edit The Times of India 24 Mar 2016
... Anand (5.5) as joint leader to give company to Sergey Karja kin of Russia (6) in this eight player, 14-round tournament Caruana, playing white, forced Anand's resignation in just 33 moves of English Opening (Four Knights, Kingside Fian chetto)....

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Edit PR Newswire 12 Jan 2016
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- B.B. King, born Riley B. King, was one of the most influential and celebrated blues musicians of all time ... B.B. King. The Life of Riley, premiering nationwide during Black History Month on Friday, February 12 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listing).  Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman narrates and appears in the film ... King ... B.B. King ... "B.B ... B.B ... in Association with KingSid Ventures Ltd....

Three share lead

Edit The Hindu 11 Jan 2016
Russians Ivan Popov, Anton Demchenko and Ukrainian Vitaly Sivuk won with black pieces on the top three boards to form the leaders’ pack following an all-win sequence after four rounds of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters chess tournament here on Monday. D ... M.R ... Popov outplayed Vietnamese GM Nguyen Duc Hoa in 44 moves, after Sivuk punished Rahul Sangma with a swift kingside offensive ... A hapless Sangma gave up at this point....

Great Restaurants for Breakfast or Brunch in St. Louis

Edit About.com 01 Jan 2016
Few of us like to do serious thinking early in the morning. Perhaps that's why it's often hard to think of new restaurants you want to try for breakfast or brunch ... 1.  Rooster ... Rooster is located at 1104 Locust Street in downtown St ... French Toast Waffle at Kingside Diner. Photo by David O'Brien 2.  Kingside Diner. The Kingside Diner is a new addition to the St ... The Kingside Diner is located at 4651 Maryland Avenue in St ... ....

Carlsen Wins in Qatar

Edit Huffington Post 29 Dec 2015
The world chess champion Magnus Carlsen finished the year with a victory at the Qatar Masters Open in Doha on Tuesday ... However, Carlsen dominated the playoff, winning both games and the trophy ... Altogether, 132 players took part ... 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 ... Carlsen gives up the light squares on the diagonal a2-g8, but gains control of the dark squares on the kingside ... But not the immediate 17...h5 18.g4 and White breaks through on the kingside....

Women's national premier chess: Padmini, Swati still in joint lead

Edit Yahoo Daily News 21 Nov 2015
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Defending champion International Master Padmini Rout of Odisha and WGM Swati Ghate of LIC continued to lead the fray with 6.5 points each after the eighth round of the women's national premier chess championship here on Saturday ... Young Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh is second on 5.5 points ... Tania won a pawn on the 34th move in an already weakened kingside of Neha ... World U-14 champion R ... Results. 8th Round....

Michelle shocks Soumya

Edit The Hindu 20 Nov 2015
Michelle Catherina of Tamil Nadu overcame fluctuating form to upset overnight leader Soumya Swaminathan of Petroleum in the seventh round of the RamRatna 42nd National premier women’s chess tournament on Friday ... Varshini ... Padmini used her pawn as a decoy to keep her opponent occupied on the queenside and effectively transferred her rook to the kingside to win a piece that eventually decided the game in her favour ... R ... ....

Varshini outwits Vaishali

Edit The Hindu 19 Nov 2015
V ... Michelle obtained two connected passed pawns on the queenside in a Sicilian defence but mishandled the endgame allowing Pratyusha to penetrate her kingside with rook and knight after which the former’s position collapsed ... ....

Soumya gains sole lead as Swati falters

Edit The Hindu 18 Nov 2015
Soumya Swaminathan of Petroleum emerged sole leader with four points after five rounds of the RamRatna 42nd National Premier women’s chess at the ICCR here on Tuesday ... Swati made errors in her game against Bhakti and lost after a struggle in a rook and pawn ending ... Padmini started the pawn advance on kingside with two connected pawns and this put Michelle in a spot as her king and queen were awkwardly placed ... Varshini (TN) 1.5. ....
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