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We started off this week on a sad note with the pasing of a chess legend Bob Wade

Chess club wins over Mariner Middle students

The chess club is open to any Mariner Middle School student who can stay after school once a week. Novices are encouraged to try their hand at the game, and students pair up and often switch opponents for games.

Purkashian becomes chess Grandmaster

Iran’s woman chess player Atusa Purkashian became Grandmaster after a good performance in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008.

COLORADO CHESS: World champ keeps his title

India’s Viswanathan Anand defended his world chess title by defeating former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.

The 12-game match, which Anand won 6.5 to 4.5, took place Oct. 11-29 in Bonn, Germany.

Al Sulaiti bags chess trophy

ALI Al Sulaiti secured a first-place finish in the Al Shakhoora Open Chess Championship despite a 0.5-0.5 draw with Warren Ortis of the Philippines.

In his sixth round game, the Bahrain national team veteran was the only unbeaten player in the tournament and needed half point to seal the title of this annual competition, being organised by Al Shakhoora Youth Centre.

Check: reading about chess

The Washington Post looks at a stack of chess-related books, recommending the nonfiction “White King and White Queen” and the fictional “Zugwang.” Gary Kasparov‘s memoir, “How Life Imitates Chess,” is not recommended.

Rook Dreams

This past fall, the world championship match in Bonn, Germany, wasn’t the only thing stirring up chess enthusiasts. ChessBase 10, a beefier new version of the massive database program that is the tournament player’s gold standard, had arrived.