Battle of Gender Playoff

Published Feb 02 2012 by Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information

Hou Yifan and Nigel Short tie for 1st place

Women's World Champion Hou Yifan and Nigel Short both scored 8/10 in the Gibraltar Masters so a play-off is now required. In the final round today Hou Yifan drew her game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board 1 and Nigel Short defeated Krishnan Sasikiran on board 3....

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9th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girl’s Invitational (FREE rooms and meals for official qualifiers)

!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Rules and Conditions for the 9th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational (SPGI)July 22 – 27, 2012 at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) Over ... [ Published May 19 2012 by Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information ]

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First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

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Match Yifan – Cmilyte in Corsica

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Entities: Hou Yifan, Viktorija Čmilytė, Susan Polgar

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

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Against all odds

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Entities: Boris Gelfand, Viswanathan Anand, Nigel Short, Garry Kasparov

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Shahriyar Mammadyarov

Shahriyar Mammadyarov wins int'l tournament

The international chess blitz tournament in memory of Heydar Aliyev was held at the Azerbaijan State Economic University.The contest involved Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Gadir Huseynov, Eltaj Safarli, Rauf Mammadov, Azer Mirzoyev, Sarkhan Guliyev, Vasif Durarbayli, ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Today.Az ]

Entities: Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Heydar Aliyev, Majlis

First Reported May 05 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 1 Documents

9th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girl’s Invitational (FREE rooms and meals for official qualifiers)

!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Rules and Conditions for the 9th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational (SPGI)July 22 – 27, 2012 at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) Over ... [ Published May 05 2012 by Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information ]

Entities: Susan Polgar, Webster University, NetBook, New Orleans, Logistics

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Pompey to play Gibraltar in friendly

Pompey will take on the Gibraltar national side as part of their pre-season preparations.Michael Appleton’s side travel to Spain on July 16 for a training camp and will then move on to play Gibraltar on Friday, July 20, at 8pm.The Blues will end their ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Portsmouth Today ]

Entities: Gibraltar, Michael Appleton, Spain

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

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Webster University adding chess excellence

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