Some news items
A work in progress! I will add to and update news items from around the chess world during the past days. Great play from the World Champion in Bilbao, taking his third title at the Spanish resort. The Quebec Open is underway, while the Calgary International begins tomorrow. And much more… Enjoy!
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- We all saw it coming. FIDE is not entirely to blame, but accepting bids from countries that have ”bad relations” with its neighbors, to put it politely, never works out as you want it.
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- http://kirsan.today/en/opinion/item/880-ilyumzhinov-only-the-older-generation-remembers-kasparov-and-karpov.html
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- https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess
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- Nigel Short won a strong international tournament in Iran recently. The old man still has spark! http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-1st-stars-cup-in-iran
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- Never without an opinion that makes some sense…
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- Nigel is a talented guitarist, but is always over dressed for the occassion.
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- Eat your heart out, Nigel!
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- Braile copy of Playboy. As you can imagine, it was never a commercial sucess!
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- The secret of producing a really great wine! Now you know…
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- Food for thought
