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Lethbridge Judge Sentences Young Offenders to... chess!

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 06/10/2018 - 21:50

Based on advice from professors of nursing and education at the University of Lethbridge, a Lethbridge Judge has sentenced five young offenders to study chess with instructors once a week. 

The "Chess For Life" program ran from February to May of 2018, and may be renewed. 

BOTW: 2018.05.27

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 05/28/2018 - 12:12

You know it's going to be a monstrously strong tournament when five-time World Champion Vishy Anand is the bottom seed!  Altibox Norway and Karpov Poikovsky are this week's Best of the Web...

 

BOTW (not!): 2018.05.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 05/18/2018 - 02:00

Not the Best of the Web features two competitions which ought to create some buzz, but bad internet presence makes them both evidence for the prosecution...

2018 Canadian Olympiad Teams

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 05/11/2018 - 18:34

The players for both the Canadian men's and women's Olympiad teams have been announced. Here they are...

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Three FIDE Titles for Canada

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 04/10/2018 - 13:23

Aman Hambleton, Bernard Ouimet and Vadim Tsypin were awarded FIDE titles at the Presidential Board of the FIDE, which ended April 9, 2018. Details and links...

BOTW: No Match for World Champion

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 17:54

With the 2018 Candidates ending with seven of the eight players not qualifying for a World Championship match, our Best of the Web this week focuses on two great players who, despite their best efforts, never got to play a match against the world's best player....

GOTW: Vogt - Piasetski, HD Bank Cup, 2018.

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 12:44

IM Leon Piasetski annotates his topsy-turvy round 5 game against German GM Lothar Vogt from the 2018 HD Bank Cup Open in Vietnam...  

BOTW: Candidates 2018

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 10:39

The 8-player double RR to determine the Challenger for Magnus Carlsen in the next World Championship match is this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: Bonus

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 12:58

Carlsen vs Nakamura in Fischer Random Match, Stockfish 9 released, and Qiyu Zhou at the St.Louis Norm Congress are a bonus Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2018.02.03

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 19:05

The PRO Chess League returns with a special weekend of chess, and GM Pascal Charbonneau is interviewed on Perpetual Chess, this week's Best of the Web...

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