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Bhiwani, Dec 26 : Souvik Chakraborty of West Bengal caused a major upset in the ongoing 2nd Bhiwani Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament as he stunned fifth seed and International Master R Balasubramaniam in the third round encounter at Preksha Vihar, Kirorimal Park here today.

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Charraborty stuns IM Balasubramaniam in Fide Open Chess (New Kerala)

Moldovan International Grandmaster, Viorel Bologan, obtained a splendid qualification for the third round of the World Chess Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiisk, Russia. Bologan defeated in the additional matches Bulgarian player Ivan Ceparinov. The score after the first two classic chess games was equal, 1-1, and under FIDE Regulation, the winner should be decided in a tie-break

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Moldova’s Viorel Bologan enters third round of World Chess Cup (Moldova.org)

The 9th Amplico Life International Chess Tournament, which is also the 2009 European Rapid Chess Championship, took place on 19-20th December in Warsaw, Poland. A record number of 685 players took participation and battled through 13 …

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European Rapid Chess Championship 2009 :: European Chess Union