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Reykjavik Open 2015 - round 8 miniatures (1)

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An unusual Sicilian defence line proved to be a good choice for white. Players rated 2600+ for white and 2400+ for black [Event "Reykjavik Open 2015"][Site "Reykjavik ISL"][Date "2015.03.16"][Round "8.10"][White "Grandelius, Nils"][Black "Galego, Luis"][Result "1-0"][ECO "B42"][WhiteElo "2603"][BlackElo "2461"][PlyCount "51"][EventDate "2015.03.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Rad1 Nfg4 13. Bc1 g5 14. f3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ne5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 h5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 f6 20. Qg3 Rh6 21. d4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qb6 23. Na4 Qa7 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Nbc5 b5 26. Rfd1

Swiss-Manager

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http://swiss-manager.at/
It is an administration and pairing program for chess-tournaments of the following formats:
Individual and team round robin
Individual and team Swiss system

Simple publishing of tournaments at the international chess-tournament-result-server:
http://chess-results.com
a very fast and reliable platform free to use for all chessfriends

Millionaire Chess, 1st edition

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Our 2013 club champion Jay Sawant is playing in the U1400 section of Millionaire Chess Open Tournament with prizes of $1,000,000 dollars. After 7 games Jay has won 4 games and lost 3, finishing 26th out of 80 players. Final results in his group can be seen here:
https://millionairechess.com/mc1-final-standings-u1400
A couple of pictures courtesy of GM Maurice Ashley have been posted on our Facebook page HERE