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  1. Bad day for USA at World Cup as Friedel, Hess and Robson are eliminated. At least Kamsky and Onischuk moved on. Three others in tiebreaks.
  2. Kudos also to young Alisha Chawla for finishing at 7.0/11 in Turkey, good for tie for 13th in Girls U8! She scored 5.5 in her last 6 games!
  3. FM Tanuj Vasudeva followed up his gold at Pan American U8 with silver at World Youth U8 in Turkey!! An awesome result in a tough tournament!
  4. World Cup format: 128 player elimination with 2-game matches, rapid playoffs if tied. Games at 2am PST. http://cup2009.fide.com/res...
  5. USA Results from rd 1 of World Cup in Siberia: Kamsky won, Akobian won, Shabalov won, Onischuk 1/2, Shulman 1/2, Hess 1/2, Friedel lost.
  6. FM Tanuj has 7.5/10 before final round at World Youth U8. He's tied for 3rd and, due to excellent tiebreaks, clinched bronze if he wins!
  7. Mr. Almost Perfect keeps winning in Turkey. He is once again tied for 1st in U8! Big board 1 game on Friday vs Aryan Gholami of Iran (1950).
  8. The Mechanics were eliminated from the USCL playoffs last night by Miami. Final thoughts by IM Donaldson: http://sfmechanics.blogspot...
  9. Tanuj has 6.0/7 and is tied for second at World Youth U8! Watch him play LIVE starting at 6:00am PST. http://web1.tsf.org.tr/
  10. The SF Mechanics face the Miami Sharks in the US Chess League semifinals tonight. LIVE on ICC at 5:30 PST. Go Jesse, Vinay, David and Yian!!
  11. FM Vasudeva has 5.0/6 going into rest day in Turkey. He is tied for 3rd in U8 and plays at board 2 on Wednesday. Go Tanuj!!!
  12. Mr. Perfect proves that he's human, losing to an opening trap in the Kan Sicilian. Hope he bounces back quickly for round 6 later today!
  13. For night owls: Watch Tanuj play on board 2 against second seed Anton Smirnov of Australia. Starts at midnight PST. http://web1.tsf.org.tr/
  14. FM Tanuj Vasudeva is 4-0 at World Youth U8, living up to the nickname "Mr. Perfect" on the cover of Chess Life for Kids. Go Tanuj!
  15. Round 1 of World Youth in Turkey was today! FM Tanuj and most USA kids won! http://tanujchess.blogspot.... and http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/
  16. IM Shankland has 4.0/6 in first half of DRR event in Hungary. GM norm is "+5" so Sam needs 4.5/6 in second half. http://tinyurl.com/yzbjdtp
  17. US Chess League quarterfinals: San Francisco 3.5, Arizona 0.5. Kudos to Vinay, Danya and Yian for winning. Next week against Miami!
  18. Watch GM Larry Christiansen analyze the Van Wely vs Zierk game at ICC ChessFM. http://tinyurl.com/yhh9pzt Enter your ICC username/password.
  19. Stunning upset from Reno: FM Zierk defeats GM Van Wely with black!
  20. The SF Mechanics beat Queens Pioneers this week by 3:1 with Donaldson, Naroditsky and Young victorious. 3rd place in West, tied for 2nd.