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  Kasparov Arrested, Ivanchuck Wins

  11.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Garry Kasparov, former world champion and one of the most dominant players in Chess history, has been arrested in Russia while participating in a political rally in Moscow. Kasparov is a leading figure in Russian politics and a staunch opponent of the current “regime”. He was recently interviewed by several United States media outlets, including [...]

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  Annette Wins WSOPE Main Event

  09.16.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  In an unprecedented event, Annette Obrestad has won the $10,000 main event at the World Series of Poker Europe! All at once she becomes the youngest player to win a bracelet and the only woman to win a $10k buy-in event. The fact that she took down her first WSOP tournament is almost too surreal [...]

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  Annette Makes WSOPE Final Table

  09.16.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad has made her first final table at a World Series of Poker event, and she picked a good one to do so: the $10,000 buy-in main event. In the inaugural WSOP Europe series, which consisted of three seperate events complete with bracelets and huge paydays for top spots, the final event has [...]

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  Jordan Morgan Wins

  09.14.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Congrats to Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan for winning the Tunica World Series of Poker Circuit event! He has been very impressive in many live tournaments, in addition to his outstanding online results, coming in second at the US Championship recently among many others. I really admire his playing style and table presence, which are both [...]

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  Chess Arguments Are Lame: Dunderheads?

  09.01.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I was just reading about GrandMaster Nigel Short receiving a warning for calling the FIDE Vice President (and Deputy president) dunderheads in an interview concerning cheating allegations raised against fellow GM Veselin Topalov. The Ethics Commission (is Chess that hardcore that we even have an ethics commission?), protractors and pocket protectors in hand, stated Nigel [...]

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