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IM NAZI PAIKIDZE 00000000000000+0&/-(#)0.!0/(!/#,*.+ by GM Daniel Naroditsky )/''0 0-,0&$//0//-, Getting to Know the New U.S Russian GM Vladimir Belous wins Chicago Open | Glenwood Chess Club on Chicago’s South Side: Growing Chess IM Nazi“I will do everythingPaikidze I can to help more girls get into chess.” August 2016 | uschess.org Few things in life are better than attacking your opponent’s king! 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JON JACOBS (How to Lose to a 1400) is the author of the upcoming book about upsets, The Fish LABOR DAY That Roared, a collection of CHESS MADNESS high-quality games in which State championships and big club-level players outplayed Grand Prixs abound over FIDE-titled or other highly rated opponents. A FIDE Labor Day weekend. On US master and anti-cheating Chess we round-up as many activist, Jon authored stories and games as we can. several award-winning Send your own photo, game or articles for Chess Life anecdote from the weekend for between 2005 and 2008. possible inclusion on our website or facebook/twitter @USChess. It may be summer, but the US Chess School is in full swing. 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