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Two share title as state champ
International MasterPosition No. 6018: White to play and win. From the game Joe Bradford-Mike Goodall, U.S. Open, Dallas 2008. Solution to Position No. 6017: In the game, Black only drew with 1 . . . Qxf6? 2 gxf4 gxf4. But he could have won economically with 1 . . . Qb1+...Tags: U.S. Open Golf, Clubs and Associations, Vladimir Kramnik, Game Playing, Multi-Sport Events
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Bill Cornwall's A Knights Tour: Advantage usually to white in chess
Winning with black — Playing white is like serving in tennis. The server initiates the battle, usually placing the opponent immediately on the defense. Unsurprisingly, the "server" in tennis or in chess wins the most often. Unlike tennis, chess...Tags: Bobby Fischer, Game Playing
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MOMS Club to meet
The MOMS Club of Ellicott City South will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at Glen Mar United Methodist Church, 8430 Glenmar Road, Ellicott City. The group, part of a nonprofit, international organization that provides support for mothers who have chosen to...Tags: International Organizations, Ellicott City, Clubs and Associations, Game Playing, Transportation
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Book club at Elkridge
The Elkridge library, 6540 Washington Blvd., will hold a meeting of its Elks Parent-Teen Book Club for youngsters ages 11 to 17 and their parents from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The book to be discussed is Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth....Tags: Book, Clubs and Associations, Elementary Schools, Libraries and Museums, Newspaper and Magazine
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Levon Aronian rallies to win in Sochi, Russia
International MasterPosition No. 6017: Black to play and win. From the game Ivan Cheparinov-Vugar Gashimov, Sochi 2008. Solution to Position No. 6016: White wins with 1 Nd6!, threatening 2 Ndf7+. Both 1 . . . Qxd6 2 Nf7+ and 1 . . . cxd6 2 Nxc6+ Kd7 3 Nxb8+ cost Black his...Tags: Awards and Prizes, U.S. Open Golf, Peter Graves, Clubs and Associations, Judaism
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You can check out Ocala theater today
The Ocala Civic Theatre's Education Department will have an open house from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the theater in the Appleton Cultural Center, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Visitors can tour the theater, meet Tom Whatley, its director of...Tags: Fires, Diseases, Ocala, Montrose, Mount Dora
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County stars glide, glow for education
Sentinel Staff WriterJoni Smith, vice president of planning and business development at Central Florida Health Alliance, won as top-performing female at the third annual "Stepping Out for Education Stars" on July 26 at Lake Receptions in Mount Dora. The ballroom-dance...Tags: Government, Carey Baker, Executive Branch, Charter Schools, Dancing
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Sevillano, Milovanovic, Shabalov tie at U.S. Open
International MasterPosition No. 6016: White to play. From the game Nigel Short-Jan Timman, Staunton Memorial, London 2008. Solution to Position No. 6015: White gains material by 1 Qg4+ Kh8 2 Rxe4! dxe4 (if 2 ... Bxd4 3 Rxd4 e5 4 Qg3 Rg8, most decisive is 5 Ng4 Rg5 6 b5!...Tags: Baptist, Clubs and Associations, Bobby Fischer, U.S. Open Golf, Game Playing
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Chess: A Knights Tour: "Chess by Mail"
Chess-By-Mail: "You might as well ride to the moon on a snail. Even that would be faster than chess by mail." When the group King Bishop and the Squares sang that song on its album Deeper Blues, the group amusingly expressed what it's like to wait for a...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Florida State University, Game Playing, Cornwall, Labor Day
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Larry Evans on Chess: Dick Cavett recalls interviews with Bobby Fischer
Brickbats and bouquets were tossed at Bobby Fischer after he died of kidney failure at 64. "He was a great man with tragic flaws who was persecuted by his own country," I noted in Chess Life. Talk show host Dick Cavett interviewed him three times on TV...Tags: Bobby Fischer, Game Playing, Super Bowl, Boris Spassky
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Storytime set for Saturday at bookstore
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4300 Montgomery Road in the Long Gate Shopping Center, Ellicott City, will sponsor a storytime at 11 a.m. Saturday with author Mona Kerby, who will read from and sign her latest book, Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch. The story...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Amelia Earhart, Elementary Schools, Libraries and Museums, Beverly Sills
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Ellicott City railroad crossing closing for maintenance
CSX Railroad will begin maintenance on the crossing at Old Frederick and Hollifield roads in Ellicott City this week. The project was originally scheduled to begin Aug. 4. The crossing will be closed to traffic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Traffic will be...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Elementary Schools, Libraries and Museums, Newspaper and Magazine, Game Playing
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