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		<title>The Official List of Participants for the 2010 Denker Tournament is in!</title>
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The Denker Tournament takes place from July 31, 2010 to August 3, 2010. Check out the details below and stay tuned for more coverage!
Confirmed list of participants below:


Alabama: Jeffrey Byrd
Alaska: Hannah Warren
Arizona: Kevin Zhang
Arkansas: Alexander Wolf
California N.: Steven Zierk
California S.: Christian Tanaka
SoCal-ALT: Kyron Griffith
Colorado: Richard Herbst
Connecticut: Michael Finneran
Delaware: Michael Pergeorelis
DC:
Florida: Enmanuel Iglesias
Georgia: Elliott Chung
Hawaii: Stephen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/07/22/the-official-list-of-participants-for-the-2010-denker-tournament-is-in/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Krush Crowned; Three-Way Tie Atop Junior Leaderboard&#8221; By Mike Wilmering (PRESS RELEASE)</title>
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This Work, Victory for Irina Krush!!, by jstrand is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Krush crowned; three-way tie atop Junior leaderboard 
By Mike Wilmering
For more information, please contact:
Mike Wilmering
Communications Specialist
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
314.361.CHESS (2437)
mwilmering@saintlouischessclub.org
PHOTOS CAN BE OBTAINED AT WWW.SAINTLOUISCHESSCLUB.ORG/GALLERIES
ST. LOUIS, July 19, 2010 &#8212; After an IM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/07/19/krush-crowned-three-way-tie-atop-junior-leaderboard-by-mike-wilmering-press-release/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Nana Dzagnidze Wins Jermuk Women Grand Prix&#8221;</title>
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GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), winner of the fourth leg
From FIDE.com
The FIDE Women Grand Prix series continued with Jermuk tournament which took place on 23rd June &#8211; 5th July 2010 in Jermuk, Armenia. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov opened the fourth leg of the FIDE Women&#8217;s Grand Prix in the presence of the President of Armenia and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/07/05/nana-dzagnidze-wins-jermuk-women-grand-prix/</link>
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		<title>World Open 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 29-July 5, 2010, Valley Forge, PA
The World Open 2010 will take place from June 29 to July 5, 2010 at the Valley Forge Convention Plaza.  Each tournament will be over 9 rounds with norms available in the Open and Under 2400 Sections.  The projected prize fund is $250,000 and at least $175,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/06/29/world-open-2010/</link>
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		<title>The 2010 US Junior Open is Coming Up! (July 23-25, 2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 US Junior Open will take place in Houston, Texas from July 23-25, 2010.
By Franc Guadalupe
June 25, 2010
In less than one month, the U.S. Junior Open returns to Texas and this time the event will be held at the beautiful facilities of the Hilton Houston Hobby Airport Hotel, 23-25 July.  This National event, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/06/26/the-2010-us-junior-open-is-coming-up-july-23-25-2010/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Cadet Championship (July 12-16, 2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This event will take place at the Cumberland County Bank in Crossville, Tennessee!
&#8220;The Cadets Are Ready To Begin Fighting Chess!&#8221;
Official Press Release (USCF)
By Alan Kantor
June 21, 2010
(Crossville, TN)
NM David Adelberg Claims The Cadets Are Ready To Begin Fighting Chess!
If you thought the 2009 version of the U.S. Cadet Championship was any indication of fighting chess, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/06/21/u-s-cadet-championship-july-12-16-2010/</link>
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		<title>GM Arnold Denker: The Legacy</title>
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The Denker Tournament of High School Champions turned twenty-five years old this last August.  I paused to reflect on how this event has evolved because at the start there wasn’t even a site picked.  GM Denker simply said to me when he called one evening many years ago, “I want to do something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/05/27/gm-arnold-denker-the-legacy/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations to GM Gata Kamsky, the new US Chess Champion!</title>
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The U.S. Chess Championship was held at the held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, May 13-25.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD complete 2010 US CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA KIT (PDF) (Exerpts below)

REPLAY ROUND 11, GM SHULMAN, YURI VS. GM KAMSKY, GATA


Play online chess
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HISTORY OF U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP
No series of tournaments or matches enjoys the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/05/26/congratulations-to-gm-gata-kamsky-the-new-us-chess-champion/</link>
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		<title>FIDE World Chess Championship Match</title>
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From the Official World Chess Championship Website (www.anand-topalov.com)
The FIDE World Chess Championship match between the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and his challenger Former World Champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria was set to start on the 21st April with the official opening ceremony.
 CHESS CURIOSITIES (U.S. Chess Trust Commentary)

The World Champion Viswanathan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/04/22/fide-world-chess-championship-match/</link>
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		<title>2010 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipients Announced</title>
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April 20, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 2010 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipients are:

Rohan Agarwal, CA
Richard Herbst, CO
Abby Marshall, VA
Jake Miller, NY
Victor Shen, NJ

Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding achievement!
These annual scholarships awarded by the U.S. Chess Trust, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, and the USCF, are “intended to recognize and encourage high school junior or senior students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uschesstrust.com/2010/04/20/2010-scholar-chessplayer-award-recipients-announced/</link>
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