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Chess Wizards Stun World Champion, Advance To Playoffs; Bortnyk Leads Passers

Chess Wizards Stun World Champion, Advance To Playoffs; Bortnyk Leads Passers

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In week four of the 2023 Pro Chess League, the Levitov Chess Wizards and the Garden State Passers won their matches against the Canada Chessbrahs and California Unicorns, respectively. The Chess Wizards qualify for the Playoffs, while the Passers move on to week five. GM Aleksandr Shimanov was unquestionably the MVP for the Chess Wizards …

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The November Titled Arena 960 does a 360 with Bortnyk first, Carlsen seventh

The November Titled Arena 960 does a 360 with Bortnyk first, Carlsen seventh

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For the first few millennia, life on this planet made a certain degree of sense. Creatures would eat, reproduce and subsequently die followed by their offspring doing roughly the same. Over time, this process led to various mutations which, once in a great while, helped with either the eating or reproducing. Then, not much more …

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Bortnyk victorious after NM ZugAddict somehow fails to win October TA

Bortnyk victorious after NM ZugAddict somehow fails to win October TA

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In a month full of surprises and controversy in the world of chess, yet another bombshell failed to occur when National Master John Chernoff (ZugAddict on lichess.org) was at no point a significant factor in yesterday’s Titled Arena, finishing 141st out of 366 participants. When asked by absolutely no one to explain his unremarkable performance, …

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Bortnyk Wins Week 20 Swiss Heading Into Knockout: Summary Report

Bortnyk Wins Week 20 Swiss Heading Into Knockout: Summary Report

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This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday’s knockout tournament. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won week 20 of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, starting the tournament with a 5-0 winning streak. Participating in the event were 45 competitors—now open to all GMs as well as the top-10 women, top-10 juniors, …

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