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Game of the Day
Wednesday, May 6

Dominguez-Perez
vs
Radjabov
¡Three Amigos!

Player of the Day

Pascal Charbonneau
(1983-)

Opening of the Day

Pirc
1. e4 d6 2. d4

New Games

Azerbaijan vs the World
Baku, Azerbaijan
May 7-9
The Azerbaijan team (Radjabov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, and Guseinov) take on "The World" (Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, and Karjakin) at rapid chess, 25 minutes per side.

M-Tel Masters
Sofia, Bulgaria
May 12-23
Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Dominguez-Perez and Shirov play a double round robin in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov. Discussion forum now open.

4th FIDE Grand Prix
Nalchik, Russia
Apr 14-29
The fourth FIDE Grand Prix Series Tournament is taking place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. Discussion forum now open.

US Championship
St. Louis, Missouri
May 7-17
24 players compete for a prize fund over $200,000. Discussion forum now open.

Akobian vs Shulman Rapid Match
California, USA
Apr 22-25
There were 6 rapid games over three days, then 10 blitz games on the final day. Akobian edged out Shulman in the rapid games 3.5 to 2.5, but dominated in the blitz event 6 to 2.

PWC Toronto Open
Toronto, Canada
Apr 17-19
Bator Sambuev and Joshua Friedel both finished with a perfect 5/5. GM Nakamura was held back due to a surprise upset by IM Artem Samsonkin.

Russian Team Championship
Dagomys, Russia
Apr 4-10
Tomsk-400 (Jakovenko, Timofeev, Inarkiev, Tiviakov, et al) captured first place in the Premier League.

Russian Team Championship: Women's League
Dagomys, Russia
Apr 4-10
Spartak (Stefanova, the Kosintseva sisters, Lahno, et al) won the women's division.

Russian Team Championship: Higher League
Dagomys, Russia
Apr 4-10
Polytechnik (Kokarev, Maletin, et al) won the second tier.

Foxwoods Open
Mashantucket, Connecticut
Apr 8-12
Darmen Sadvakasov defeated Yury Shulman by drawing with the black pieces in the Armageddon blitz tiebreaker.

Gedeon Barcza Memorial
Budapest, Hungary
Apr 6-17
Tournament was cancelled in what some call a scandal; read kibitzing for more info.

Reykjavik Open
Reykjavik, Iceland
Mar 24-Apr 1
Four way tie among Hedinn Steingrimsson, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Hannes Stefansson, and Mihail Marin, all finishing on 7/9.

2008-2009 Bundesliga
(Various venues)
Oct '08-Mar '09
The 2008/2009 season of Schachbundesliga is now over, and OSC Baden-Baden retained the title.

Amber Tournament (Blindfold)
Nice, France
Mar 14-26
In the blindfold event, there was a three-way tie for first among Kramnik, Aronian, and Carlsen. The overall winner (rapid and blindfold combined) was Aronian who scored 7/11 in both events.

Amber Tournament (Rapid)
Nice, France
Mar 14-26
In the rapid section, Anand, Aronian, and Kamsky tied for first place, all with 7/11.

10th European Individual Championship
Budva, Montenegro
Mar 6-17
Evgeny Tomashevsky won the title after winning an enormous playoff of 11 players who all finished on 8/11.

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Happy Birthday To:

Francis Percival Wenman, Paul Tautvaisas, Edward W Formanek, Timothy David Harding, Aung Aung, Pascal Charbonneau!

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