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Nakamura wins Major tournament!

Congrats to Hikaru Nakamura for winning the Tata Steel chess tournament held in Wik an Zee, Netherlands. A great win for him and for American chess! You can read more at http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/report/round/13
Posted by Tom W at 1/30/2011 04:04:00 PM

5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    This is completely off topic, but can you get the 2011 tournament calendar up? Or at least post the tournaments in February?

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  2. Harish SrinivasanJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    I will have it updated soon. I will need to verify certain dates and venues, but will have it done by this week.

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  3. Harish SrinivasanJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Congrats to Nakamura. I think since Fischer this is the next big super GM tournament win for an American. I hope this win will encourage super GM tournament organization in the u.s. thereby bringing international GMs to the U.S.

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  4. thechessdoctorJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    To be accurate, GM Gata Kamsky did win the Grand Prix Knock-out Tournament a few years back. This victory placed him as the recognized challenger for the World Championship Match, that is until FIDE, as is often the case, changed the rules for the World Championship pathway.

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  5. Harish SrinivasanFebruary 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Yes indeed Kamsky won the FIDE world cup. But that knockout did not have all of the top players. Mark's note is also reflected in the ny times blog along with Kasparov's statement on Nakamura's win this link .

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