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      <title><![CDATA[Big crowds flock to chess boxing craze]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262721940" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Chess boxing is exactly what it sounds like: players must alternate between duels in the ring and then at the chessboard. But the unlikely hybrid, pitched as the ultimate battle of brains against brawn, has been drawing big crowds across Europe. The latest tournament of the World Chess Boxing Organisation was held at the Boston Globe in central London.  ]]></text>
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    <article id="9657">
      <title><![CDATA[What Buffett's Vote Means for Kraft's Cadbury Bid]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262721852" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Investors in London and New York are handicapping the Cadbury takeover drama as the dust settles from this morning's whirlwind of news. The short of it: Kraft Foods has improved its chances of acquiring Cadbury, but only at the right price.  ]]></text>
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    <article id="9656">
      <title><![CDATA[Norwegian teen tops chess world ranking]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262721765" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Norway's Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest person ever to top the world ranking in chess.  The 19-year-old was listed as No. 1 in the World Chess Federation's January statistics with a rating of 2,810. The Norwegian Chess Federation Monday said Mr. Carlsen is the youngest person to hold the title since ratings were introduced in 1971.   ]]></text>
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    <article id="9434">
      <title><![CDATA[Chess a good move for disadvantaged youths in Colorado]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260992719" delta="7 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/16/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A thin braid winds from the young boy's spiked black hair most of the way down his back a strand of personal style seldom seen at a scholastic chess tournament. Not long into his final game of the competition, he watches his opponent a tall, fidgety kid with glasses maneuver his white pieces into a decided advantage.   ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chess master among PokerStars Elite]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260569533" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[At 34 years old, the PokerStars player simona75 has done something only a select few PokerStars players do in a year. He's made it to the level of Supernova Elite. This marks him among the top 160 or so most active players at PokerStars.  So, you might think it odd, then that the man from London describes his activities in this order.   ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Filipino leads in Singapore chess fest]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260569429" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines Filipino International Master (IM) Enrique Paciencia defeated his Indian foe to grab the leadership board in Round 2 of the Commonwealth Open dubbed ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9297">
      <title><![CDATA[ABC News chess game played without publicity]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260569306" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[One worked for Richard Nixon, another for Bill Clinton. The third is the son of a former governor of New York but, unlike his brother, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7887">
      <title><![CDATA[Chess club hosts tournament]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059856" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Illowa Chess Club is hosting a one-day United State Chess Federation-rated tournament in November. The Quad-City Classic will be Nov. 21 at Augustana College ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7886">
      <title><![CDATA[No boardom here, girls excel at playing chess]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059752" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — It was a sunny fall day, the kind of day your mom insists you spend outside, running around, laughing and making noise. But ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7885">
      <title><![CDATA[Azerbaijani chess team to play against nine rivals during world chess championship]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059614" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[FIDE has officially named 10 teams to participate in the world team championship due in Turkish Bursa in January, 2010.According to News.Az, the Azerbaijani team ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7884">
      <title><![CDATA[Where chess ruled, some feel rooked]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059551" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ALBANY -- The naked truth about Townsend Park, according to Anthony Capece, is that the small triangle of faded green space -- once home to ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7883">
      <title><![CDATA[Teaching kindergarten kids to play chess]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059456" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Berlin - Benjamin and Keiko stare deeply into one another's eyes. The boy would very much like to know what she is thinking and she ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7882">
      <title><![CDATA[Scholastic chess players unite]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059367" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[This prestigious event sponsored by Highland Federal Savings & Loan has two significant changes. There is a $1,000 Clinton H. Pearson Jr. scholarship for the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7881">
      <title><![CDATA[Paced by a 19-Year-Old Star, France Revives Its Reputation]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059256" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[In the 18th and 19th centuries, France was a center, if not the epicenter, of chess. Two of the greatest players of the era, Francois-Andre ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7880">
      <title><![CDATA[Doubts cast on Chessmen origins]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059174" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[New research has cast doubt on traditional theories about the historic Lewis Chessmen. The 93 pieces - currently split between museums in Edinburgh and London ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7879">
      <title><![CDATA[Kids' chess tourney Saturday at library]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059086" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Iowa City Public Library and the Hawkeye Chess Club are hosting a Kids' Chess Tournament from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the library.Students ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7878">
      <title><![CDATA[Chess for Success tournament tries to beat perceptions about the game]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258059013" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Jerryd Bayless, Phillip Margolin  and Susan Polgar. Remember those names.  Linda Hu  and Camille Franklin don't know any of them, but they ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Quad City Chess Classic 2009 is Nov. 21 in Rock Island]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1258058816" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ROCK ISLAND -- QC3 2009, the Quad City Chess Classic 2009, Quad City Chess Club is Saturday, 21 Nov. 21, at Augustana College, College Center ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[2009 Motor City Open Nov 27th - 29th 2009]]></title>
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      <text><![CDATA[Nov. 27-29   2009 Motor City Open   GPP: 20   Michigan 6-SS. 3 Sections: OPEN, U1800, U1400. Top section FIDE-rated. Prize ...]]></text>
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      <text><![CDATA[40th annual NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESSNov 27-29 or 28-29, 2009Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia City Center Start Date/Time: Nov 27, 2009End Date/Time: Nov 29, 2009Location:   Sheraton ...]]></text>
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