IMMORTAL FREEDOM FIGHTER NELSON MANDELA (CHESS PLAYER!!) DIES AT 95 IN SOUTH AFRICA The man who played chess ruthlessly and often with great ponderous reflection of every move at South Africa’s Robben Prison in 1964 … and for 27 subsequent torturous years of political prison life … has died … […]
Via Henry Grabar at Salon: Too often, [Pedro] Ortiz says, we think of the metropolis like a dartboard, one whose concentric circles of development decline in value and importance with distance from the center. This is the radial or orbital model of metropolitan planning, one that prizes centrality above all. […]
CHENNAI, India … CARLSEN IS NEW WORLD CHESS CHAMPION … ALL PAWNS ARE LEAVING THE BOARD AND CARLSEN IS THE NEW WORLD CHESS CHAMPION IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS … He did not lose a single game to the former world champion Anand, winning 3 games to none. — Jude Acers
Chennai, India … MAGNUS CARLSEN OF NORWAY ALL BUT WON THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD TODAY … THIS JUST IN … Carlsen 3 wins, Anand (world champion ) 0 … with three games remaining … Mr.Carlsen riding a maqnificent defense, a truly a hair raising thriller today … just needs one half point … a tie … to send Norway into orbit and the new chess world champion will likely cash in tomorrow.
— Jude Acers
MAGNUS CARLSEN IS WORLD FIDE CHESS CHAMPION WITH JUST THREE MORE DRAWS — Chennai, India
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