CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Aug 11, 2017


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St. Louis Missouri USA  FRENCHMAN MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE (AGE 26) SHOCKS THE CHESS WORLD … WINS THE MONSTER 9 GAME $300,000 SINQUEFIELD CHESS CUP  TODAY …   Mr. Lagrave  (already long  known world wide as “MVL”) rode a fantastic come from behind victory against world chess champion Magnus Carlsen  … added  two other terrific wins to grab  a nifty $75,000 undefeated paycheck …skyrockets to world top five world elo chess rankings today. An amusing note indeed was the astonishment of worldwide English chess sites popping French language reader commentary in unheard of thunder paged numbers. #####

Jude Acers

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