{"id":4424,"date":"2020-05-28T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T13:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:20:56","slug":"chessflash-news-may-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=4424","title":{"rendered":"ChessFlash News\/May 27, 2020\/Throwback Thursday Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GM Irina Krush playing a simul exhibition at the 2015 New Orleans Chess Fest.<\/p><\/div>\n

NEW YORK CHESS GRANDMASTER IRINA KRUSH HIT REPEATEDLY WITH COVID-19 VIRUS\/NARROWLY SURVIVES FOUR TRIPS TO EMERGENCY ROOMS … LEADS TEAM USA SUPER GM CHESS TEAM TO WORLD ONLINE NATIONS CUP FINALS TIE VERSUS CHINA<\/h2>\n
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MEDIA ALERT THREE \u00a0QUARTERS OF A PAGE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE WITH TWO<\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0PHOTOGRAPHS<\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This just in from the New York Times \/Wednesday May 27, 2020 <\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u2026 IT WAS CLOSE American chess giantess\/ international chess grandmaster Irina Krush, 36, narrowly survived Covid-19 pandemic after making all the right moves … four relentless in time visits to emergency hospitals amidst a 50 day ordeal \u2026 \u201cI did not want to die alone at home\u201d – Krush \u2026 while all this was going on \u2026 Grandmaster Krush was incredibly the decisive margin for Team USA in the final tie match versus world (tiebreak) online nations championship team China \u2026 effortlessly holding opponents hundreds of elo points above her in the final 7 rounds. “IF YOU LOOK FOR WHO WAS THE UNSUNG HERO IT WAS DEFINITELY IRINA … SHE PUNCHED WELL ABOVE HER WEIGHT\u201d – International Chess Master John Donaldson\/Team USA Captain.<\/p>\n

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Throwback Thursday Update
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