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• New ‘Mozart of Chess’ Magnus Carlsen becomes youngest ever No.1

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Melbourne, Jan 5 (ANI): A Norweigan teenager dubbed the “Mozart of Chess” has become the youngest person ever to be ranked world number one in the game. Magnus Carlsen, 19, was listed as No.1 in the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) January statistics with 2810 points, five points ahead of Bulgaria’s Veselin ...
  3 days ago

• GM Magnus Carlsen Became World’s Youngest Top One Chess Player

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 534
  The World Chess Federation (FIDE) released its 2010 official rankings last Friday, January 1 and topping the list is Norwegian grandmaster  Magnus Carlsen, aged 19 years and 32 days. This made him the youngest ever world number one chess player. Carlsen got an Elo rating of 281o, making him the fifth player to ...
  5 days ago

• 60 Detained in Moscow New Year’s Eve Protest

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 430
  At least 60 protestors were detained by police on New Year’s Eve night in Moscow for participating in a rally promoting the freedom of assembly, Kasparov.ru reports. Approximately 400 people attended the rally, which was organized by leaders of the Other Russia opposition coalition. Eyewitnesses claim that police ...
  5 days ago

• Report Lays Out Blame for Power Plant Explosion

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 430
  An investigative report detailing the causes of an August explosion at Russia’s biggest hydroelectric plant cites systemic management and engineering problems as at fault for the incident that killed 75 workers, reports Kasparov.ru. Yuri Lipatov, secretary of the parliamentary committee that produced the report, ...
  1 week ago

• Medvedev Sums Up the Year

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 430
  In the spirit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s annual marathon question and answer sessions , President Dmitri Medvedev sat down on December 24 with the heads of Russia’s three state television channels for an interview entitled “Results of the Year with the President.” Over the course of eighty ...
  1 week ago

• Another Dose of Nostalgia

  
  Gambit — Authority: 419
  In a match in Russia between chess legends, Viktor Korchnoi leads Boris Spassky, 2 to 1.
  2 weeks ago

• Kasparov in Yezhe

  
  La Russophobe — Authority: 137
  Interview conducted by Olga Gulenok of Yezhedevny Zhurnal interviews Garry Kasparov, as translated by The Other Russia.The Russian National Assembly, a gathering of political and social forces dedicated to democracy in Russia, recently held its second conference on the future organization of the country, “Russia ...
  3 weeks ago

• Constitution Day Marked with Mock Funerals, Arrests

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 430
  Activists marked the sixteenth anniversary of Russia’s constitution throughout Moscow on Saturday’s Constitution Day, some in a rather non-traditional manner, reports Kasparov.ru. One demonstration at Prechistinskiye Gates took the form of a funeral memorial, with participants lighting candles and laying flowers ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kasparov: My Vision of the New Russia

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 430
  The Russian National Assembly, a gathering of political and social forces dedicated to democracy in Russia, recently held its second conference on the future organization of the country, “Russia After Putin.” A series of articles of the same name were published by National Assembly bureau member, United Civil ...
  4 weeks ago

• It Happened One Weekend: Energy Audit Program Shifts, Closings at Nouvels Competitor

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 668
  1) After a few months of landlord hissy fits, the Bloomberg administration has dropped part of its plan (announced on Earth Day) for energy audits and landlord-paid renovations of buildings over 50,000 square feet . The energy audits will still take place, but it will be up to building owners whether or not to ...
  4 weeks ago

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