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June 7, 2011
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GM Hikaru Nakamura, Photo Suzy Gorman for CCSCSL

Hikaru Nakamura was featured today on the cover of the Saint Louis Post Dispatch. The article by Stephen Deere, focuses on Nakamura's potential to become a World Champion and to popularize chess in the United States. Nakamura, now #6 in the World, is off to Medias, Romania to play in Bazna Kings (June 11-22.), a double round-robin with GMs Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Radjabov and Nisipeanu. On the way to Romania, Nakamura stopped in Madrid--check out his blog for details on his stay there.

Look for a CLO report on Bazna by GM Ian Rogers.
 
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