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US Defeats Russia in Olympiad! Print E-mail
September 6, 2012
Hikaru200.jpgThe US has defeated Russia in the Istanbul Olympiad in a dramatic contest. GM Gata Kamsky and GM Hikaru Nakamura scored huge endgame wins against Alexander Grischuk and Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Mark Crowther from TWIC called it on twitter "One of the biggest days for US #Chess in many, many years." Play through the games on the official site. This newsflash will be replaced with a full story from FM Mike Klein coming soon. 
 
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