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  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[India 'A' men clinch Asian chess title]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[India 'A' men's quartet clinched the gold medal at the Tata Steel Asian Chess Championship in Kolkata on Monday.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Gelfand wins Chess World Cup]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Justifying his top billing Grandmaster Boris Gelfand of Israel won the Chess World Cup, defeating former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the tie-breaker of the final in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Harika wins National women's chess title]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Top seed International Master Dronavalli Harika of Andhra Pradesh proved her supremacy when she won her maiden title in the 36th National Women's Premier Chess Championship in Chennai.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Ponomariov holds Gelfand again in final]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine held top seed Boris Gelfand to yet another draw in the second game of the final of the World Chess Cup now underway in Khanty Mansisysk, Moscow. After a draw in the first game as well, the score in the four-games final is 1-1.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Vishy Anand turns 40. Wish him!]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Viswanathan Anand turns 40 today. On the occasion, the chess ace has just one wish -- that the sport be included in the Olympics. Join us in wishing the king of the 64 squares board a very happy birthday and all the best for the coming year.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Ponomariov, Gelfand draw first game]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine played out a draw with top seed Israeli Boris Gelfand in the first game of the four-game final in the World Chess Cup, now drawing to a close in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Ponomariov, Gelfand in World Cup final]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine overcame a point's deficit to put it across Russian Vladimir Malakhov in the rapid tie-break games and enter the World Chess Cup final, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. He will take on top seed Boris Gelfand of Israel in the title round.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Gelfand in Chess World Cup final]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Israel's ace Grandmaster Boris Gelfand made it to the final of the Chess World Cup following victory over Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin in the second game of the semi-finals, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. In the other semi-final, Vladimir Malakhov of Russia failed to break the ice against Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine despite getting a complicated position and another drawn result means that the stalwarts will have to tackle it out in the tie-break games.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[World Chess: Svidler beats Shirov]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Russian Peter Svidler raised his game when it mattered the most, beating Spaniard Alexei Shirov in his first pre-quarterfinal game of the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk (Russia).]]></description> 
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