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19-year-old Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta became the third Indian ever to win the World Junior (after Anand and Harikrishna). He did it after winning his last five games in a row, with 10/13 points. Second was 15-year-old Indian GM Parimarjan Negi. The girls’ section was won by Indian IM Harika Dronavalli, who finished a point and a half ahead of her nearest rival. Big illustrated report from Gaziantep.

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Four games were drawn today in Moscow, one game resulted in a traumatic second loss for firebrand Alexei Shirov, who sacrificed a pawn unsuccessfully against US grandmaster Gata Kamsky. Yesterday’s winners Ivanchuk, Morozevich and Kramnik lead with 1.5/2. Express report.

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19-year-old Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta became the third Indian ever to win the World Junior (after Anand and Harikrishna). He did it after winning his last five games in a row, with 10/13 points. Second was 15-year-old Indian GM Parimarjan Negi. The girls’ section was won by Indian IM Harika Dronavalli, who finished a point and a half ahead of her nearest rival. Big illustrated report from Gazaintep.

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Earlier this month, we introduced Mr Jones, a bookshop owner who is commendably eager to stock only the very best books. Readers have made
many suggestions, and the Editor of Chess
Notes now sets out a representative selection. It may also be regarded as
a check-list of books which, as the cliché goes, should be in every chess lover’s library.

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