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washingtontimes.com - 1/11/2009
Chess masters defy drug testing
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To become an Olympic sport, chess has to adopt the anti-doping policy. Not all chess grandmaster are happy with this policy...

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miamiherald.com - 1/12/2009
World chess queen plots her next move
— miamiherald.com — The women's world chess champion is a 24-year-old Russian aspiring model who lives with her husband and baby in Key Biscayne. (more) World chess queen plots her next move
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playe4.com - 1/11/2009
Chess Sex Differences Reasoned
— playe4.com — The small number of women among world's top chess players was explained by a recent Royal Society study, suggesting the reasoning is not biological or cultural but rather statistical. (more) Chess Sex Differences Reasoned
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