Putin’s chess move in Georgia, timed to start of Olympics (World Tribune)

The stakes could hardly be higher in the current outbreak of fighting between Russian and Georgian forces even though it occurs in an obscure part of the Caucuses where Europe meets Asia.

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Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess (International Herald Tribune)

The weekly chess column.

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The Caucasus — Washington risks nuclear war by miscalculation (Online Journal)

The dramatic military attack by the military of the Republic of Georgia on South Ossetia in the last days has brought the world one major step closer to the ultimate horror of the Cold War era — a thermonuclear war between Russia and the United States — by miscalculation.

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Check-ing up on Edmund (The Star)

WALKING into the office of 37-year old Edmund Santhara, company director and CEO of Masterskills College of Nursing and Health, is like walking into a chess museum.

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Check - and mate (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

FITCHBURG - The game of life can be played on a board that contains 64 squares and holds 32 pieces.

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