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In Russia's Putin-Medvedev shuffle, Putin is the lead dancer
The question has all but disappeared from Russian discourse after months of feverish debate: Who is in charge, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin or President Dmitry Medvedev?
It's been nearly a year since Putin, faced with the end of his presidency, endorsed...Tags: National Government, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Parliament, Government
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A Knight's Tour by Bill Cornwall: Finally, a World Champion in Anand
Viswanathan Anand of India has ended all doubts about who is the World Champion by decisively defeating his strongest challenger, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in a 12-game match. After Garry Kasparov quit the World Chess Federation, the federation...Tags: Bobby Fischer, Game Playing, Chess Playing, Vladimir Kramnik, Cornwall
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No dispute, Anand is the champ
Position No. 6028:
Black to play. From the game Kari Pulkkinen-Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Kallithea 2008.
Solution to Position No. 6027: Black wins a piece with 1 . . . Rc1+ 2 Bf1 Ne3!, as the e-pawn will queen after 3 fxe3 fxe3.
World champion...Tags: Doug Chapman, Clubs and Associations, Game Playing, Chess Playing, Multi-Sport Events
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And you don't want to know what's going to happen to Britney
How right were my 2007 predictions? Let's just say they included oil at $100 a barrel, the sub-prime meltdown and racist outbursts from Don Imus, Bill O'Reilly and Tom Hanks. Trust me, today is going to be a bad day for Hanks. For 2008, I see a lot of...Tags: Political Candidates, Heads of State, Amy Winehouse, National Government, Dick Cheney
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Bobby Fischer, 64; reclusive genius of the chess board
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse and fugitive known for his hate-filled rants, has died. He...Tags: National Government, Clubs and Associations, Game Playing, Henry Kissinger, Trade Policy
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Putin's imperial Russia
Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in Wednesday as the president of Russia. Many reports have stated that this is his first elected office, an ignorant portrayal at best. The March 2 presidential election was widely recognized as a fraudulent charade. The...Tags: Assault, Heads of State, Political Candidates, National Government, Gang Activity
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Kasparov arrested at anti-Putin march
Tribune foreign correspondentRiot police broke up a march against President Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital Saturday and arrested chess legend Garry Kasparov and several other opposition leaders, a clampdown on pro-democracy protesters a week before Russia's pivotal...Tags: Demonstration, Political Candidates, Prosecution, Human Rights, Parties and Movements
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Reviving the evil empire
THERE IS NO such thing as the future. There are only futures, plural. Historians are supposed to confine themselves to the study of the past, but by drawing analogies between yesterday and today, they can sometimes suggest plausible tomorrows. Seven...Tags: Political Candidates, Local Elections, Inflation and Deflation, Energy Resources, Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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Cool it, it's not a Cold War
RAJAN MENON is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University and a fellow at the New America Foundation.NEWS REPORTS these days opine with tiresome regularity that Russia and the United States are headed for a new Cold War. But don't believe the hype. It's true enough that Moscow and Washington have been exchanging cross words. Defense Secretary Robert M....Tags: Economy, Diplomacy, The White House, Lehigh University, International Relations
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Gorbachevs heir
One year ago this month I found myself in the unusual position of hosting lunch for Mikhail Gorbachev. It was a work meeting at the L.A. Times, not some kind of rubber-chicken tribute (the former Soviet president was in town to talk up his Green Cross...Tags: Democracy, National Government, The White House, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Defense
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Movie review: 'Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3½ stars (out of 4) No game of the intellect can be as thrilling or dramatic as chess. And "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine," which premieres this weekend at Facets Cinematheque, is one of the best films ever about that game, one of the most...Tags: International Business Machines Corporation, Isaac Asimov, Game Playing, Chess Playing, Fiction
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'Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine'
Times Staff WriterVikram Jayanti's intriguing chess documentary "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine" theorizes that the fix was in during the celebrated 1997 duel between reigning world champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue computer. Although Jayanti creates an...Tags: International Business Machines Corporation, Game Playing, Chess Playing, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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