CHESS Lubomir Kavalek
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Andrei Volokitin, 18, is one of many young Ukrainian talents and the champion of his country.
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The Soviet Union's most successful ice  hockey player, Alexander Ragulin, has died aged 63, his former  club CSKA Moscow said Thursday. One of only two players along  with Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretyak to win 10 world  titles, Ragulin also claimed three consecutive Olympic gold  medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972.
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Before Roger Federer, there was Marat Safin. It was Safin, the Russian bear, who was supposed to be what Federer has become. It was Safin who first hoisted the burden of being the greatest
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(SLOVAKIA-RUSSIA) ~~~~ RUSSIA 5, SLOVAKIA 2 ----- TORONTO (Ticker) -- Alexei Kovalev and Sergei Samsonov scored just over four minutes apart in the second period as Russia clinched second place in the North American pool
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The Winter Olympics in Vancouver may be more than two years away, but organizers are already playing the "chess game" of trying to keep individual sports happy as they vie to get time in the international spotlight.
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ELISTA, Russia -- Life is not all smooth sailing for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the flamboyant leader of the remote Russian republic of Kalmykia.
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Some computers can beat grandmasters at chess. Others can compose music.
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Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Nicolas Massu (18), Chile, 6-0, 2-0 retired.
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Bobby Fischer, the chess champion who made a name for himself by beating the Russians then turning his back on America - and the game - has died
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By Barry Wood VIENNA  - Double Olympic champion Nicolas Massubattled for nearly three hours before overcoming Slovakqualifier Karol Kucera 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 Tuesday to claim his firstvictory in four attempts at the Vienna Trophy.
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SHAKHTAR DONETSK: Lastuvka 6,5, Rat 6, Lewandowski 5,5, Barcauan 6, Srna 4, Duljaj 7 (41âst Aghahowa sv), Tymoschuk 6, Vukic 6,5, Matuzalem 6, Vorobey 5 (33âst Batista sv), Marica 5,5. In panchina: Shutkov, Lalatovic, Hubschmann, Bakharev, Brandao.
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Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64
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St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) - Russian Mikhail Youzhny and Karol Beck of Slovakia each posted victories in the semifinals at the $1 million St.
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The chess game between the NHL and the NHLPA continued Tuesday, with the league rejecting the players&#39; offer from last Thursday and tabling a counteroffer, which was in turn rejected by the NHLPA.
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Bobby Fischer, the chess genius who careened during his life from Cold War hero to eccentric international exile, died Thursday in Iceland, where he has lived since 2005. He was 64.
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KAZAN, Russia (Sports Network) - Russian forward Alexei  Kovalev is the latest locked out National Hockey League player  to head abroad, as he signed on to play for AK Bars Kazan.
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1738: Stand-in Porto goalkeeper Nuno makes a superb reflex save from Yuri Zhirkov to stop Moscow going ahead. 1730: The first of Wednesday&#39;s eight Champions League games kicks off with CSKA hosting current