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...Moscow goes ahead with plans to cut Chechnya's electricity supply. More alarming, perhaps, is Putin's announcement on Monday that the refugees will be resettled in those parts of Chechnya now under Russian control. After all, the last Russian leader to move whole populations around the Caucasus like chess pieces was Stalin...
...minimalist lobby, designer Philippe Starck's trademark, absurdist touch was at full volume: painted white with touches of fluorescent yellow, it featured an oversize, 8-ft.-tall vase filled with hydrangeas; gold-leaf stools shaped like molars; and a collection of giant chess pieces straight out of Alice in Wonderland. Upstairs in the spartan $200- to 300-a-night bedrooms, guests could "paint" the room according to their moods, using a colored light panel...
Both Chudnovsky and McClelland complained that it's hard for busy students to remain competitive in chess, and estimated that their chess skills have gone downhill during their time at Harvard, because they haven't had the time to train...
...Chudnovsky chose not to go professional, but he has not given up all of his chess ambitions. He hopes to qualify for the U.S. Junior Invitational next year...
...chess club, which was founded in 1874, is planning a busy fall. The much-anticipated Harvard-Yale match will take place, by tradition, on the morning of The Game. Harvard hopes to make this year its eighth straight...