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		<title>Photos &#8211; North American Open 2009</title>
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		<title>Photos &#8211; National Chess Congress 2009</title>
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		<title>2009 US Women&#8217;s Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 US Women&#8217;s Championship was held from October 3-13, 2009 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
Once again I was honored to have been chosen to be the Assistant Arbiter of this national championship and also undertook other duties such as Bulletin Editor, MonRoi operator and Chief TD of the Bounty Blitz tournament.
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos in September Chess Life &#8211; National Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had various photographs from the 2009 National Open, held in Las Vegas, NV, published in the September 2009 Issue of Chess Life, and some little ones on the cover!  Click on the cover of the magazine below to view the various pages.

Thank you to the US Chess Federation for giving their permission for me to republish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos &#8211; World Open 2009</title>
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		<title>2009 Las Vegas International Chess Festival CD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Las Vegas International Chess Festival commemorative CD, produced by me, is now available to purchase for just $20 (+$3 shipping).  Each CD contains:



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PDF&#8217;s of all 3 of the Daily Bulletins (in color) for you to view and print.


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Over a hundred photographs from the simuls, camps, G/10 Championship and the National Open tournament.


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Cross tables of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistant Arbiter at 2009 US Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have been chosen to be the Assistant Arbiter at the 2009 United States Chess Championship.
This year&#8217;s Championship will see twenty-four of the best players in the country battling it out over 9 rounds from May 8-17 in St. Louis, Missouri, for the title of 2009 US Chess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Esserman and Sadvakasov Thrill in Sturbridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I authored the following tournament report from the Eastern Class Championships in Sturbridge, which was published at Chess Life Online.
In weekend Swiss tournaments, so often the final round is anticlimactic with the top board, and one or two others, agreeing to peacefully end their weekend and secure some prize money for their efforts.  The CCA&#8217;s Eastern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Bird Awarded USCL 2008 Blogger of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was awarded 2008 US Chess League Blogger of the Year for the work I did for the Boston Blitz at http://www.boston-blitz.com.
However, although I did create the website and put a lot of work and effort into it, the Boston Blitz website was a total team effort.  Particular thanks go to Mark LaRocca for his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Bird Awarded FIDE Arbiter Title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After waiting for what seemed like months, I have eventually been awarded the title of FIDE Arbiter.  The title was awarded at the Dresden FIDE Congress, which took place during the Olympiad in November, 2008.
This title will allow me to direct FIDE rated tournaments and allow me to award norm certificates to players meeting the [...]]]></description>
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