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Hello,
	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213039513.shtml

It begins:

	The big chess news in Yerevan was the death of
	Karen Asrian, but after a moment of silence on his
	behalf the Chess Giants rapid tournament began.
	It's an eight-player event with a round a day, but
	each round consists of two games against the same
	opponent (each player gets one White, of course).
	The event did not get off to a great start, as all
	the games featuring Armenians were almost
	immediately drawn (perhaps because of their
	personal grief over the loss of their friend,
	colleague and teammate). Here were the results:...