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[font size="4"]Tragedy Cancels Final Round of French General Championship[/font]
[font size="1"]Photo of Christian Bauer by Stefan64 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stefan64) in Wikimedia Commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Bauer.jpg)
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The players in the general group of the French National Championships in Pau voted today to cancel the eleventh and final round on learning of the sudden death of the four-month-old son of tournament co-leader Christian Bauer.
No details about the death of the infant are forthcoming.
M. Bauer was tied for first place with three other French grandmasters after play ended yesterday. The remaining three, Etienne Bacrot, Romain Edouard and Maxime Vachier Lagrave will play a six-round rapid playoff tomorrow.
The final round was held in the women's group, with all games drawn. Almira Skripchenko clinched her fifth French women's title yesterday.
[font size="4"]Kasparov Cleared of Illegal Protest Charges in St. Petersburg[/font]
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[font size="1"]Posted on YouTube by Gary Kasparov[/font]
Former world champion Garry Kasparov, the most prominent opponent of Russian president Vladimir Putin, spent nine and a half hours in a St. Petersburg court today and was cleared of charges of participating in an "illegal protest."
The protest came August 17 when another St. Petersburg court sentenced three members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot to two years hard labor for staging a protest against Putin in a St. Petersburg cathedral in February.
Garry Kimovich also faces more serious charges of biting a police officer during the incident. However, photos on ChessBase.com originating with the Russian publication AN-Online show the officer involved had a scratch on his left hand prior to contact with Kasparov.
[font size="1"]Photo of Christian Bauer by Stefan64 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stefan64) in Wikimedia Commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Bauer.jpg)
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The players in the general group of the French National Championships in Pau voted today to cancel the eleventh and final round on learning of the sudden death of the four-month-old son of tournament co-leader Christian Bauer.
No details about the death of the infant are forthcoming.
M. Bauer was tied for first place with three other French grandmasters after play ended yesterday. The remaining three, Etienne Bacrot, Romain Edouard and Maxime Vachier Lagrave will play a six-round rapid playoff tomorrow.
The final round was held in the women's group, with all games drawn. Almira Skripchenko clinched her fifth French women's title yesterday.
[font size="4"]Kasparov Cleared of Illegal Protest Charges in St. Petersburg[/font]
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[font size="1"]Posted on YouTube by Gary Kasparov[/font]
Former world champion Garry Kasparov, the most prominent opponent of Russian president Vladimir Putin, spent nine and a half hours in a St. Petersburg court today and was cleared of charges of participating in an "illegal protest."
The protest came August 17 when another St. Petersburg court sentenced three members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot to two years hard labor for staging a protest against Putin in a St. Petersburg cathedral in February.
Garry Kimovich also faces more serious charges of biting a police officer during the incident. However, photos on ChessBase.com originating with the Russian publication AN-Online show the officer involved had a scratch on his left hand prior to contact with Kasparov.
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