As it gets closer to Christmas and the roads turn icy another week passes full of Chess and you know we scowl the internet for the top headlines and feature them here for you. I know I hope you enjoy them.

Before jumping into the top stories from around the world don’t forget that tonight at the Dayton Chess Club we will be having a Holiday Party starting at 6:30 p.m. to…closing {whenever that happens}. Tonight will be the last night we’ll be open until the new year so get your chess playing in for 2008!

Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008

Evgenij Miroshnichenko, the 2003 Champion, has done it again: he took the 77th Ukrainian title on tiebreak points, ahead of Yuri Drozdovskij

Weston students win chess championship

Four Weston students are members of the chess teams of Pierrepont School, which competed in the Fifth Annual New England Scholastic Championship, held at Mt. Snow, Vt., Nov. 8-9.

Las Tunas to Host Cuban National Chess Championship

According to organizers, the tournament will consist of two stages and will be attended by 38 players, including 11 Grand Masters.

Vladimir Hakobyan – “Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition”

At the age of five Vladimir Hakobyan started to play checkers and even though his dad thought he played well, he didn’t consider it a serious game and that the boy needed to play chess.

2009 All-Girls National Chess Championships

Kasparov Chess Foundation Presents 2009 All-Girls National Chess Championships.

Antonio wins seventh US over-all chess title

Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. continued his winning streak in the US as he emerged over-all champion in the recently held 10th Annual Joseph Ileto Memorial Open Chess Championships at the Monterey Park, California.

Did I miss anything? Feel free to contact me and let me know. I’d more than happy to post it and give credit where credit is due.

That’s all for now until next week!