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Thanks to U.S. Chess Center President David Mehler, who co-directed both events with Justin Swain, for the score to today’s exciting first game, in which Nemelka survived a near-death experience to defeat a very game Amanda Loseff. The fight for the initiative is particularly fierce in this Queen’s Gambit, and Black’s aggressiveness nearly gets her in trouble early after 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 g5?!, when, instead of the game’s 17. Bxb8, White had 17. Nxe4! dxe4 (and not 17…gxf4? 18. Nxf6+! Qxf6 19. Bxd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5+, winning material) 18. Bd6 Qf7 19. Bxc5, picking off a pawn. Equa...

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Large selection of Paul Revere silver offered at Heritage Auctions May 20 A Paul Revere, Jr. Silver Teaspoon, Boston, circa 1770. Marks: PR (Kane F), 4-1/2 inches. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000. DALLAS, TX .- Nine lots from the Donald G. Partrick Collection by the famed American Silversmith Paul Revere Jr., highlight Heritage Auctions’ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu auction on May 20. This staggering number of Revere lots ranges from a single teaspoon dated 1770 (est. $4,000), two sets of six spoons made in the 1790s (est. $20,000 each), a rare, 10-inch tall tankard (est. $50,000), two pairs of ...