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	<description>Welcome to Checkmate! McMaster University's Official Chess Club in Hamilton, ON.</description>
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		<title>Annual McMaster Tournament!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone,
We have our big Tournament coming up very soon

Who: Chess players of all levels
What: An open tournament with great prizes for the winners, and refreshments for all.
Where: Rooms 301 and 302 in the student centre
When: This Thursday, October 29th from 6 PM &#8211; midnight (if you have to come late or leave early that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/10/137/</link>
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		<title>Beginners Beware Series &#8211; Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey again everyone!
We are back for day of the Beginners Beware Series. This one is particularly short!
Pretrov&#8217;s Defense is an opening that offers lots of dynamism and counterplay to both parties. However, the is one little hiccup everyone should be aware of:




1.
e4
e5


2.
Ng3
Ng6




Here is when we go off the book, White can try to win the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/07/beginners-beware-series-day-2/</link>
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		<title>RSS Feeds! Do it. Here is Why.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey folks! Just a quick, super valuable tip here!
If you are lazy like me, Stagecoach Designs recently posted a reference to a really well done video that covers the topic quite well in just a few minutes:
http://www.stagecoachdesigns.com/blog/2009/05/by-nik/a-simple-look-at-really-simple-syndication/
If your are a nerd, also like me, you can also visit the Wikipedia page on the subject.
Finally, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/06/rss-feeds-do-it-here-is-why/</link>
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		<title>Beginners Beware Series &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone!
So I decided to take initiative here with the tutorials. This is the first of many to come! Beyond that, I have planned out this whole series of tutorials for beginners: Beginners Beware.
If you are interested in writing your tutorials, either email them to me in a similar format, or join the team to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/06/beginners-beware-series-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Checkmate! Has A New Look!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had a chance to see the website last year, I hope you agree that we&#8217;ve come a long way with the new look of the site. That&#8217;s just life. As a web developer, you just never stop learning.  Recently, I have been dissecting Wordpress, which is a great development platform for these kinds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/checkmate-has-a-new-look/</link>
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		<title>New Poll: Who is the greatest FIDE World Chess Champion in History?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! We are proud to launch the new look for our site along with our first POLL. The question? Who is the greatest FIDE World Chess Champion in History? Whether you like him or her because he or she was a mean, ruthless, merciless prick on the board, or because he changed the way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/new-poll-who-is-the-greatest-fide-world-chess-champion-in-history/</link>
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		<title>Interuniversities Tournament @ Queens!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all of those who went to the Interuniversities tournament at Queen&#8217;s University at the beginning of January.
Our team finished second just behind Western in the B section of the tournament. That is players with less than 1500 point in the FIDE ratings scale.
Once again, congratulations.
Pictures are, as promised, finally here!

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		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/interuniversities-tournament-queens/</link>
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		<title>2008-09 Internal Tournament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our first internal tournament was a raving success. It occurred on October 30th in MDCL and we had an amazing turn out and a great time!
Congratulations to Nelish and Rob who made it to the final and thus qualified to represent McMaster this upcoming January at the inter-universities tournament at Queens University
We will keep you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/2008-09-internal-tournament/</link>
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		<title>News Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A BIG thanks you to everyone who stopped by our table on Clubfest. We really enjoyed meeting/playing with everyone!
If you would like to be added to our mailing list, just send us an email to mcmastercheckmate@gmail.com so that you don’t miss on our events!
We are already meeting for friendly matches in the Student Centre tables [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/news-update/</link>
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		<title>Last Year (2007-08)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year was a very successful year for the chess club. We saw a new generation of player follow their big breaktrhough and have a great time in the process.
Check out some of the &#8220;Kodak moments&#8221;:
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		<link>http://mcmastercheckmate.com/2009/05/last-year-2007-08/</link>
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