Hikaru nakamura biography of rory
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- Rory McIlroy cited age as the reason for his decision to cut down on his schedule
- The year-old will retain key European and Middle Eastern tournament events
Rory McIlroy has opened up on his plans to cut down on his PGA Tour commitments next season after agonisingly missing out on US Open glory to Bryson DeChambeau earlier this year.
This weekend, McIlroy chases his sixth Race to Dubai title at the DP World Tour Championship, marking the end of a event long campaign for the world number three.
Meanwhile, should McIlroy win this weekend's DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, he will clinch his fourth tournament victory of the season.
And McIlroy - who recently revealed his plans to cut down on the number of events he played in - provided more details on what his schedule could look like.
'If I can trim it down to 22 or 23, that will be good for me in the long run,' he told BBC Sport.
'I have to remember I'm 35, I'm knocking on a little bit - I have the
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Millionaire Chess
American chess event organiser (–16)
Millionaire Chess was a company which organised the Millionaire Chess Openchess tournament. The tournament was associated with grandmaster Maurice Ashley.[1] The iteration of the tournament featured a $1,, prize fund, the largest for an open tournament at the time.[2] Low participation, with out of a desired partipants, and an inability to cover the costs of the competition, led to the third iteration in being the last running of the tournament.[1][3]
Events
[edit]Millionaire Chess Open #1
[edit]The first Millionaire Chess Open took place from October 9–13, and was held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4] The tournament consisted of six sections, Open, Under , Under , Under , Under , and Under Unrated and provisionally rated players (players with less than 26 lifetime games in any recognized rating system) were only allowed in the Open
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Oftentimes, I think we forget how good the best of the best really are – in any profession, but especially in the world of sports, chess, and other forms of competition.
The best of the best golfers – Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, etc. – are truthfully better than they are given kredit for. Instances like John Rahm skipping the ball over the water for an albatross was treated as an amazing feat, only still not given the kredit it really deserved.
The athleticism and skill of basketball players such as Giannis Antetokounmpo really is mind-bending, as he is way too fast with way too skillful of footwork for someone almost 7 feet tall. Watch his highlights.
The same can be said of baseball players who can hit over a batting average and competitive runners who consistently break unthinkable world records.
However, especially, it is true for chess grandmasters – some of the most intelligent people in the whole world.
The current era of chess is blessed with two grandmas