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		<title>Playoff Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Playoffs?! Don&#8217;t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? Playoffs?! I&#8217;m just hoping we can win a game, another game!&#8221;
Jim Mora seemed to be talking about the Arizona Scorpions this week. Luckily for them, much attention was diverted to Julio Becerra’s 12 move miniature over US Champ Hikaru Nakamura. However, there was a quarterfinal match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manager Leo Martinez and Expert Amanda Mateer Preview the Playoffs</title>
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Manager Leo Martinez Comments about the Monday Playoff Results as Well as Previews the Wednesday Playoff Matches
The playoffs definitely bring on a different atmosphere then the regular season. Everyone is preparing. Everyone is putting full effort and everyone is thinking about the team. Monday’s Eastern Conference results were very interesting. I thought the Boston [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/manager-leo-martinez-and-expert-amanda-mateer-preview-the-playoffs/</link>
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		<title>Week 10 Photos vs. Miami</title>
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		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/week-10-photos-vs-miami/</link>
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		<title>Test Your Strength Against USCL Games! IM Mark Ginsburg Challenges Fans!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is the very first puzzle of IM Mark Ginsburg&#8217;s USCL Quiz! To check out the rest of the article visit his blog.


Test Your Insight
Here’s a set of tough positions.   Each has interesting strategical and tactical elements.  No computer engines!   The harder you work, the better off you’ll be. 
In each case, I’ll ask a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/test-your-strength-against-uscl-games-im-mark-ginsburg-challenges-fans/</link>
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		<title>Manager Leo Martinez Previews the Playoffs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the manager of the Scorpions I am going to dissect the season and the playoffs as I see it and how the Scorpions have fared this season. Due to the last match loss against Miami we have fallen to third place and therefore will not have draw odds unless we face Miami in week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/manager-leo-martinez-previews-the-playoffs/</link>
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		<title>Interview with IM-elect Danny Rensch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I was able to sit down with soon to be crowned, IM Danny Rensch (DR). Danny held nothing back when it came to his plans for his chess future, his past performances in the USCL, and even his vision of the future of the league.

EJ: Good evening!
DR: Hey there.
EJ: Let&#8217;s start off with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/interview-with-im-elect-danny-rensch/</link>
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		<title>FM Elliott Liu Previews the Arizona-Miami Match</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharks, Cars, and Suicide
First of all, I want to preface this preview with an apology: this will be my worst write-up for the Scorpions that I have done.  My liver is reeling from this weekend, I can’t breathe out of my nose, I’m sleep deprived, and I just got back from a class where my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/fm-elliott-liu-previews-the-arizona-miami-match/</link>
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		<title>IM Danny Rensch Posts Part 2 of His Videos On Isolated Queen Pawns on Chess.com!</title>
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IM-Elect Danny Rensch posts part 2 of his video series Isolated Queens Pawns on Chess.com. The video can been seen by clicking here while part 1 can be seen here. This is partnership between one of the Scorpion&#8217;s best players in Danny Rensch and one of the Scorpion&#8217;s great sponsors in chess.com.

Chess.com is dedicated to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/im-danny-rensch-posts-part-2-of-his-videos-on-isolated-queen-pawns-on-chess-com/</link>
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		<title>2009 USCL Week 9: Opening of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USCL Week 9 Opening of the Week (OOTW)
USCL Week 9 action sees a Caissic Horror Show brought out of the storage closet for Halloween!
Charbonneau, Pascal (NY) -Enkbhat, Tegshsuren (BAL)
Caro Hyper-Advance USCL Special

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4?  LOL!  This move is not good! White ‘forgets’ to play the mainline [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/11/2009-uscl-week-9-opening-of-the-week/</link>
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		<title>Week 9 Recap!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 9 recap &#8211; Arizona vs. Seattle
For the first time since playing for the Scorpions did I feel that our team was a big underdog in a match.  Seattle had an unbelievable 7-1 score coming into the round and was played three of their more consistent scorers, as Nakamura, Mikhailuk and Sinanan are all &#8216;up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/10/week-9-recap/</link>
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