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MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT) (“USAT”), a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market, today announced that both Brian Fischer, vice president of Sales, and Brian Whitaker, senior director of Business Operations, were both named an “Industry Pros to Know” by Automatic Merchandiser and …

Wesley So has won the first official World Fischer Random Chess Championship, sweeping aside Magnus Carlsen in the final. So needed just two fast-rapid games to dispatch Carlsen and become the first official Fischer Random chess world champion. Defending with black in the first game, So agreed to a repetition of moves from a position …

The two finalist spots were decided before the blitz segment of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship today.  Wesley So needed only three fast-rapid games against Ian Nepomniachtchi to book his seat in the title match, but there was plenty of drama, including one replay, two arbiter interventions and an appeals-committee ruling. The tension in the spotlight Magnus …

The deadlock in the World Fischer Random Chess Championship was broken today in both semifinals. The top seed and favorite Magnus Carlsen earned a second win with Black over Fabiano Caruana to take the lead in the match.  Wesley So blanked a moody Ian Nepomniachtchi to take a commanding six-point lead in their duel.  That gap …

Both semifinal matches ended in deadlock after day one – tied 3-3 after a pair of ‘slow rapid’ duels. In terms of entertainment, Fischer Random at the very highest level delivered. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So traded punches in two violent brawls that both ended in perpetual check. The spotlight match had to be the …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – In wake of the recent vaping-related illnesses around the country, city officials are expected to issue a public health warning. In a press conference scheduled for Monday, officials say the health warning will be related to the national outbreak of severe lung injuries due to the use of …

A powerful and distinctly Russian-flavored bracket provided the kind of excitement that is becoming familiar in the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. For the fourth successive time the top two seeds faced each other in the final knockout round, and yet again there was a thrilling Cinderella story that didn’t quite have a happy …