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Updated December 24, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
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ELLIS PAUL AT PASSIM Wednesday sees Club Passim hosting an Ellis Paul tribute night featuring a whole raftâs worth of local folkies; the next night Paul himself hosts a New Yearâs Eve party to close out 2021.
Dec. 31, 8 p.m.
Dec. 31, 10:30 p.m.
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BOSTON BAROQUE As in Decembers past, the ensemble will ring in the new year with performances on Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 1 at 3 p.m., this time featuring an encore broadcast of its vibrant New Yearâs concert from January 2019.
€29.90
A two-time Russian champion
Plenty of exciting chess was seen at the recent Russian Superfinals, so much so that “Game of the Week” host Merijn van Delft changed his mind at the last minute as Daniil Dubov was about to score a fantastic win over Sergey Karjakin while he was starting to record the show.
Luckily for Daniel King, Van Delft’s original choice was also a brilliant encounter. In it, the now two-time Russian champion took down Andrey Esipenko’s Petroff Defence. ‘Nepo’ gave up a piece for an attack and then showed great precision to convert his advantage into a full point.