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  • Chess guru William Hartston checkmates maths homework

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:11 am
    What do you do when your eight-year-old son is given some particularly tricky maths homework? Well, you have a go yourself, obviously.

  • Two Armenian Grandmasters To Take Part World Cup-2009 Chess Tourname

    17 Nov 2009 | 7:08 am
    From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:21 +0400 TWO ARMENIAN GRANDMASTERS TO TAKE PART WORLD CUP-2009 CHESS TOURNAMENT /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 16.11.2009 20:03 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ World cup chess-2009 will be held from November 20 to December 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk , 128 players from different countries will take part in the cup.

  • LIC honours chess achievers

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:10 am
    An employee awarded the title 'FIDE Master' He was the first FIDE-rated player of Madurai district in 1983 MADURAI: S. Rengarajan, a Life Insurance Corporation of India employee in Madurai Division who has represented South Zone for nearly 25 times in the All India Chess Championship, was honoured by the Regional Manager P. Annadurai during his ...

  • Palm Pre WebOS 1.3.1 update available now, a day early

    14 Nov 2009 | 1:51 am
    No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more minor fixes and updates that should make users experience a great deal smoother.

  • Where chess ruled, some feel rooked

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:47 pm
    The naked truth about Townsend Park, according to Anthony Capece, is that the small triangle of faded green space -- once home to klatches of salty chess maestros -- has become a grimy haven for transients, rowdy drunks, public urinators and worse.
 
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  • Two Rounds to Go in the World Youth!

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:54 am
    With two rounds to go in the World Youth Championship, Samritha Palakollu is in clear first in the Girls Under 8. Tanuj Vasudeva lost in the Under 8 Open while Jarod Pamatmat drew, keeping him tied for first in the Under 12 Open.

  • GM Josh Friedel on the World Cup: A Long Road to Siberia

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:36 am
    GM Josh Friedel writes about preparing for the World Cup in an idyllic village in Switzerland, his complicated journey to Khanty-Mansiysk and his thoughts on his first round opponent, Wang Hao.

  • Tanuj, Jarod and Samritha Roll on

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:49 am
    Tanuj Vasudeva (Under 8), Samritha Palakollu (Girls Under 8), Jarod Pamatmat (Under 12) are not letting up in the World Youth, and all three now have 7/8 with three rounds to go. Also in good shape are Sarah Chiang and Alena Kats, both with 6.8.

  • Countdown to the World Cup

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:21 am
    The World Cup begins November 21 and the USA will be represented by a 10-player squad, including defending champion Gata Kamsky and young contenders Robert Hess and Ray Robson.

  • A Parent's Perspective on King's Island

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:59 pm
    Mark Schein, popular chess parent and co-founder of the Schein-Friedman Award, weighs in from the King's Island Open. Mark played in the Under 1300 section and his son Aaron played in the Under 1900.
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  • London Chess Classic 2009 – Korchnoi guest of honour

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Viktor Korchnoi is an all time great of chess. He fought two world title matches against Anatoly Karpov and generously replayed a match he had won by default against Garry Kasparov. In December you can hear Korchnoi comments at the Chess Classic or play him in a simultaneous display. To get you in the mood tournament director Malcolm Pein has annotated a recent Korchnoi brilliancy.

  • World Blitz Championship: closeup video footage

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Some watched it live in the GUM mall in Moscow. You probably followed the action on Playchess, perhaps with webcam images from the official site running as well (they had a strange two-minute lag to the game moves). Now you have a chance to see highlights of the World Blitz Championship close up in video with a JavaScript replay board. A unique experience – you don't want to miss it!

  • Kramnik: It is especially nice to win in Moscow

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    "I fell ill," the winner of the super-strong 2009 Tal Memorial tournament reveals. "But for some reason I achieved my best results when I had to take tablets to control my temperature." Vladimir Kramnik speaks about his chances in the Candidates tournament, the cooperation Carlsen-Kasparov, and Anand's chances in Sofia. We have added a brief Aronian statement to this Sport Express interview.

  • World Blitz Championship: Pictorial impressions

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    It was a spectacular event, a three-day frenzy of blitz chess, with World Champion Anand finishing three full points ahead of the field – and one Magnus Carlsen, 18-year-old youth from Norway, three points ahead of him. Oh the excitement! We brought you the results and games of the third and final day. Here now is a photo report by Misha Savinov.

  • Carlsen: I am constantly in touch with Kasparov

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    "Until recently I was a schoolboy," says a candid Magnus Carlsen, "I am not very accustomed to rigid, hard and painstaking work. Only by working with Garry Kasparov have I become aware of just how important it is." The 18-year-old winner of the 2009 World Blitz Championship, and the inofficial world number one player, gives credit where it's due in this Vremya (Time) interview.
 
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  • President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received members of Azerbaijan National Chess Team

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the members of Azerbaijan men's national chess team who recently won the European Chess Championship organized in Serbia. President Ilham Aliyev characterized the victory of the national chess team as a historic triumph, and congratulated the members of the team. Following the congratulations for this glorious victory, President Ilham Aliyev and the members of the national team posed together for photographs. Baku03.11.2009

  • World Chess Cup 2009 Pairings of Round 1

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:56 am
    FIDE is publishing the pairings of the 1st round of the World Cup 2009. World Cup 2009           Round 1 Table Fed Fed 1 1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 128 IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS 2 2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 127 IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY 3 3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 126 IM Hebert, Jean CAN 4 4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS 125 IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 5 5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 124 IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY 6 6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 123 GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS 7 7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 122 GM El Gindy, Essam EGY 8 8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 121 IM Sriram, Jha IND 9 9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS…

  • Commission Changes

    2 Nov 2009 | 4:18 am
    The Chairmen of Commissions have decided on the following changes: Arbiters Commission Ex-Officio - Geurt Gijssen (NED) Events Commission: Secretary: Horst Metzing (GER) replacing Peter Long (MAS) Chess in Schools Commission Councillor - Beatriz Marinello (USA) replacing Peter Long (MAS) Member - Jovan Petronic (SRB) replacing Beatriz Marinello (USA) Trainers Commission Councillor - FST Jovan Petronic (SRB) replacing Peter Long (MAS) Swiss Pairings Committee (SPC) Member - Michael Prevenios (GRE) replacing Michel Piguet (SUI) Special Commission (new) Adviser for Social Projects - GM Darcy…

  • November 2009 FIDE Rating List

    31 Oct 2009 | 4:43 am
    FIDE publishes 1st November 2009 Rating List. Please view top lists at http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml. All ratings are available at http://ratings.fide.com/.

  • Working visit of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to Antwerp

    29 Oct 2009 | 1:05 am
    On October 28, the Head of Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived on a working visit to the Belgian city of Antwerp, where he held negotiations with the Vice-Mayor of Antwerp Mr. Van Campenhout. During the negotiations Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Mr. Van Campenhout discussed the prospects of conduct of major international chess tournaments in Antwerp. In particular, the World Chess Championship Match, as well as one of the stages of the FIDE Grand Prix. As nowadays Antwerp is recognized as a center of the production of jewelry, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov held negotiations…
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  • Carlsen Blitzes Through Moscow

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:37 am
    Following the Tal Memorial which wrapped up last week, most of the participants remained in Moscow, where they were joined by more of the world's top players. In all, 22 players competed in a 42 round, double round-robin spectacular: the World Blitz Championship. Played over three days, the tournament had a superstar field and plenty of upsets. If there were two favorites in the tournament, they were likely Viswanathan Anand, who is not only the World Champion but is also known as a tremendous rapid and blitz player, and Magnus Carlsen, who has been playing extremely well as of late. The two…

  • Kramnik Tops Tal Memorial, Carlsen Leads FIDE Ratings

    15 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm
    Vladimir Kramnik may be best known for his solid play, but he's certainly capable of winning a game or two when the need arises. In the case of the Tal Memorial, he won three, which was just enough to take clear first in what was likely the strongest tournament of 2009. Kramnik finished with a 6.0/9 score, a half-point ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk. There was a fair amount of drama heading into the final round, as Ivanchuk and Viswananthan Anand each trailed Kramnik by just a half point, and Ivanchuk had White against Kramnik. Anand took himself out of contention by losing to…

  • Kramnik Leads at Tal Memorial

    8 Nov 2009 | 3:24 pm
    The 2009 Tal Memorial, being held in Moscow, boasts one of the strongest tournament fields in recent memory; you won't find many 10-player round robin events where the lowest rated participant is rated 2739 (that honor being jointly shared by Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov).  World Champion Viswanathan Anand is there, as is former champion Vladimir Kramnik, and the world's #2 player, Magnus Carlsen. Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler round out the field. All in all, the Memorial appeared to have the kind of field that would inspire a lot…

  • Azerbaijan Takes Gold in European Team Championship

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:12 am
    Vugar Gashimov scored the critical win for Azerbaijan in the final round of the European Team Chess Championships, allowing them to defeat the Netherlands 2.5-1.5 and slip ahead of Russia in the final standings to take first place. Azerbaijan and Russia entered the final round tied for first, and one of the two were guaranteed to take first unless both teams lost in the final round. Russia, though, stumbled slightly in their final round encounter with Spain. While Alexander Morozevich scored a board two victory over Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Alexseev gave the point back to the Spaniards…

  • Should Women's Chess Titles Stay or Go?

    26 Oct 2009 | 4:27 am
    A recent Wall Street Journal editorial in favor of abolishing women's titles in chess has generated a lot of discussion online. For a while now, this -- and similar issues, such as the necessity of female-only events in chess -- have simmered, becoming hot topics now and again whenever an article like this WSJ editorial pops up. Reaction, not surprisingly, has been mixed. Some, like Russian GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, are strongly against taking away these titles, while Mig Greengard and others fall on the opposite side. Still others have made the point that the editorial's author, Barbara…
 
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  • Calling the Shots

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:40 pm
    The player that calls the shots, that makes their opponent react to them, controls the board.  It's not full proof and I'm still testing things, seeing what works and what doesn't but that the process for improving at chess.  Here is a game wher...

  • Fuck My Life

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:45 pm
    But of course this isn't my life lol. This is a blog for these or funny jokes, i don't care, but i like to make people laugh so have fun reading them. 

  • Monday Nov 23 2 PM PDT Chess.FM TV Lecture

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:25 pm
    On Monday November 23, 2009 I will be hosting a new show on "Chess.FM TV" (look under the "Fun" tab on the right) at 2 PM PDT.   The name of the show is "Thinking your way to chess mastery."   Every week I will present a tough game between t...

  • How to play the Danish Gambit without playing it!

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:23 pm
    Many of you know the Danish gambit, which is this:       Of course theory has proven it to be relatively unsound, but many people do not realise that you can still sacrifice the c and b pawns in different openings, where is it is more soun...

  • Kosteniuk World Chess Champion

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
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  • 3rd FIDE World Cup officially opened

    Peter Doggers
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:27 pm
    Earlier today the 3rd FIDE World Cup was officially opened, with the opening ceremony taking place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. No less than 128 strong chess players have travelled to the small, Siberian oil town and for most of them their journey took a long, long time. As we can read on the tournament website, the epicentre of all the info on this huge individual tournament for the coming weeks, the governor of Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander Filipenko and the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov warmly welcomed…

  • Ivan Sokolov on the Ruy Lopez

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    20 Nov 2009 | 1:39 am
    We have just received from our printers: The Ruy Lopez Revisited. In this ground-breaking book, one of today’s greatest Ruy Lopez experts, Ivan Sokolov, presents a practical opening guide with a wide repertoire for black players who want to play for a win. The Ruy Lopez Revisited contains in-depth but highly accessible analysis of the Jaenisch Gambit, the Delayed Jaenisch, the Cozio Variation, the Smyslov Variation, the Bird Variation and the Classical Variation. The lines Sokolov presents are always dynamic and sometimes quite offbeat. But he has played most of them himself on numerous…

  • Some videos of the Tal Memorial Blitz

    Peter Doggers
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:35 am
    Unfortunately we couldn’t be there with our own cameras, but we’ve noticed that quite a number of videos of the World Blitz Championship have already been posted on YouTube. We present a selection of them, which give a good picture of the atmosphere in the Main Department Store GUM on Red Square, Moscow. Start of a round Carlsen-Karjakin (Videos by Eugene Potemkin) Grischuk-Carlsen Mamedyarov-Ivanchuk Mamedyarov-Kramnik (Videos by Sergey Sorokhtin) More videos, but of lower quality, are to be found here. Do share links in the comments, if you know more.

  • World Cup: your predictions?

    Peter Doggers
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Tomorrow is the opening ceremony, and Saturday already the first game of the first round. The FIDE World Cup 2009, a knockout tournament of 128 players, will be held from November 20th till December 15th, 2009 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia. What are your predictions? The World Cup wil consist of 6 rounds of matches comprising two 2 games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round, plus the final seventh (7th) round comprising of four (4) games. The final 7th round will be a match played over 4 games and the winner of the World Cup will be the first player to score 2.5 or more…

  • Carlsen wins World Blitz Championship

    Peter Doggers
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    Magnus Carlsen has won the World Blitz Championship in Moscow. The Norwegian scored 10/14 on the third day and eventually finished three points ahead of Viswanathan Anand, who scored ‘only’ 8/14, just like yesterday, but still finished 2nd in the standings, 3 points ahead of Sergei Karjakin. Vugar Gashimov apparently had enough of his bad play and decided to ‘win’ on the last day: 10.5/14. The World Blitz Championship, the second stage of this year’s Tal Memorial, took place 16, 17 and 18 November in the Main Department Store GUM on Red Square, Moscow. The time…
 
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  • The WC round 1 matchups

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:50 am
    World Cup 2009 Round 1 Game 1 (21.11.09) Table White Fed Results Black Fed 1 1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 128 IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS 2 127 IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY 2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 3 3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 126 IM Hebert, Jean CAN 4 125 IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS 5 5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 124 IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY 6 123 GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS 6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 7 7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 122 GM El Gindy, Essam EGY 8 121 IM Sriram, Jha IND 8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 9 9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 120 GM Rizouk, Aimen ALG 10 119 GM Kabanov, Nikolai…

  • 2009 World Cup begins

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 pm
    The 3rd World Chess Cup is openedThe Opening Ceremony of the III World Cup 2009 took place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” on 20 November in Khanty Mansiysk.The governor of Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander Filipenko and the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov warmly welcomed the participants of the World Cup 2009. Alexander Zhukov called Khanty Mansiysk one of the chess capitals in Russia.• New beautiful chess palaces will be constructed by the start of the Chess Olympiad in 2010, - said the Vice Prime Minister. – In particular, the…

  • Zhukov and Filipenko press conference

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm
    Zhukov and Filipenko press conference before World cup startThe Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov took the floor first. He informed the audience on the World Chess Olympiad 2010 Organizing Committee meeting which was held to discuss the organizational points. He also mentioned that all the objects to be involved into the Olympiad including the Chess Academy were inspected. Apart the Olympiad issue, Mr. Filipenko informed the journalists that 128 participants from 42 countries are participating in the 3 rd World Chess Cup 2009. The tournament consists of 6 rounds.

  • Khanty Mansiysk

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:32 pm
    In opinion of Alexander Zhukov, World Chess Olympiad in Khanty should become the best in chess history.The Organizing Committee of the 39 th World Chess Olympiad 2010 and 82th FIDE Congress which will take place in Khanty Mansiysk in 2010 was held in the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Government meeting hall on 20 November. The meeting was head by the Organizing Committee Chairman, Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov and the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Governor Alexander Filipenko.Alexander Zhukov underlined that the readiness level of the Khanty Mansiysk…

  • A difficult save

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:08 pm
    White to move and draw. This is a pretty difficult endgame. Can you find the saving line for White?Source: ChessToday.netChess news from Susan Polgar
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  • Kramnik wins Tal Memorial, Carlsen tops live rating list

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am
    The 2009 Tal Memorial concluded today with Vladimir Kramnik winning the first place and claiming his second major tournament this year. Earlier he also won Dortmund (his 9th trophy there), after taking a timeout in the first half of the season.But another, and for some probably even more important news, is that Magnus Carlsen beat Peter Leko in the final round and surpassed Veselin Topalov on the

  • Rex Sinquefield sponsoring U.S. team for the World Team Chess Championship

    5 Nov 2009 | 11:51 pm
    The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis agreed to sponsor the U.S. team in the 2010 World Team Chess Championship being held Jan. 4-13 in Bursa, Turkey."One of the primary purposes of the Chess Club is to promote top-level chess," said Tony Rich, Executive Director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. " What better way to do that than by sponsoring the U.S. team in

  • FIDE Bringing Order in Players' Transfers

    26 Oct 2009 | 11:24 am
    1.3 A player qualifies to be registered under a Federation:(a) if he or she is qualified by citizenship or naturalization in the country of that Federation; or(b) if he or she has resided for a continuous period of two years in a country of which he or she is not a citizen and, after thorough examination and clearance by the FIDE General Secretary, is approved for registration under the new

  • Humpy Koneru disappointed with AICF

    26 Oct 2009 | 10:58 am
    Grandmaster Koneru Humpy seems to have declared war on All India Chess Federation secretary DV Sundar. The World No. 2 also released documents to support her allegations. Earlier, Humpy had withdrawn from the Asian indoor championship after Sundar allegedly refused permission for her to be accompanied by her father/coach.Sundar had termed Humpy's allegations "baseless" and a "combination of

  • Russians to defend titles in Novi Sad

    13 Oct 2009 | 4:26 pm
    The European Team Chess Championship is scheduled to take place from 21st until 31st October in Novi Sad. Russian teams are having problems at the Global Chess Olympiads, but in 2007 they convincingly won both Men and Women European Championship.In Novi Sad they will be defending titles as top seeded teams. Men roster: GM Morozevich Alexander 2750, GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2742, GM Svidler Peter 2741,
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    18 Nov 2009 | 8:07 am
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  • Today Only! Saitek Comp Pro III Clock

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    29 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
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  • A Chess Beginners Guide: From a Beginner’s Perspective

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    27 Oct 2009 | 2:44 pm
    Written by Ben Tessman (see end of article for more info) So, I am about 4 or 5 months into this chess stuff. Chess can be a very intimidating and frustrating game for players just starting out. I wanted to create a ‘beginners guide’ from the perspective of a BEGINNER to hopefully help give whoever reads [...]

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    22 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
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  • Fall Warehouse Clearance Sale

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    19 Oct 2009 | 10:32 am
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  • Blitzed in Moscow!

    Mig
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pm
    Here's your Tal World Blitz item, sorry about the delay. The good news is that Garry's Kuala Lumpur speech was a big success, whew. His being 13 hours ahead did nothing good for my already-haphazard sleep schedule. Of course he was following the blitz every chance he got. He was amazed at Anand's 12/14 performance on the first day and couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry when Carlsen lost to Karpov after missing around a dozen wins. Karpov was in clear third (!!) after day one, but it will be hard for the veteran to hold up in this incredible 42-round marathon. Still, it does seem to show…

  • Tal Memorial 09 R9: Kramnik Untouchable

    Mig
    14 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pm
    Not in the Indian caste sense, mind you. Big Vlad brought home the title by defending against a misfiring Ivanchuk in today's final round. It looked like Chucky was loading up for a big blast against e6/g6 reminiscent of Carlsen's yesterday. But he made one preparatory move too many (23.h4 instead of the 23.Ndxe6! he'd been preparing for a century) and Kramnik's defense was flawless after that, quickly forcing Ivanchuk to offer a draw. No guarantee Ivanchuk would have won had he gotten the sacrifice in, of course; he was down to seven minutes for more than a dozen moves. But it would have…

  • Tal Memorial 09: Carlsen (& Tal) in Moscow

    Mig
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:22 pm
    After battling a bug and playing seven consecutive draws, Magnus Carlsen came alive in a big way in the 8th round of the Tal Memorial. He played e4 and ripped Ponomariov's Najdorf/Schev apart by brute force. It was a devastatingly simple attack in appearance: Aim everything at e6 and sac, collect point. No wonder Gelfand and other old Sicilian hands are playing the Petroff these days. As usual, the other four games were drawn, leaving Kramnik in clear first with Anand and Ivanchuk a half-point back. Tomorrow's final round is perfectly set with Ivanchuk-Kramnik in a winner-take-all. Anand also…

  • Tal Memorial: The Classics

    Mig
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:40 pm
    How about those old guys, eh? The classic 90s generation is on top in Moscow with two rounds to play. The oldest players in the field are at the top of the crosstable at the Tal Memorial. Gelfand, the oldest in the field at 41, had a setback today when he lost to Ivanchuk, 40, which put the Ukrainian into a share of second place with Anand, who is 39 for a few more weeks. They all trail Kramnik, a relative youngster at 34. The heralded leaders of the new generation, Carlsen (18) and Aronian (26) are stuck on even scores. Kramnik moved to +3 in round six with another deep and complicated…

  • Tal Memorial 09: Anand Steps Up

    Mig
    10 Nov 2009 | 8:57 pm
    Another day, another decisive game at the Tal Memorial. Today it was Anand's turn, and the victory put him into a tie for first Kramnik on +2. The world champ trampled Leko with the latest hot novelty in the Semi-Slav. Last year Kramnik took out Aronian in similar fashion in the same line, giving back the extra piece with the spectacular 25.Nc3!, improving on Radjabov-Anand, 2006. Today it was Leko's turn to step into a world champion's sights when Anand dropped 22.Nxd4! on him. The Hungarian was up to the challenge for a good long time, however. He used his time judiciously and wended his…
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  • morozevich Speaks About The Tal Memorial

    13 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am
    I haven't been covering the Tal Memorial (I know ... I know). Anyway, here is a snippet of an interview with Morozevich just before the event: "Q: Turning to the Tal Memorial, how do you assess its strength? A: I personally have no doubt that this is the strongest event in the FIDE calendar, in terms of the quality of the players. Of course, there are some foreign events, which can boast a slightly higher average rating than the Memorial. But in most of them you only get four, maximum six, elite players. But to get a category 21 with ten players, as we have here, the organisers need to work…

  • World Youth Champion U20 Vachier-Lagrave

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:18 am
    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France won the U20 World Youth Championship after a dramatic last round, in which he caught Sergei Zhigalko in the standings. The two finished on 10.5/13, but Vachier-Lagrave won the title due to a higher sum of the ratings of the opponents. WGM Swaminathan Soumya from India took gold in the girls section. The World Youth Championship 2009 took place October 21 – November 4 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Originally it was supposed to be held in Mar del Plata but just a few weeks ago FIDE communicated the switch to Puerto Madryn, a city in the province of Chubut in…

  • Meglerhuset Arctic to sponsor Carlsen

    30 Oct 2009 | 9:03 am
    Chess addict and top broker Mads Syversen became chess genius Magnus Carlsen's main sponsor. "Magnus is special. He represents the pinnacle of the analysis and implementation, he is ambitious and hard-working," says Mads Syversen, whose company logo will accompany Magnus Carlsen's outfit in the next 24 months. The new sponsor company says Magnus will be a good example for the employees with his accuracy and performance and believes that the sponsorship will be a success for both sides. The deal is for a 2 years period, as Magnus will receive 1 million kroner (175 000 dollars). So far the main…

  • Volume 46: Sicilicide • Chess DVD

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:52 pm
    . Foxy Openings Series Volume 46: Sicilicide GM Nigel Davies 60 minutes New and deadly ways to disrupt all known Sicilian schemes. Create no end of confusion as you nonchalantly develop your knights with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 & 3.Nc3 and get ready to wrongfoot Dragon and Najdorf players. Check out a full range of little known anti-Sicilian executions. Death to the Sicilian! Long live…

  • Volume 38: Najdorf • Chess DVD

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:30 pm
    .Get on board the Cadillac of Sicilians with GM Nigel Davies without having to learn reams of theory. The best defense to 1.e4 as played by Fischer and Kasparov! 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 http://hotfile.com/dl/14450945/2cb921b/Foxy_38.part1.rar.htmlhttp://hotfile.com/dl/14450947/a50b5ba/Foxy_38.part2.rar.htmlhttp://hotfile.com/dl/14452830/2842314/Foxy_38.part3.rar.html
 
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    The Chess Mind

  • The New Website is Up!

    Dennis Monokroussos
    7 Nov 2009 | 4:11 pm
    As I mentioned some time ago, PowerBlogs is shutting down, permanently, on November 30, so I've had to pack my bags and find new lodgings. The new location is here,...

  • Tal Memorial, Round 2: Five More Draws

    Dennis Monokroussos
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
    While today's games weren't as impressive as yesterday's, they had their moments. Even so, the players ended the round where they started the tournament: in a ten-way tie for last place....

  • This Week's ChessVideos Show: Viewer Games, Episode 10

    Dennis Monokroussos
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm
    Every so often ChessVideos viewers will submit games or questions for discussion, and the resulting shows are often especially valuable. It's important to see master and grandmaster play - to see...

  • Tal Memorial, Round 1: 5 Draws

    Dennis Monokroussos
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm
    But very good draws! Carlsen-Kramnik in particular was a thriller, but Morozevich-Leko had its high points, and none of the other games could be described as dull. If the play continues...

  • The 2009 Tal Memorial: First Round Pairings

    Dennis Monokroussos
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm
    Thanks to the many readers, who have already provided them in the notes to this post. For those who aren't comment-browsers or are brand new to this site, here's what...
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  • Diving Into ACIS: "I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On a Strange Journey"

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:46 pm
    Okay boys and girls, this is going to take a lot of preparation...do not proceed any farther in this post unless you have an hour or two. Or take it in small bites, whatever, but I'm not going to put up the run-of-the mill fluff, this time.First, in order to understand the title of this post, go watch the fabulous Blunderprone production Rocky Errant Picture Show.Three years ago I published a little piece called The Crowley-Parsons-Heinlein-Hubbard-Cruise Connection. Please read Part I, Part II. At the time I wrote it, I had not yet seen this article--Whence Came the Stranger: Tracking the…

  • Memorable Game 7: King Hunt! (Unfortunately Mine), RLP - R. Campbell 10.14.2000 0-1

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm
    My previous "Memorable Games" posted here were memorable for me in that they were some of my best games. This game is memorable because I forget a little thing called "development" and my whole king side stays at home for an entire game, just like in some of those 1850's clashes "Anderssen-NN" or "Morphy-Allies." Also, one of the few times in my career that my king made it out to the fifth rank with a bunch of pieces still on the board; hardly ever a good sign. Yes, I willl officially call it a King Hunt.Ron Campbell, my opponent in this game, was a regular around the Anchorage chess scene in…

  • I Invent a Totally NEW Word - Please Make It Go Viral!!!

    4 Nov 2009 | 10:05 pm
    Over at Liquid Egg Product the Mascot has produced, directed and starred in a Halloween Holiday Classic. In the comments, I write:Seriously dude, I know you’re loyal to Donnie and all but someone with your combination of churtful yet charming snark, slender physique, immunity to criticism, babe magnetism and tolerance for tasteless violence and gore would fit RIGHT IN with most of the Hollywood crowd.Churtful? CHURTFUL??? I think I meant to say cheerful, then thought to change it to hurtful, and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED! Ma, I done a good thing!Cheerful and hurtful. And snarky. Yes, that's…

  • 'Round the Chess Blogosphere Highlights + Hot Chess Babes!

    20 Oct 2009 | 10:36 pm
    Reassembler goes democratic, and my vote for "link love" is the only vote for link love. I threaten to take it on myself. Thus, this post.The Other McCain has gotten over 2.7 million visitors so far by using 5 simple rules, Rule 2 being (in part) "Reciprocal linkage is the essential lubricant that makes the blogosphere purr with contentment." I don't think we in the chess area of the blogosphere are doing enough of it. Blue Devil Knight is pretty good about linking, see here and here. Rocky Rook points out an interesting chess variant, or at least an interesting game using chess pieces,…

  • Chess and Baseball: The Thinking Man's Games (?)

    12 Oct 2009 | 10:36 pm
    "Interchangeable Skills?"You decide as Yankee's manager Joe Girardi talks about the two games.Sorry no embed, permalink here.
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  • In search for the ultimate coat hanger

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:12 pm
    ...This is about the 8th time that I look at endgames. It seems that the time is finally ripe now.My first attempt to get better at endgames was when I picked up an endgame book by Euwe. Euwe is one of those terrible endgame authors who wanted to give his book a whiff of science, I assume. Which meant that he tried to be complete in his writings. Well, sort of. The result is that his book started with 8 chapters with endgames that you get only once in a lifetime, if you are lucky. An author must protect you from wasting your time. As novice you look for guidance, not for completeness, of…

  • From the middlegame into the endgame

    15 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    ...Blunderprone commented on my previous post:"Being able to reach a middle game position and in my head run through a calculation only to mis-evaluate the outcome is an issue in my mind's eye. Visualization skills are critical for calculation of a position's value at the end of a variation. Much easier to see if it's forced moves with a distinct and clear advantage or loss ( material or space). But to reach a middlegame position and evaluate the correct course is most difficult in static positions. In it's simplest terms, the decision to play a minority attack or try to make your opponent…

  • Abstract

    14 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    ...Some fellowbloggers seem to tend to see my writings as abstract, arcane or theoretically. I'm totally to blame for that. I don't make any efforts whatsoever to make it look differently due to other priorities in using my time. Yet I can assure you that they can't be further from the truth and totally miss the point in my writings.On the contrary, my musings have a 1:1 relation to the games I play. They form the actual guide for my moves during the middlegame. They are very, very concrete.The past year a drastic change in my middlegame approach has manifested itself due to these very…

  • A.C.I.S. Arcane Chess Innovation Society

    14 Nov 2009 | 2:17 am
    ...In a previous post I discovered that chess is the ultimate trap. You might think that that leads to a simple algorithm which closes the trap. Just take away as much squares as possible from your opponent's pieces and you're done.Matters are somewhat more complicated, though. As I stated in my previous post, you are dealing with a cage. A cage with walls that are closing in on the hostile piece. This are the problems to be solved:The walls of the cage have a freakish shape.The walls constitue of many different elements like the rim, own pieces, hostile pieces, covered squares and…

  • More boring stuff

    7 Nov 2009 | 11:19 pm
    ...Writing the previous post I was pleasantly surprised that the proposed algorithm The position to strive for is to maximize the difference between the current potential of your own pieces and the current potential of the pieces of the opponent" lead to a tendency to walk towards the center without any additional programming. After some thinking I realized that this very same algorithm would create a few other tendencies as well without extra programming:the tendency for a pawn to walk to the promotion square, which brings him closer to its full potential.the tendency to capture pieces.the…
 
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  • NJKOs Fall and NY Knights Advance to Final

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am
    There is no joy in Jersey as the NJ Knockouts fell Wednesday night to their perennial rivals, the New York Knights, who have now been responsible for ending all three Knockouts seasons in the US Chess League. But with Kenilworth Chess Club champion Yaacov Norowitz playing for New York, our club will definitely be cheering on the Knights into their final match against the Miami Sharks (date to be announced).I have annotated the games and posted them in a java replay page. You can also download my PGN file to do your own analysis.Norowitz's win over Sean Finn on Board Four looked like a…

  • Carlsen Wins Tal Memorial Blitz

    17 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm
    The World Blitz Championship at the Tal Memorial in Moscow has just concluded, with Magnus Carlsen first, Viswanathan Anand second, and Sergey Karjakin third. Carlsen dominated the field today and the three have led since yesterday. See the final table at ChessBase for full results.The Tal Memorial Blitz event is for many the highlight of this wonderful tournament, which this year is among the strongest in history. Blitz has a visceral appeal that anyone can relate to with only a basic understanding of the game. Such events should receive wider publicity. Video is available online from the…

  • Tal Memorial 2009 Webliography

    15 Nov 2009 | 8:29 pm
    The Tal Memorial concluded in Moscow with former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik winning with 6 out of 9 and Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen close behind with 5.5 out of 9. None of the top three finishers had any losses. Current World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost in the final round to Levon Aronian to drop to 5 out of 9, leaving him tied with Aronian for fourth and fifth. Carlsen was widely expected to do much better after his incredible performance in Nanjing (see Carlsen Wins to Finish Nanjing with 8/10 and Magnus Carlsen Dominates Nanjing), but he was suffering from the flu for the…

  • NJKOs Advance to Final Four

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:43 am
    The New Jersey Knockouts advanced to the final four of the US Chess League with their victory Monday night over Baltimore. Wins by the New York Knights (Monday over Boston), Miami Sharks (Wednesday over Seattle) and San Francisco Mechanics (Wednesday over Arizona) have made for an unpredictable final, since the Knockouts were the only team with the better record to advance. Miami's victory over Seattle was especially a surprise, with GM Julio Becerra not only beating GM Hikaru Nakamura but doing so in a record 12 moves!I have analyzed the Knockouts victory over Baltimore and posted it online…

  • Chess-in-the-Schools President Profiled

    12 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    Chess-in-the-Schools president Marley Kaplan is profiled in the Giving section of today's New York Times (see "Marley Kaplan Left the Banking World to Teach Chess to Schoolchildren" by Geraldine Fabrikant -- and be sure to check out the excellent "Chess for Change" photo gallery by Tom White). The article tells the story of how Kaplan left a lucrative banking career and turned the American Chess Foundation into Chess-in-the-Schools, "which now teaches 20,000 new children a year, with an annual budget of $3 million. Since 1986, it calculates, it has taught chess to 425,000 children on the…
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  • Bryant - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:42 am
    Frederic Fournier gives a link, at Contre Gambit Philidor, to my game against Nigel Bryant.

  • Millburn Library Chess Tournament

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:41 am
    On Saturday, December 12th, the Millburn Library chess tournament will be held, for youngsters aged 4 to 14.

  • Jennifer Shahade Book Signing

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:10 am
    On Tuesday, November 24th, WGM Jennifer Shahade and Francis M. Naumann will host a presentation and book signing of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess, at the Marshall Chess Club.Jennifer Shahade is editor of Chess Life Online and winner of the Women’s U.S. Championships in 2002 and 2004. Francis M. Naumann is a renowned art scholar and curator, specializing in the Dada and Surrealist periods.The event begins at 7pm. It is presented free to club members ($10 non-members) by the Marshall Chess Foundation. Refreshments will be served.Marshall Chess Club23 West 10th StreetNew York, NY 10011Phone…

  • Pix from Book Fair

    17 Nov 2009 | 5:05 am
    While the Marshall Chess Club November Open was being played downstairs on Sunday, the book fair was taking place upstairs. At the top of the stairs, the bulletin board has advertisements and the list of club members. This is the advertisement for the book fair. Here is blogger Ed Gaillard of Der Alter Goniff. FM Asa Hoffmann browsed through the thousands of chess books.So did many others.

  • Marshall Chess Club Swiss 11/15/2009

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:12 am
    Yesterday I played in the one day schedule of a Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, where I finished with a score of 2-0-2. Here are my games. Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit Nigel Bryant (USCF 1807) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/15/2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Ng4 Bxg4 11.Bxg4 Qe8 12.O-O Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Qg6 14.Qh4 Nc6 15.c3 h6 16.Be3 Ne7 17.Qh3 Nf5 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.f4 exf3 21.Rxf3 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Re8 23.Re1 Bf4 24.Kf2 Bxh2 25.f4 Rf8 26.Kg2 Bxf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Re5 c6 29.Re8+ Rf8 30.Re7 Rf7…
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  • Chess in Chrome

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Last day in Tokyo. Finally after a few days here I've been able to unravel this labyrinth that is Shinjuku station. What a crazy place. Hec, even the locals get lost around here. And, of course, I found myself a sort of temporary "local". It's an English pub! God save the poms.It's just on 5.26AM as I type. And the first chess-related news I spot is about the much-awaited release of the new Chrome operating system. Check out what it has in store for chess fans.ZDNet News has some screenshots and other details of the upcoming release.

  • Magnus is Number One

    15 Nov 2009 | 8:43 pm
    No one but the Japanese can transform the grand old tradition of the English breakfast into a performance art with all the precision and delicacy of a tea ceremony. For that reason alone, it's worth spending at least a night in Tokyo's Hyatt Regency hotel. Sure you'll drop a few thousand yen, but those carrying Aussie dollars will find it pretty affordable, thanks to the Aussie's rising strength. Anyway, as I sat down this morning to that impressive brekky experience, I flipped my copy of the IHT to page two and what did I find but chess news. Yes, right on page 2 was news of super GM Magnus…

  • Off to Tokyo, Japan

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm
    It's that time of year again when I ship myself off somewhere. This time I'm heading for that hi-tech metropolis, Tokyo! I'll be there for a week. So that means that there could be some disruption to normal programming over the next 7 days or so. And that's not because I expect problems with internet connectivity (which, in Japan, is ahecofalot more advanced and faster than backward Australia), but because I expect to be quite busy with work. I'll be back Down Under next Sunday.

  • Fischer: Brilliant & Idiotic

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:48 pm
    Writing for the Skeptical Inquirer, Martin Gardner counts chess genius Bobby Fischer among those whom he considers both "extremely intelligent" as well as being "simple minded". Take, for example, Isaac Newton and A. C. Doyle. The former, being a Christian, apparently tried to calculate the exact date of the Second Coming; while the latter, wait for this, believed in fairies!Martin Gardner:Aside from chess, Fischer came close to being a moron. I once thought his refusal to play chess on Saturday was because he was Jewish. No, it was because he had become a convert to the Worldwide Church of…

  • Smerdon To Face Super GM

    12 Nov 2009 | 2:31 am
    As I mentioned last week, there is a large group of young Aussies headed for Turkey to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships. Canberra's Alana Chibnall has posted some photos on Facebook of a few Aussie team members, while ChessDom has an album with just a handful of images so far. Let's hope that they'll keep adding a few more from here on end.Also en route to OTB action in the upcoming World Cup, in far away Khanty-Mansiysk, is GM David Smerdon. For such a terribly long trip I hope he'll manage to survive his first round opponent who is none other than Cuban numero uno, super…
 
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    Confessions of a chess novice

  • On the Complementarity of Queens and Knights (Guest Blogger)

    18 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am
    Hank, a frequent commenter at this blog, and someone I've played in real life (and usually lost) , gave me permission to publish the following excellent piece he wrote. Beautiful, deep, yet simple ideas. Thanks, Hank!========================I've seen a number of different articulations about piece coordination and the complementarity of certain pieces, that explain why the relative value of

  • ACIS: bold as love

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    Or ACIS of evil. Or ACIS in the hole.Any way you pun it, Adult Chess Improvement Seekers (ACIS) are a staple of the blogoshere, and aren't going away. Also, it is quite clear that the Knights Errant aren't big enough to contain the blogosphere's burgeoning mass of people scrambling to improve. The Circles are cool and all, but the Knights Errant have pretty much died.There are googles more paths

  • Boycott Liquid Egg Product's Blog

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:07 am
    Don't believe his lies.

  • Are the Knights truly dead?

    4 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    Question from a reader:============Hi BlueDevil,I would like to join the Kights Errant. It appears as though the secretary is inactive? Can you help me? Your post reminds me of some some comments that I read about Lasker on chessgames.com having a great "Geometer", looking around for features and only then calculating.smiteknight.blogspot.com=============What's going on, Knights?Sorry smiteknight

  • Look around, not ahead

    9 Oct 2009 | 4:17 pm
    It is amazing that nearly every game in the lower levels of chess are decided by people literally not seeing obvious interactions between pieces on the board. Leaving a piece open to be taken, or forgetting a piece is pinned, or even not seeing mate in one.Yet many of us in these lower levels still insist on looking many moves ahead in silly lines. We aren't losing because we fail to look ahead
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    The Chess Coroner

  • #599 Diagram Difficulties

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:17 pm
    At the moment, ChessBase 10 is not generating the desired diagrams for my HTML pages. I suspect its "Green Marble" board is the problem. Never had any trouble with the "Cherry" board or my custom purple & gray job.I'll try to correct the situation early next week. Until then... sorry for the lack of visuals.

  • #598 Anand-Ivanchuk Blitz Game

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:07 pm
    I have annotated Anand & Ivanchuk's ...Qd7 Winawer game, from the recent World Blitz Championship. Hope you like it.Java-replayPGN

  • #597 GSCL - 2nd Round Annotations

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:52 pm
    Notes to my 2nd round draw with Paul Corcoran have been posted on the Garden State Chess League blog

  • #596 Westfield Grand Prix

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    On Sunday, November 22nd, the Westfield Chess Club will be hosting a 4-round, G/30 tournament. It will be their 500th event at the Westfield YMCA!The entry fee is $30 for members; $40 for non-members. There is a $615 guaranteed prize-fund. For more details, go to the club's website

  • #595 Kenilworth Quads - Wrap-Up

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    Yaacov Norowitz & David Pawlowski were clear winners in the top 2 sections at the Kenilworth Quads, which concluded last night. Gordon Agress and Bert Shiffman shared 1st in the other group.3rd round results & final standings :Quad 1Mangion 0-1 NorowitzFerrero 1-0 Carrelli1. Norowitz 3.02. Ferrero 2.03. Carrelli 1.04. Mangion 0.0Quad 2Wojcio 0-1 PawlowskiTomkovich 0-1 Sturniolo1. Pawlowski 2.52. Tomkovich 1.53. Wojcio 1.03. Sturniolo 1.0Quad 3Shiffman 1-0 RennaAli 1-0 Agress1. Agress 2.01. Shiffman 2.03. Ali 1.54. Renna 0.5As promised, here are some games (9), in java-replay &…
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  • thementorclub updated the "Base" information on their profile

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:53 am
    thementorclub updated the "Base" information on their profile

  • six spd and candy are now friends

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:02 am
    six spd and candy are now friends

  • outwardly wrote on their own wire:

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:56 am
    outwardly wrote on their own wire: The famous Ebel watches I am a big watches fan, in all famous watches I like Ebel watches best, they are so classic and attractive, you can find more and more people wear them. For nearly a century, Ebel has been crafting some of the very finest Swiss watches. The company is unique in that it was [...]

  • bird wrote on their own wire:

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:35 pm
    bird wrote on their own wire: Church dont help often people pay a lot of taxes to church, but when people then are weak and in an helpless situation, nobody is helping them, because they help only rich people, who have enough.

  • Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: take the world, but give me Jesus

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:17 pm
    Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: take the world, but give me Jesus spending binge Nicolas Cage’s Former Business Manager Files Counter Suit, Claims Actor Went ‘On A Spending Binge Of Epic Proportions’ LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A former business manager for Nicolas Cage has filed a cross complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming the actor was already deeply in debt when he was hired by the star in [...]
 
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  • Kasparov - Karpov match in Paris is cancelled

    Goran Urosevic
    2 Nov 2009 | 6:06 pm
    Official communication from the organizers of the 2 K’s jubilee. Posted on Europe-Echecs, translated by Jean-Michel Blatrier. “Having the two greatest world chess champions coming to the Louvre in Paris on 11-13th December was simply a brilliant idea. The CCAS immediately accepted and looked for partners. One of our interested sponsors wanted to couple this event with the “Year of Russia” in France, starting in March 2010. December 11th is really too soon, and the time was too short for setting up a good organization and communication. It makes our hearts cry to be…

  • Kramnik’s Passed Pawns

    Goran Urosevic
    8 Oct 2009 | 4:58 pm
    In the GM Neil McDonald’s book “Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy” Vladimir Kramnik’s style was described as: “In Kramnik’s games we witness what might be described as a ‘breakthrough style’: he aims for a space advantage and then tries to smash the pawn barriers in his path. Typically this leads to the creation of a passed pawn. His build-up is direct but patient, until the moment arrives for aggressive action.” I glanced at some Kramnik’s games and was surprised to see how well the author nailed the point. Here is a typical…

  • A Beautiful Study

    Goran Urosevic
    7 Oct 2009 | 2:33 pm
    Josef Kling and Bernhard Horwitz are famous of their groundbreaking work “Chess Studies and Endgames”, published in 1851. They provided us with basic knowledge in numerous endings, which was later included in all the topical books from Keres onwards. The studies are also beautiful. This one was posted in “Sah-Mat Lista” a few days ago. I think my friend solved it, at least I couldn’t find a refutation, but I would like to hear from the readers as well. White to move and win © Goran Urosevic for Chess Strategy, 2009. | Permalink | 6 comments Add to…

  • Kasparov - Karpov 2009

    Goran Urosevic
    23 Sep 2009 | 6:53 pm
    Only few weeks ago, a sudden news that Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are playing a “rematch” stirred the spirits around the globe. Nowadays the match is ongoing, alas with rapid and blitz games, but we’re ready to accept what gives. Even a huge number of mainstream media are reporting about their legendary rivalry. I had the pleasure to comment the rapid games on Chessdom.com, splitting the work with Jason Juett. My colleague covered day one with first two games, and I have to admit that he did the job much better than myself. Commenting on the top players’ games…

  • A Few Pawn Endgames

    Goran Urosevic
    21 Sep 2009 | 8:31 am
    The position on the first diagram was reached in Ilyin Zenevski - Botvinnik, 1938. White has a passed pawn, but as we will see the decisive factor was one spare tempi. Black’s problem is limited mobility of his own pawns, as White h5 is holding two of them. 1. Kf3! But still some caution is needed. The straightforward 1. Kf4 allows Black to escape with 1…g6! (but not 1…Ke6 2. g3! and White will win) 2. hxg6 Kxg6 3. g3 h5 and White no tempo and is forced to step back. 1. Kf4 g6 2. g3 isn’t helping either, 2…Kg7! Black can wait as long as the King is close enough…
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  • I’ve been working on the Caro (part 2)

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    11 Nov 2009 | 8:56 pm
    All right, let’s talk a little bit more about what happens in Bronstein’s Folly (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!?) if Black “chickens out” and plays 4. … Bd7. The reason for this is twofold: first, it came up in a recent US Chess League game, Charbonneau–Enkhbat, which was selected as the “Opening of the Week” by Mark Ginsburg in his blog. Second, I also had a chance to play against 4. … Bd7 in a recent game against GM Larry Kaufman in the U.S. Senior Open. This was quite possibly the worst positional game that I have played this year,…

  • I’ve Been Working on the Caro …

    admin
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm
    … All the live-long day! (Sorry about the reference to a nineteenth-century folk song that is probably best forgotten.) Anyway, Michael Goeller posted a comment a week ago that set me off on another serious binge of Caro-Kann study. He pointed out this post in Mark Ginsburg’s blog, which re-opens the debate over what I called the Homo Erectus Variation of the Caro-Kann, where White plays the ungainly lunge: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!? Ginsburg calls this the “Fugly Advance Variation,” a name that I’m not sure is acceptable for a family audience. Another…

  • Reno Redux — Round 6

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    31 Oct 2009 | 1:32 pm
    And now, back to chess. However, the blog stats make me wonder whether I should post off topic more often. My blog got more than 200 hits on the day that my post about Jorge Cham’s detention went up — even though I had no information to offer other than what was already in Cham’s cartoon. That was the most hits in any one day since I started keeping track. (Admittedly, I only started keeping track a couple of months ago). But the purpose of a chess blog isn’t to get a lot of hits, right? The purpose is to talk about chess. Right? Hello? Anybody there? Okay, I know that…

  • (Off-Topic) Cartoonists and Border Guards Don’t Mix!

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    29 Oct 2009 | 9:30 am
    I’m a regular reader of two webcomics, one of which is “Piled Higher and Deeper,” by Jorge Cham. It’s a satirical look at life in academia, mostly focusing on the life of graduate students. “P.H.D.” is a huge cult hit (especially among grad students, probably not so much among professors), and as a result Cham has been able to quit his dead-end job as an engineering professor and go into the exciting career of cartooning! Nowadays, Cham gets invited to universities all over the world to give talks. What a life, right? He gets his expenses paid to visit all…

  • Reno Redux — Round 3

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    28 Oct 2009 | 10:42 am
    I’m going to show you some of the highlights from my Reno tournament, starting with Round 3. I came into this round with a score of ½-1½ and was paired against Walter Shipman. I admire his play a lot — very solid and tough to beat. He plays what Jesse Kraai would call “old man chess,” but he has a right to, because he is 80 years old! I sure hope I’m playing as well as Shipman when I get to age 80. Shipman is also the solution to my personal “six degrees of Bobby Fischer” puzzle. What is the shortest link of players connecting me to Bobby Fischer,…
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  • Computer Labs for Kids: Update on SOS Childrens Village

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:22 pm
    Yaaaahhhh! I have some photos from Shira! These tell the story. They are "still shots" that Shira extracted from the video that Lynn Ward took during the class. The kids, of course, are the stars :)It seemed to take a long time, but actually it was a remarkably short time between Millie and Chrystine bringhing the children up to be registered by yours truly and the volunteers arriving in singles,

  • Rare Glass Rhyton Discovered in Southern Bulgaria

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm
    Archaeologists Discover Unique Ancient Rhyton in South-Eastern BulgariaBalkanTravellers.com 19 November 2009 A unique decorated glass rhyton, or ancient drinking vessel, was discovered by archaeologists in a tumulus near the village of Karanovo in south-eastern Bulgaria.The glass vessel is decorated with the image of an unknown animal, Bulgarian media reported today.According to experts, such

  • Ancient Writing: Karnataka Copper Plate

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:13 pm
    From The Hindu OnlineNovember 19, 2009Copper plate inscription throws new light on Alupas Pramod MellegattiSHIMOGA: A rare copper plate inscription collected by a numismatic expert and retired lecturer of Shimoga Khandob Rao throws new light on the Alupas who ruled parts of the Malnad and coastal districts of Karnataka for thousand years from 450 AD making Udyavara, Mangalore, Barkur and Mudbidre

  • Plans to Display Karanovo Thracian Finds

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:14 pm
    Story at NoviniteBulgaria Archaeologists Present Unique Thracian Tomb FindsNovember 17, 2009A team of Bulgarian archaeologists led by Veselin Ignatov formally presented Tuesday their finds from the tomb of an aristocrat from Ancient Thrace near the southern town of Nova Zagora.In October and November 2009, Ignatov’s team found a burial tomb of dated back to the end of 1st century and beginning of

  • World Blitz Championship 2009

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:49 pm
    There are two chess femmes playing in this elite of the elite championship of 22 players: GM Judit Polgar (HUNG 2680) and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS 2517).So far, the ladies have scored some telling wins through Round 28 (which gives you an idea of how fast and furious this BLITZ Championship is going), but both of them are out of contention for a medal. There are 42 rounds altogether. What
 
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  • My Chess Set « Meseemarvel's Blog

    meseemarvel
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:56 pm
    Here is a chess set I made. I found the table on the side of the road and had some paint left over. I thought I would do something a little different instead of doing a traditional, boring, black and white checkered board. ...

  • 3rd FIDE World Cup officially opened : Chess news by ChessVibes

    Peter Doggers
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Earlier today the 3rd FIDE World Cup was officially opened, with the opening ceremony taking place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. No less than 128 strong chess players have travelled to the small, ...

  • Wooden Chess Board With Bowling Pin Like Pieces

    Angela
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pm
    When you think of a luxury chess board with pieces, you may conjure up images of fine crystal pieces with hand detailing and gold trimming with a chessboard.

  • Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information: TGIF Chess Tactic

    Susan Polgar
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am
    The Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) is the model for the highest standard in chess education. The institute is poised to become the world's premier center for chess research, education, development and outreach. ...

  • Chess Boards - by aflixa | LumberJocks.com :: woodworking community

    aflixa
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:21 am
    In these projects experienced some surprises resulting from using two types of hardwood and soft, when the rains began and the humidity increased significantly. But anyway is what i have. Here, I do not have much variety of woods ...
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  • Google Wave'e gadget ve uygulama eklemek

    devdala
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:49 pm
    Google Wave, yapı itibariyle acayip geliştirilebilir bir şekilde yapılmış. Yani dinamik olarak sürekli gelişebilecek bir uygulama. Sürekli sahibinin eline bakmıyor. Senin benim gibi adamın yazdığı uygulamaları üstünde çalıştırılabiliyor. Bunları eklemek için iki yol var: 1) Mail adresi gibi uygulama adresleri var. Bunları “Contacts” kısmına ekliyorsunuz ve yeni açtığınız wave’e bu “kişi”yi de davet edip kullanabiliyorsunuz. 2) Wave’de mesaj yazma yerini açtıktan sonra üst düzenleme şeridinin en sağıdaki yeşil yap-boz…

  • Der brillante Schachzug (53)

    Walter Eigenmann
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:01 pm
    Weiß zieht und gewinnt 3k4/2pq3p/pp5R/4P3/P6P/2PN4/1PN3K1/8 w (Die Aufgabe wurde im «Glarean Magazin» bereits als UrDruck publiziert und wird nun hiermit in die «Hall of Fame» der «Brillanten» aufgenommen) Lösung: —> (mehr…) Der brillante Schachzug 053 – S&S vs D Neghina 2009 1.Sd4!! Dg7+ [1...Dxa4 2.Txh7+-] 2.Kh3 Dxh6 3.Sf4 Kc8 [3...c5 4.Sde6++-] 4.Sde6 Kb7 [4...Kd7 5.Kg4 Dxe6+ 6.Sxe6 Kxe6 7.Kg5+-] 5.h5 c5 6.Kg4 c4 7.Kf3 Kc6 8.Ke4 b5 9.axb5+ axb5 [9...Kxb5 10.Kd5+-] 10.Kd4 Kb6 11.Kd5 +-

  • "He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne."

    rollingpawns
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    It’s an old Russian proverb. Another game in the club, regular G/90. It wasn’t one of the guys I expected, but still ~1500 rated. This is a pairing you get when you are in the last quarter of the table. Due to my standing and his rating I felt like my back was up against the wall, I had to win no matter what.  Here is the game. It was crazy,  I made a few risky moves,  couldn’t calculate all the lines and just relied on my gut feeling. He started Nf3, I was able to transpose it to Benko gambit. After some positional play on the queenside I finally made the move similar…

  • Goa sports links in cyberspace....

    fredericknoronha
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    OFFICIAL Sports Authority of Goa http://tsag.org/?pg=visstat FOOTBALL Goa Football Association http://www.goa-fa.com/ GFA-links http://www.goa-fa.com/?q=node/5 Sporting Clube de Goa http://www.sportingclubedegoa.com/ Salcaocar Sports Club http://salgaocarsc.com/ Dempo Sports Club (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dempo_SC Churchill Brothers http://www.churchill-brothers.com/main.php Sesa Goa Football Academy http://www.sesagoa.com/aboutscdf.htm#football CRICKET Goa Cricket Association http://goacricketassociation.com/ CHESS Goa State Chess Association http://goachess.com/ Goan chess…

  • Brain Food

    H
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm
    I absolutely love puzzles! Logic games, riddles, crosswords, math, brain teasers, mysteries, chess,
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  • Sweet 16 Standings after Susquehanna Scholastic

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    Two Rally tournaments have been completed with a total of 22 players competing so far.

  • Draft MCA Scholastic Schedule

    15 Sep 2009 | 7:28 am
    p>The following is a rough draft of the confirmed tournaments for this year. All the Scholastic Chmpaionships are still tentative due to a lack of sites. MCA Schedule Late October Windy Hill Middle tentative 14-Nov MCA Northeast7-Dec MD Team Kent Island(tentative)23-Jan MCA Boonsboro24-Jan Mid-Atlantic Championship Pikesville30-Jan MD Grades ??13-Feb MCA Chestertown 20-Feb MCA Damascus 20-Mar MD States ??

  • Chesapeake Early Entries Way Up

    21 May 2009 | 11:40 am
    Early nntries in the 2009 Chesapeake Open are up 90% over last year! You can register at chesapeakeopen.eventbrite.com and see the current preregistrations at www.baltimorechess.org/crosstables/Preregistrations.

  • Maryland Sweet 16 Standings Final Standings

    18 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The final sweet 16 standings have been calculated.
 
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  • Greg Hager Memorial

    Robert Oresick
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am
    BCF 2nd Greg Hager MemorialSaturday, November 21SS; G/60. EF: $27, $17 to BCF members. Two sections: Open & U1800; Prizes: b/entries. Reg: 9:15 – 9:50. Rounds: 10, 12:40, 3:00, 5:10

  • Chess State of Mind

    Robert Oresick
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:53 am
    It was late Saturday afternoon at the BCF when in walks IM Joe Fang to watch the last 1/2 hour of chess. I turn to IM David Vigoritto and mentioned that by coincidence as I played through a game in an opening book a very theoretical Giuoco Piano of Fang vs Ivanov in New Hampshire.To which David replies: "Oh yes, I know that game but all that was known at the time that game was played." He described the game in detail, practically cited the page the game was on. All of this from a player that doesn't play either side of a Giuoco I play few 40/2 hr G/60 weekend tournaments anymore as they…

  • Moves Not Found In Nature

    Ken Ho
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:24 pm
    In my last game from the recently concluded Hauptturnier, my opponent Rubén Portugués arrived a little late. I had arrived early enough to select a reasonably well-lit board, position each piece in the center of its square, and point knights facing forward, as is my habit.As we started our game, Rubén gently pointed out that my king and queen were transposed. That was easily fixed, of course, and then I proceeded to find more normal ways to mess up my position and lose the game.(Matt -- fortunately, it's difficult to place the board the wrong way at the club!)Also quite recently, I was…

  • Chess and the BU Open

    Robert Oresick
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    Chess and the BU Open It was November 15 1997 and I decided to get back into playing tournament chess. Lifetime boomers have a membership ID beginning with "1001": the USCF offered it to members in the 70's for those who opted to pay twice as much for 10 years in a sustaining membership to convert to Life. So after 19 years away, raising a family, I walked into the Third Annual BU OpenBob Oresick and Alan Ong were seated in the basement of the BU student union, paid my entry fee as I showed them my 1590 rating on the label of my Chess Life.Bob and Allan were more occupied in encouraging…

  • New views on the Lewis chessmen

    Robert Oresick
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am
    Doubts cast on Chessmen origins Calls have been made for the pieces to be returned to Lewis New research has cast doubt on traditional theories about the historic Lewis Chessmen.Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8352127.stmPublished: 2009/11/10 10:38:48 GMT© BBC MMIXThe 93 pieces - currently split between museums in Edinburgh and London - were discovered on Lewis in 1831. But the research suggests they may have been used in both chess and Hnefatafl - a similar game that was popular in medieval Scandinavia. It also casts doubt on…
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  • It's Only Kingpin

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pm
    Rejoice, for issue number of Kingpin 40 is out only two years (and a handful of months) after issue 39.Rejoice and spend money, for there is much to read. But among the contributors is one Justin Horton, whoever he may be, with some book reviews and a piece entitled It's Only Chess. What can I say? To produce pearls there must always be some grit.Kingpin is available from chess shops - or contact the magazine directly.

  • When we were Kings IV

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:30 pm
    Last time on When we were Kings we left Spassky in game fourteen of the 1977/78 Candidates Final with Korchnoi about to up the weirdness ante in a match that had already seen a voodoo blunder and Boris himself refusing to come to the board.What happened? Ray Keene takes up the story:-“Spassky now caused an uproar in the audience by appearing on the stage wearing, for the first time, a large bright silver-white sun visor. Korchnoi reacted by demanding the curtains be drawn across the stage, thus screening the players from the audience which had been thrown into tumult by Spassky’s…

  • !?/?!

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:10 am
    I once heard an established poet instruct his young protégé to put away the poem he'd newly written, and not look at it again for at least six months. Only after finding the crumpled pages musty at the bottom of a half-forgotten draw, the poet explained, only after rediscovering the words afresh, reading the words anew, almost as if a first time reader - only then would the protégé be able to assess whether his poem was worth reading, whether it really expressed what he thought it expressed, whether it was worth sharing, publishing.With my chess games, as a rule it doesn't usually take me…

  • Run that by me again

    14 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    Sometimes you're just casually reading a chess book, without looking at a chessboard, when you notice something....Exhibit A:"Sometimes Black attempts to neutralize the active bishop by means of 6...Be6 and, it must be said, he has been fairly successful:...7. Nd5 Bxd5 8. exd5 h6! (after the weaker 8...Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Qf3 h6 13. Bd2 White's chances are preferable, Womacka-Schone, Germany 1992) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c3 O-O with equal chances."Eduard Gufeld & Oleg Stetsko, The Giuoco Piano, Batsford, 1996, p. 23.....and you wonder what on Earth they think they're on…

  • The Board Beside Me III

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pm
    This position appeared, early last Saturday evening, on board six in the individual championship of Huesca province, seventh round. It will give you an idea of what a disastrous time I am currently having on the chessboard if I tell you I am the highest-rated player in the tournament by 150 Elo points - yet nevertheless I was playing on the adjacent board.I had a little glance to my right very early on and noticed that the game had begun 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3. By the time of my second glance the position in the diagram had appeared, much to my interest since it was probably the first theoretical line…
 
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  • Plan Accordingly! Dayton Chess Club will be Closed for Thanksgiving….and…..

    DCC Chess Queen
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:13 pm
    The club will be closed 24 November in preparation for the big Turkey Day – and will reopen on the first Friday in December – that’s the 4th of December. Enjoy the holiday!!!!

  • 65th Ohio Chess Congress Report

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:56 am
    Kristopher Meekins New Ohio Chess Champion 65th Ohio Chess Congress Report OPEN SECTION After 6 rounds of hard fought chess, National Experts (NE) Kristopher Meekins and Matthew Marsh (from Tennessee) were tied for first place in the 65th Ohio Chess Congress.  NE Meekins, an Ohio resident, is our new state Chess Champion.  Congratulations Kris! Way to go! Meekins – Driver – Marsh At the end of four rounds of chess the final results were not yet clear – not at all. Only two players had more than 3.0 points – Matthew Marsh and Sinan Baughman with 3.5 points each.  Then came a group…

  • Have the desire to share your chess skills?

    DCC Chess Queen
    21 Aug 2009 | 5:40 pm
    Our own Ms Kay Stanley is looking for a few good volunteers to play chess at the Dayton Correctional Institute.   Okay, so maybe not just “a few”…. The chess match time is yet to be determined – looking at possibly 12:30pm or so – and so far the dates on the calender are: 30 August 27 September 25 October November & December dates to be determined. If interested, please email dcc.18w5@sbcglobal.net, attention Ms Stanley.  We’ll forward on the email to her and she’ll be in touch with you. Chess Queen

  • Report on the 51st Gem City Open

    Riley - Prez DCC
    25 Jun 2009 | 7:50 pm
    Report on the 51st Gem City Open Players came from 8 different states. Primarily from Ohio, but seven other states were represented as well: Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia, and New York. Want to take a quick look at the final standings in all sections?  Then go to USCF’s website at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200906143581.1-12556822 and look through all the sections to your heart’s content.  Want to take a look at how FIDE rated the OPEN Section?  Go to FIDE’s website at http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=42844#8 and note how a…

  • C.H.A.T. #1

    Riley - Prez DCC
    19 Jun 2009 | 7:59 pm
    Chess Here And There The purpose of this regular column is to share items big and small about chess found around the web on chess that catch my interest and that I believe in turn will be of interest to you and others. Chessedelic For instance today, Friday, June 19, 2009, for my first recommendation from Chess Here And There I would like to bring to your attention a website with the improbable name “chessedelic” of all things – inspired by the term “psychedelic”. It is not the name that has drawn me www.chessedelic.com, but instead a chess video on the site. A lecture if you will…
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  • Bu and Huang won National Mind Games Rapid Chess

    15 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    China first National Mind Storts Games take place from 13 to 23 Noverber 2009 in Sichuang, China. Chess is the one of the games amongst other 6 games. Chess section has 8 gold medals: open team rapid, women team rapid, open individual rapid, women individual rapid, open individual blitz, women individual blitz, boys team classic, girls team classic. Official site: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/index.html Chess schedul: http://info.cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/sport_info.action?xm=CH  Live games: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/l/chess.html        Live games open…

  • Kramnik wins Tal Memorial

    14 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
        The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm   Final standings after 9 rounds Place …

  • China First National Mind Sports Games Start

    13 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    China first National Mind Storts Games take place from 13 to 23 Noverber 2009 in Sichuang, China. Chess is the one of the games amongst other 6 games. Chess section has 8 gold medals: open team rapid, women team rapid, open individual rapid, women individual rapid, open individual blitz, women individual blitz, boys team classic, girls team classic. Official site: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/index.html Chess schedul: http://info.cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/sport_info.action?xm=CH  Live games: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/l/chess.html            …

  • Tal Memorial Day Eight Carlsen only winner

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:28 am
        The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm     Standings after round 8 Place …

  • World Youth Chess Championship Round 2

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:03 am
      The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure). More than 2.000 players and 1,500 accompanying persons. Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/ download pgn live games: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/10/11/lang,turkish/ Parings and results, Standings, Cross table   Live games start at 15:00 local time   (12 games, under 18)    (12 games,…
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  • Sick Set Thursday – The Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg Chess Set

    seanw
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:50 am
    This is a highly-detailed, sculpted chess set with painted pieces complimented by a top-quality wooden board branded with the Jack Daniel’s logo. Here’s your chance to commemorate your love of deep thinking, the American Civil War, and smooth Tennessee sippin’ with this beauty of a chess set. Board size: 15-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 2-1/4 Inches Via – PacProd

  • Chessplayers Head Explodes: Could you be next?

    JohnJurgens
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:48 am
    Fireworks In short, no. Many chessplayers will have seen this, or a similar report. This one comes via ABC Homeopathy Forum: Dear Mr.Organon, I recently had a case of HCE (Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis), were I was ask to give my opinion, however, I thought that maybe a good homeopathic Guru like you could help us further, Not to long ago I was invited in what I call one of my most bizarre consultations, nevertheless, the condition of HCE was unknown to me until recently, when I met with some doctors, who were blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain for the bizarre death of a chess…

  • Sick Set Thursday – The African Big 5 Animal Chess Pieces and Chess Board

    seanw
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:28 am
    Made with chess pieces featuring the Big 5 most dangerous wild African animals of Africa, with baboons as pawns, rhinos as knights and white and black buffalo as bishops. Every chess piece is individually handcrafted, cast in marble resins and then hand painted with care and attention to authentic detail. Chessboards are designed and crafted in beautifully polished indigenous South African woods. Via – KottlersAfrica

  • Andrew Martin Articles Round-Up

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:19 am
    The series of IM Andrew Martin’s articles on ChessCube has come to an end, but you can still access this fantastic resource. Andrew Martin’s columns provide excellent game analysis. He analyses both recent and classic games, providing chess players with plenty to mull over. The quizzes from Andrew Martin are a great way to test your chess knowledge, with Andrew providing further analysis. These quizzes and columns should be revisited by every chess player who is keen on improving. Follow ChessCube on Twitter for a daily reminder of these articles.

  • Sick Set Thursday – A Hip Hop Chess Set.. yo!

    seanw
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:05 am
    Some artists include Snoop Dogg, Young Jeezy, Missy Elliot, Plies and Ludacris! The figurines in the Hip Hop Chess set are hand made, and takes about 18 hours to make each piece. A complete chess set of 32 hand made figurines will set you back$5000, or you could order each piece at $300! Another picture: More pics and info via: SandraRose
 
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  • Overcoming Chess Training Plateaus

    beginchess
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:03 pm
    Plateaus and You The brain needs time to assimilate and integrate new information as knowledge and to resolve conflicts with previously learned concepts and plateaus equate to slower progress while we assimilate new ideas. Not until we internalize these new ideas as knowledge are we able to move on to the next phase in our learning. Plateaus are a normal phase of the learning process. The goal is to minimize the amount of time spent in a plateau, and to identify if our plateau is part of the normal learning curve or if it is a result of a deficiency in our learning process. Sometimes we…

  • Training Status Update

    beginchess
    30 Oct 2009 | 8:39 pm
    Tactics, Tactics and More Tactics My training for the past 2 months has consisted of doing tactics puzzles on Chess Tempo and working on my thought process. I spend an average of 30 mintues per day doing standard puzzles focusing on quality not quantity (yet).  At the end of the week I create a problem set with the five tactical themes that are giving me the most trouble, and I spend an additional 10-15 minutes per day solving these ‘problem’ puzzles. Thought Process in Chess I have also spent a considerable amount of time working on my chess thought process. First, I created…

  • My Thought Process

    beginchess
    14 Oct 2009 | 7:26 pm
    Update: 10/17/2009 I modified the process based on conversations with FM Charles Galofre, I have merged the tactical and strategic scans into one. His point is that even if you find a strong tactical move, you should still look at the strategic aspects of the position since the game might be won with a quiet positional move which you would not have considered if you cut your search short once you had found a tactic. The following is the thought process I have decided to employ during long games. The idea is to drill these questions in during practice, so that they become second nature…

  • Chess Evolution

    beginchess
    26 Sep 2009 | 2:57 pm
    I played in the U 1500 section of the Miami Open a few weeks ago, and it was not a good outing. I only won one of 5 games against a much lower rated opponent. While devastated, it has only made me work harder on my chess. The week following the Open, I immediately started taking face to face lessons with FM Charles Galofre.  I have decided to stop trying to find my path on my own, and to work with a strong player that can guide me in the right direction.  I have two lessons under my belt, and I have been very pleased with the direction my chess improvement process has been taking. I will…

  • Tactical Position for Study

    beginchess
    27 Aug 2009 | 6:30 pm
    White to move Highlight below for answer: 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Bh3+ Rd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qg4+ Ke8 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Bh6#
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