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    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  • Game 4: No Breakthroughs in World Championship

    About.com Chess
    15 May 2012 | 3:34 pm
    I didn't get a chance to update the blog yesterday, but if you were looking for updates on the World Chess Championship, you haven't missed too much. Today's Game 4 was never in much doubt, as Gelfand struggled to find any way to get an advantage against Anand's Semi-Slav....Read Full Post

  • Gelfand – Anand Game 4: Towers of Babylon

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    15 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here is Grandmaster Sergey Shipov’s analysis of the fourth game of the World Championship match, between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand. The original Russian text can be found, as always, at www.crestbook.com. (This translation will be posted there as well.) Without further ado, I’ll turn the podium over to Shipov. Good day to you, whatever the time of day, dear fans and connoisseurs of chess! Let’s look together at the fourth game of the world championship match, which is taking place in Moscow. Yesterday’s battle left an…

  • Translation Coming Soon

    dana blogs chess
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    15 May 2012 | 9:49 am
    Just a quick news flash: The fourth game Gelfand-Anand was drawn. I will post my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s analysis here within an hour. Stay tuned!   Share This

  • Ivanchuk clinches 6th Capablanca Memorial victory

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    Peter Doggers
    15 May 2012 | 5:12 am
    Vassily Ivanchuk won the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba on Monday. The Ukrainian, who finished a point clear of Ian Nepomniachtchi and Leinier Dominguez, won the tournament for the 6th time in his career. Vassily Ivanchuk against Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 4, with Leinier Dominguez watching | Photo © Columna Deportiva Event Capablanca Memorial | PGN via TWIC Dates May 4th-14th, 2012 Location Havana, Cuba System 6-player double round robin Players Vassily Ivanchuk, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viktor Laznicka, Vladimir Potkin Rate of play 90…
 
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  • FIDE World Chess Championship Match - Round 4

    15 May 2012 | 4:25 pm
    Armour is so far stronger than weapons The opponents continued their Slav Defence duel that started in the second game of the match. White was the first to deviate from the previous game and managed to get the so-called two-bishop advantage in the middlegame. After a series of exchanges, the game transformed into an ending with somewhat better chances for White. In the resulting technical position, the game could have had either of two results: a draw or a victory for White. It turned out, however, that the white pieces were not sufficiently well coordinated and that the bishop’s advantage…

  • FIDE President's working visit to Astana

    14 May 2012 | 4:03 am
    The President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, arrived today on a working visit to Astana where he took part in the press conference devoted to the World Blitz and Rapid Championships to be held in the capital of Kazakhstan on the 1-10th of July. Also present were Mr. Darmen Sadvakasov, Vice President of Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Mr. Daulet Toykenov, Executive Director of Kazakhstan CF. World Blitz and Rapid Championships are dedicated to the Astana Day. Prize fund of the championships is $ 400, 000 and sponsor is “SAT and Company”, a metallurgical holding company.

  • "Chess in Schools" in Dharamshala

    9 May 2012 | 4:55 am
    On the 8th of May an Agreement on Cooperation was signed by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Head of the Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay in Dharamshala. The joint activities on realization of the FIDE programme "Chess in Schools" as well as the organization of different chess events in Dharamshala are stipulated in the agreement. According to Ilyumzhinov the agreement will give the opportunity for chess to be widely developed in comprehensive schools of Dharamshala and to be included to the school curriculum. Moreover, FIDE will assist in organization of chess seminars for…

  • U. N. Women meets with FIDE

    8 May 2012 | 5:43 am
    May 7, 2012United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (U. N. Women) meets with World Chess Federation (FIDE) to discuss partnersip The U.N. Women Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Bachelet and FIDE Vice President, Beatriz Marinello met to discuss a partnership between both organizations. Meaningful dialect with global organizations such as U.N. Women serve as a positive motivator for great accomplishments, in and outside of the chess community. Working towards a common goal can result in a very positive exchange, one which can have great benefits for humanity. The United…

  • Meeting of Dalai Lama the 14th with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

    8 May 2012 | 4:57 am
    On the 7th of May the spiritual leader of all Buddhists in the world, Laureate of Nobel Peace Prize, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama met with the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Sajin Lama of Kalmykia. The meeting took place in the Indian city Dharamshala, in the residence of H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama. During the two-hour conversation they discussed the issues of development of Buddhism in the Russian Federation and particularly in the Republic of Kalmykia. The meeting was held at the invitation of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama who invited K. Ilyumzhinov to visit…
 
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  • Game 4: No Breakthroughs in World Championship

    15 May 2012 | 3:34 pm
    I didn't get a chance to update the blog yesterday, but if you were looking for updates on the World Chess Championship, you haven't missed too much. Today's Game 4 was never in much doubt, as Gelfand struggled to find any way to get an advantage against Anand's Semi-Slav....Read Full Post

  • Game 2: Gelfand and Anand Draw, Score Remains Tied 1-1

    12 May 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Another game, another relatively short draw. This one was slightly longer than in Game 1 -- Gelfand played his 25th move before ending the game -- but there was probably less play in it, with a draw always seeming the most likely result. Anand chose to play the Semi-Slav against 1. d4, and though Gelfand achieved a theoretical advantage, it was hard to call his edge anything but cosmetic. Of course, with the match still in its feeling out stage, the result wasn't too surprising. Some analysis of Game 2 can be found here....Read Full Post

  • World Championship: Game 1 Ends in Comfortable Draw

    11 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Long matches -- especially at the World Championship level -- can sometimes begin with short draws as part of a feeling out process. Indeed, the first game of Anand-Gelfand ended in a relatively short draw too, but it was a fighting one, which might be a good sign for the chess to come. Anand played 1. d4 as expected, but Gelfand responded in a somewhat surprising manner by playing the Grunfeld, and even had a little pressure on the current champion for a while. That said, Anand was never in serious danger, and the game eventually petered out to a draw after just 24 moves. The final…

  • Anand vs. Gelfand Begins Friday

    10 May 2012 | 5:11 pm
    The waiting is over: the World Chess Championship 2012 is ready to begin. In the red corner, we have the reigning champion: Viswanathan Anand. The challenger, of course, is Boris Gelfand, the veteran Super GM who comes into the match as a significant underdog. In terms of rating, it doesn't look like a severe mismatch: Anand's rating is just 64 points higher (2791 vs. 2727). But the fact that Gelfand hasn't been considered one of the main contenders for a World Championship in recent years, combined with Anand's great success in defending his title and Gelfand's low world ranking -- he's…

  • US Chess Championship Starts Tuesday

    7 May 2012 | 8:52 pm
    If you're looking for something to watch as you wait for the World Championship to start (and don't worry -- I'll have plenty to say about that over the rest of the week), you should be able to enjoy some great chess by keeping up with the 2012 U.S. Chess Championship. This year, the tournaments are back to a rather simple round-robin format, and the two events both have impressive prize funds. The 12 players in the U.S. Championship will be competing for $160,000 in prizes, while the ten women fighting for the U.S. Women's Championship will split a purse of $64,000. In the Championship,…
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  • Gelfand-Anand G4, another Chebanenko Slav, drawn after 34 moves (VIDEO)

    Peter Doggers
    15 May 2012 | 7:19 am
    The fourth match game between Boris Gelfand behind the white pieces and Vishy Anand behind the black pieces was drawn after 34 moves. Again the World Champion from India defended himself with a Chebanenko Semi-Slav and again he got equality with Black quite easily. The score is 2-2 with eight more games to play. Four games, four draws in Moscow | Photos © Anastasia Karlovich & Alexey Yushenkov Event World Championship Match | PGN via TWIC Dates May 11th-30th, 2012 Location Moscow, Russia System Match Players Viswanathan Anand & Boris Gelfand Rate of play 120 minutes for 40 moves,…

  • CVT: 8 pages of fresh training material every week in PDF & PGN

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    15 May 2012 | 7:08 am
    Want to improve your chess? See more combinations, understand middle game plans, hear about useful endgame motifs? Receive the best chess tips available with ChessVibes Training, a weekly PDF magazine (+ PGN!) co-authored by International Masters Merijn van Delft, Robert Ris and Thomas Willemze, and including a weekly column by top GM Anish Giri. What is ChessVibes Training? Every issue consists of a PDF Magazine and the accompanying PGN file. The PDF consists of eight pages (A4 size) with the following contents: Giri's Grab Bag - A weekly column by GM Anish Giri in which he tells about his…

  • The Sicilian Taimanov: Move by Move

    New in Chess
    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    Just out: The Sicilian Taimanov: Move by Move In this book, Grandmaster John Emms shares his experience and knowledge grown from over 15 years playing the Sicilian Taimanov at grandmaster level. Emms examines the opening from both sides of the board and offers answers to the all the key questions.   Fight for the initiative from the very start of the game!  

  • Ivanchuk clinches 6th Capablanca Memorial victory

    Peter Doggers
    15 May 2012 | 5:12 am
    Vassily Ivanchuk won the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba on Monday. The Ukrainian, who finished a point clear of Ian Nepomniachtchi and Leinier Dominguez, won the tournament for the 6th time in his career. Vassily Ivanchuk against Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 4, with Leinier Dominguez watching | Photo © Columna Deportiva Event Capablanca Memorial | PGN via TWIC Dates May 4th-14th, 2012 Location Havana, Cuba System 6-player double round robin Players Vassily Ivanchuk, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viktor Laznicka, Vladimir Potkin Rate of play 90…

  • Anand-Gelfand G3, a 3.f3 Grünfeld, drawn after 37 moves (VIDEO)

    Peter Doggers
    14 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    The spectators in the State Tretyakov Gallery saw an exciting game today between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand, which eventually ended in a draw again. The World Champion got some advantage with his 3.f3 against Gelfand's Grünfeld, but eventually had to settle for splitting the point in another double rook ending. The score is 1.5-1.5 with nine more games to play. Anand-Gelfand game 3, with again most of the theatre seats in the playing hall filled | Photos © Anastasia Karlovich Event World Championship Match | PGN via TWIC Dates May 11th-30th, 2012 Location Moscow, Russia System Match…
 
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  • Chess lessons opportunity with IM Miodrag Perunovic

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    16 May 2012 | 5:54 am
    The famous coach IM Miodrag Perunovic is having a limited time lessons opportunity for the chess fans. After successfully coaching GM Alexander Ipatov 2561, IM Eric Hansen 2454 (World Vice U18 Champion), Mladen Vrban 2398, Nicolas Croad 2334, Denis Kadric 2415, and David Haydon 2317, now coach IM Perunovic is opening the door for new students. All you need for lessons with IM Perunovic is an internet connection. The sessions are in English or French, audio or typed. Price for 1h starts at only 22 eur, if you are interested send a message to IM Perunovic here.

  • Zatonskih, Kamsky Draw Even with Leaders in U.S. Champs

    Goran
    16 May 2012 | 1:36 am
    Article by FM Mike Klein Dramatic finishes punctuated an unpredictable day at the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship. When the final pawn was captured, a 101-move game ended in king versus king. In both events a pair of trailing players caught up to the leaders. IM Anna Zatonskih got the better of WIM Iryna Zenyuk in a bishop-and-pawn endgame. With weaknesses on both sides of the board, Zatonskih had no trouble infiltrating and clearing a path for her pawns. Entering the day behind by one-half point, the win nearly gave Zatonskih sole possession of the lead, as…

  • Heart of Finland 2012

    Goran
    15 May 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Article by Anna Rudolf For the 22nd time in a row the town of Jyväskylä organises the most important chess tournament of its country, the Heart of Finland Open. From 9th to 15 July more than 150 players are expected to be competing for title of the champion, the category prizes, rating points, and simply for the joy of playing chess. The dates coincide with the town’s Summer Festival, a rich cultural week with theatre and music performances on the streets of Jyväskylä – a pleasant spare time programme for the participants. In the comfort of the playing hall: spacious,…

  • Match for the Title of Absolute World Robot Chess Champion

    Goran
    15 May 2012 | 9:41 am
    The match for the title of World Robot Chess Champion will be held Saturday, May 19 on Strastnoy Boulevard. KUKA Monstr (Germany) and CHESSka (Russia) will battle it out for the title. On the same day, the German visitor with artificial intelligence will play a demo match against one of the world’s strongest human players – Alexander Grischuk, the former World Blitz Champion and a representative of the Russian national team. Both competitions will be held in blitz chess format, in which the players are given 5 minutes per game, in accordance with FIDE rules. The Russian robot CHESSka,…

  • International Conference: Chess and Mathematics – Learning by Playing

    Goran
    15 May 2012 | 9:40 am
    Turin (Italy), 28 May 2012 Teaching chess at school may significantly improve pupils’ mathematics learning abilities, according to a study by INVALSI (the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System) conducted as part of a controlled research project involving some 2,000 8-and 9-year-old children attending a sample of primary schools throughout Italy. The SAM research project investigating the effects of learning to play chess on maths skills, developed by academic staff members Gianluca Argentin (Milan-Bicocca University), Alberto Martini (University of East…
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    Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information

  • US Championship LIVE!

    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

  • US Championship round 8 matchup

    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    The US Championship is getting to the critical stage. A mistake can be costly as there are very few rounds left after today. Kamsky and Nakamura are leading the field by a full point. But can they maintain this lead?US Championship round 8 pairings1GM Seirawan, Yasser2.52643- GM Onischuk, Alexander4.026602GM Kaidanov, Gregory S3.02594- GM Robson, Ray3.026143GM Akobian, Varuzhan3.52625- GM Ramirez, Alejandro2.525934GM Shulman, Yuri4.02571- GM Hess, Robert L2.526355GM Stripunsky, Alexander3.02562- GM Nakamura, Hikaru5.027756GM Lenderman, Aleksandr4.02587- GM Kamsky, Gata5.02741Chess daily news…

  • Caruana wins Sigeman with 2850+ performance

    16 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    Finals standings by the order of performance1.Caruana, FabianogITA27705½2.Leko, PetergHUN272353.Giri, AnishgNED269344.Grandelius, NilsgSWE255645.Li, ChaogCHN270336.Tikkanen, HansgSWE25662½7.Hector, JonnygSWE256028.Berg, EmanuelgSWE25872Official website: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

  • Zatonskih, Krush - Nakamura, Kamsky lead US Championships

    16 May 2012 | 9:03 am
    Zatonskih, Kamsky Draw Even with Leaders in U.S. ChampsArticle by FM Mike KleinDramatic finishes punctuated an unpredictable day at the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship. When the final pawn was captured, a 101-move game ended in king versus king. In both events a pair of trailing players caught up to the leaders.IM Anna Zatonskih got the better of WIM Iryna Zenyuk in a bishop-and-pawn endgame. With weaknesses on both sides of the board, Zatonskih had no trouble infiltrating and clearing a path for her pawns.Entering the day behind by one-half point, the win nearly gave…

  • 4:1 odds? I'd put my money on Gelfand in a split second

    16 May 2012 | 8:58 am
    Against all odds Israeli Boris Gelfand still holding his own against favored champ.By Eli Shvidler | May.16, 2012 | 6:13 AM "Four to one odds? I'd put my money on Gelfand in a split second," said British chess grandmaster and coach Nigel Short of Israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand. And Short, himself a former competitor for the world title against the legendary Garry Kasparov, is not alone. While the bookies favor incumbent world champion Viswanathan Anand of India, Short's opinion seems to be the prevailing one in the press room of the World Chess Championship in Moscow. With a third of the…
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  • Sigeman & Co tournament LIVE

    15 May 2012 | 10:18 am
    Sigeman & Co chess tournament will be live daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis. <!-- ChessBomb code start --> var cbeOptions = { layout: "3", room: "2012-sigeman", game: "", annotations: true }; Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom <!-- ChessBomb code end -->

  • Gelfand – Anand Game 2 LIVE!

    12 May 2012 | 6:44 am
    Live commentary and computer analysis of game 2 of Anand – Gelfand match. Starting at 13:00 CET. <!-- ChessBomb code start --> var cbeOptions = { layout: "3", room: "2012-wcc", game: "", annotations: true }; Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom <!-- ChessBomb code end -->

  • World Chess Tactics Battle at Chessity

    12 May 2012 | 6:42 am
    Chessity.com is a brand new chess portal offering a wide range of services for chess players that want to improve their game skills - Chessdom informs. With a simple interface and great program behind, Chessity is a hassle-free training environment. You will never need to download, install or update the software in order to enjoy the exercises and training courses. Chessity is a great

  • FIDE World Chess Championship Match - Opening Ceremony

    10 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
    The opening ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand took place earlier today at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Photo gallery Vishy Anand will have white pieces in the first game that will be played on Friday.

  • Asian Continental Championships - Round Six

    10 May 2012 | 4:03 pm
    In the 6th round of the Asian Continental Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, GM Parimarjan Negi of India defeated the earlier leader GM Yu Yangyi and overtook him on the scoreboard. Negi is clear first with five points, there follows a group of eight players on 4.5 points each. In the Women's Championship Sukandar Irine Kharisma (Indonesia) produced yet another wonderful victory, this time
 
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    The Wholesale Chess Blog

  • Chess is Child’s Play: An Interview with Author Laura Sherman

    Customer Service - Wholesale Chess
    4 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Last week we took a minute and had some questions answered by Laura Sherman. Laura is the author for the popular chess book, Chess is Child’s Play. You can purchase a copy of this book by CLICKING HERE. WSC: What is your chess background? Sherman: My father taught me to play chess when I was [...]

  • Choosing a Mousepad Board Color

    Customer Service - Wholesale Chess
    24 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
    Choosing the right color of mousepad board or any other chess board for that matter seems a little tricky. We have just finished up a video that we think will help make that decision a little easier. You can find our Mousepad Chess Boards Here.

  • Straight Up Chess

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    20 Apr 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Wholesale Chess has an entirely brand new section of chess set! We now feature a line of chess sets called Straight Up Chess Sets. These awesome chess sets are wall-mounted sets that made to look like picture frames. You can browse our entire selection BY CLICKING HERE. You can also watch this great product video [...]

  • Chess for Life—a Whole New Meaning!

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    18 Apr 2012 | 10:46 am
    Dean Ippolito, one of the foremost and well known chess players and coaches in the United States, is heading up a fundraiser for a young friend with a rare and fatal disease. Dean is known as “the Dean of Chess.” At the age of 11, he was featured in Sports Illustrated and Boys Life after [...]

  • Becoming a Chess Coach

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    6 Feb 2012 | 3:44 pm
    One Novice Chess-Player’s Quest to Become an Instructor at the Game of Chess Studying chess each and every day for the past two years is quite an accomplishment. During this time, I’ve used my primary source for competition and learning materials to be chess.com. I’ve grown very fond of working with beginners and developing their [...]
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  • The Hunting of the Snark

    10 May 2012 | 11:54 pm
    He served out some grog with a liberal hand,  And bade them sit down on the beach: And they could not but own that their Captain looked grand,  As he stood and delivered his speech.   “Friends, Romans, and countrymen, lend me your ears!”  (They were all of them fond of quotations:

  • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Pawns

    4 May 2012 | 11:46 pm
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  • Study Hacks, Piano Player Confessions

    1 May 2012 | 11:42 pm
    I ran across a terrific site called Study Hacks. While much of the material may be oriented toward students trying to ace their tests, there is a great deal of valuable and interesting stuff that might be applied to chess improvement. As the author says: Recently, as I’ve moved beyond my student years, I’ve turned more of my attention toward decoding patterns of success in the working world. I’

  • Da Da Da

    19 Apr 2012 | 11:56 pm
    In honor of the 30th anniversary...if you don't remember this, well, here it is: A translation of the chorus for the less German-proficient reader: Ich liebe dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht "I do not love you, you do not love me," or something like that.  Note the utter simplicity of the arrangement, the clever internal rhyme...there is more here than the surface. Or perhaps less. Life

  • A Mantra for Chess Improvers

    13 Apr 2012 | 1:42 am
    I get feeds from a lot of sites, but rarely has something hit the inbox that struck me like this. From this long and interesting post, a small nugget of pure gold for people striving to improve at chess: [The girl asked] "How do I let go of this harsh false self, this ego, this part of me that keeps beating myself up and comparing myself to others, yet still keep striving to improve myself?
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  • A few answers to Bright Knight

    26 Apr 2012 | 7:17 pm
    BK said: It is not at all clear that it is easier to improve by a fixed percentage on harder problems than it is on easier ones. Back in the days of the Bain Experiment, I found that reducing my solution times by a fixed percentage for my first pass through the first batch of problems gave a good fit to my solution times on the first passes through the later batches of problems. That appears to be roughly right for Woolum too.I advocate to train every specific task that you have to perform in a specialized way. Optimized for that specific task. Preventing diminishing returns.The first thing…

  • Chasing the King

    25 Apr 2012 | 12:58 pm
    ....In order to enhance the speed of solving tactical problems as much as possible, I work with high rated (2300 - 2400 std rating) problems. These often take me half an hour to an hour to solve. If I can speed that up to under 3 minutes, I'm 10-20 x faster. With easy problems it is much more difficult to speed up the same percentage. 3 minutes is the average time you have per move in a long OTB game. Another advantage is that when you need an hour to solve a problem, you can use a stopwatch and a logbook to write down what it is what you are actually doing and what exact costs so much…

  • Tactics flow from a positionally superior game

    22 Apr 2012 | 1:50 pm
    In my quest to define an intelligent search algorithm for positional chess I had to swallow another disappointment.I bought the book Chess Blueprints: Planning in the Middlegame of Nikolay Yakovlev.I intended to make flashcards of the 188 blueprints he provided. Until I discovered that the author didn't computercheck his book. What's the use of learning the blueprint of a positionally won game when in reality you are loosing the exchange in that particular position. I didn't expect that anno 2010 (the date of publishing).So once again I will have to think for myself. Let's see if we can find…

  • New ATH FIDE estimated

    20 Apr 2012 | 2:53 am
    .......Since my new approach to study tactics my FIDE estimated ATH increased from 1798 to 1844.The graph above gives you a clue how to interpret these figures.46 points in one week, not too shabby!My new approach doesn't cover long king chases very well.  I'm very bad at it either. Maybe I must find an apart search algorithm for that.

  • Applying the method to positional chess

    15 Apr 2012 | 6:24 pm
    Cure tactical flaw. In the previous post I found a major flaw in my approach to tactics and I belief I have found the way to cure it at the same time. The flaw is that I act as a headless chicken when investigating a tactic. The cure is to look in a systematic way. I expect that it will take a few months to cure.Preventing radio silence.Since I don't want to have a radio silence during these months, I will think out loud about the ensuing step. Can we deploy this method to positional chess too? I see no reason why not.Today I read all my posts I have written sofar about positional play (quite…
 
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    Jim West On Chess

  • Pix from Cherry Hill Spring Open

    16 May 2012 | 7:39 am
    These photos were taken by me on Sunday, during the Cherry Hill Spring Open tournament.

  • Memorial Weekend Camp at "Chess Mates"

    15 May 2012 | 8:55 am
    On Memorial Day weekend, Chess Mates will be running a camp from May 26th to May 28th.

  • Cherry Hill Spring Open

    14 May 2012 | 8:02 am
    On Sunday, I won this game in the Cherry Hill Spring Open at the Wyndham Hotel.Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Sicilian Counter AttackJim West (USCF 2207) - George Leonard (USCF 1840), Mount Laurel NJ 5/13/20121.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ndb5 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.e5 Ne8 9.Bd3 a6 10.Nd6 Bxd6 11.exd6 f5 12.h4 Nxd6 13.Qh5 Nf7 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.O-O-O g6 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Be3 Qc718.h5 g5 19.h6 Nce5 20.Qh5 f4 21.Bd4 Nxd3+ 22.Rxd3 e5 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Bc3 Qe6 25.Nc7 Qf5 26.Nxa8 e4 27.Rd4 e3 28.fxe3 fxe3 29.Nb6 Ne5 30.Nd5 Qf2 31.Qxg5+ Ng6 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Rf4+, Black resigns.

  • Rahway Quad 5/12/2012

    13 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    Yesterday I drew this game at Chess Mates.Round One: Modern DefenseJim West (USCF 2207) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2104), Rahway NJ 5/12/20121.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 b6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Bd3 e6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.O-O Nd7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rae1 a6 11.a4 c5 12.h3 Nf613.dxc5 dxc5 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bc4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qc7 18.Rd1 Rad8, draw.

  • Chess Article in "The Atlantic"

    12 May 2012 | 5:21 am
    Santiago Wills writes "How America Forgot About Chess" in The Atlantic.
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  • Gelfand – Anand Game 4: Towers of Babylon

    admin
    15 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here is Grandmaster Sergey Shipov’s analysis of the fourth game of the World Championship match, between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand. The original Russian text can be found, as always, at www.crestbook.com. (This translation will be posted there as well.) Without further ado, I’ll turn the podium over to Shipov. Good day to you, whatever the time of day, dear fans and connoisseurs of chess! Let’s look together at the fourth game of the world championship match, which is taking place in Moscow. Yesterday’s battle left an…

  • Translation Coming Soon

    admin
    15 May 2012 | 9:49 am
    Just a quick news flash: The fourth game Gelfand-Anand was drawn. I will post my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s analysis here within an hour. Stay tuned!   Share This

  • World Championship Translations Will Return

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 1:56 pm
    The World Championship match between champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand began today, with a rather short (24-move) draw. Gelfand appeared to have slightly the upper hand, but as GM Sergei Shipov said, “he considered a draw from a position of strength to be a good outcome. That’s his right.” For people who enjoyed following Shipov’s commentaries to the 2010 World Championship match between Anand and Topalov, I’m glad to announce that I will again be translating some of his commentaries here. I have agreed with Colin McGourty, who runs the site…

  • The Game in the Photo

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    If any of you were wondering about the chess position in the photograph in my last post, here is the game. It removes some of the mystery about when and why the photograph was taken. The game was played in the Monterey Chess Center monthly tournament on February 24, 2002. I remember it well because Ted Yudacufski awarded me a brilliancy prize for it (which I think was $10). I don’t think he awarded one every month, only when there was a game that he especially liked. Although the picture could have been taken that day, I think that it was more likely taken the next time I played in…

  • Gone but not forgotten

    admin
    7 May 2012 | 2:20 pm
    I’d like to start a new chess week (and month) out with a little photo quiz. Where Am I? I discovered this old photo on my computer when I was updating my website. Old-timers on the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay chess scene should be able to figure out where the picture was taken. Any guesses before I reveal the answer? (Space provided for people who want to think about it.) While you’re thinking, let me apologize to anybody who came to visit this blog over the weekend and got a message saying “Internal Server Error.” I contacted my Internet service provider this morning and…
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  • Dark Age Glass Manufactory (?) at Glastonbury

    15 May 2012 | 10:02 pm
    The science and art of glassmaking is ancient.  I'm sure no expert!  As I know of it, there were two main types of glassmaking.  The oldest was the coiled form of glass that was developed in the Middle East about 3500 BCE - maybe in Mesopotamia(?).  There was a major breakthrough in the entire type of glass that glass-blowing allowed to be created when the technique was invented, around 50 BCE.

  • Anthropologists Discover Oldest Form of Wall Art

    15 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Well - we'll see.  At the rate things are changing these days, this "oldest" may not survive a year.  About time things speeded up!  Technology is changing rapidly and with it, so are the intepretations of what we're discovering (and what has already been discovered) by the experts. Let's play a little game, darlings:  What is this? Basically, I want to know why they say this is Aurignacian

  • 2012 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

    15 May 2012 | 7:58 pm
    Results R6: TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult 1WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev2.52329WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca3.023641-0 2FM Melekhina, Alisa2.52242WGM Baginskaite, Camilla0.523581-0 3WIM Ni, Viktorija2.02228WFM Kats, Alena1.021371-0 4WIM Zenyuk, Iryna3.02224IM Zatonskih, Anna3.525100-1 5IM Krush, Irina4.02457IM Goletiani, Rusudan3.02333½-½ Standings after R6 (cross-table):

  • How To Teach Chess to Anyone!

    15 May 2012 | 7:24 pm
    Parents and their kids can learn together - easy peasy!  I will never forget the kindness Laura and Dan Sherman showed to me when I was needing some coaching in preparation for my charitable chess match with Shira Evans a few years ago.  Shira still won all of our games, but I was able to put up a fight thanks to Dan's coaching (he spent over an hour with me on the telephone and also reviewed

  • Thracian Horseman Statute Donated by ...

    14 May 2012 | 8:10 pm
    ...a local "businessman" who just happened to discover it in "pieces" in a "house he inherited."  Hmmmm, what is that scent I smell?  Could that possibily be bullshit? Article is at Novinite - don't try to copy it!  I took a "snip" of the main body of the text but there are a few more paragraphs that are not included in the snip since I cannot scroll down when doing a "snip" to capture material.
 
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  • Day & Night & that Corner Park

    Sean Laury
    9 May 2012 | 11:22 pm
    Cartagena, Colombia… I struggled to like this place at first; I won’t lie to you. From a seasick horror story to bad first impressions, things were not looking up. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations of the entire country. The old city of Cartagena, which is surrounded by high fort walls, is an absolutely gorgeous place with popular colonial architecture that is ideal for picture-taking. It is a fight, though, so I warn you– it’s not the most fun place to walk around during the day. I much preferred the night. Tourist crap line the streets during the…

  • The Thirst

    joshuabartel
    9 May 2012 | 6:11 pm
    by Joshua Bartel Bartel V Pinkston, Chicago, 2012 “I must confess I have never been known as normal.  I’ve always been thought strange.  Especially when it comes to being formal.” Alexander Pinkston plays chess against all comers along a busy stretch of sidewalk facing Michigan Avenue.  He has a makeshift cardboard chess board, the squares a grid of lines drawn without benefit of a ruler, the black squares colored in by hand, the black king a bottle cap, and one white pawn a lapel pin. He plays a quick aggressive game.  He opens with the Sicilian Defense – a tactical,…

  • 09 May: Playing hall inspection

    Chessurfer
    9 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    As promised, I will show you some of the pictures of the inspection of the playing hall on 08 May. In a previous blog entry, you could see that the work in the State Tretyakov Gallery is in progress and I am not sure if the workers had a day off, because of Victory Day and the Moscow Victory Day Parade on 9 May. The weather was not very nice today, so I chose to take a picture of the final rehearsal of last Sunday. It looks a bit as if WW3 is about to start. Weird. The hotel informed us that the windows had to be closed and I had two scary looking security officers in my room who checked…

  • World Chess Championship 2012 Begins!

    Mitostargazer
    9 May 2012 | 12:53 pm
    Aaah! Finally the moment has arrived. It’s finally here, World Chess Championship 2012! The bi

  • Saludable Carretera

    sinpolaris
    9 May 2012 | 12:26 pm
    Various Dates – 2011, 2012 In a previous posting, I mentioned that the neighborhood where I live has a weekly event where the officials close down a major thoroughfare to auto traffic so that the citizens may enjoy walking, biking, and rolling without cars. Called “Saludable Carretera” (or “healthy road” in English), the eastbound side of Av. Raul Ferrero becomes a haven for all sorts of healthy activities. What follows are photographs I have taken over the 280+ days we have been in Peru and enjoying our Sunday strolls. Liquid refreshment for free Vendors, never missing an…
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  • The Legend of George Koltanowski

    Nathan
    10 May 2012 | 9:51 pm
    As we stand on the eve of the latest installment in the Boylston's monthly Legends of Chess tournament series, it is only natural that our curiosities be piqued by the question: 'who was George Koltanowski?' Perhaps best known for twice breaking the record for largest blindfold simul, Koltanowski (1903-2000) worked relentlessly as a chess promoter and author. He is perhaps the most famous TD of all time, directing the U.S. Open every year from 1947 through the late '70's, introducing the Swiss system to that event for the first time in its history in the first of those years. He became…

  • 9 May 2012 | 2:16 pm

    Robert Oresick
    9 May 2012 | 2:16 pm
     Grandmaster takes on all comers in chess at South Station    GM Larry Christiansen won all 25 games he played simultaneously.   read  Colin A. Young's article in the Globe from May 8   at:  http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/08/grandmaster-take-all-comers-chess-this-afternoon-south-station/tTRIxhOZpSNqFqr5m4JhGM/story.html  

  • 9 May 2012 | 2:07 pm

    Robert Oresick
    9 May 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Taking on a Grandmaster    from the Boston Globe, May 9. ChessgrandmasterLarry Christiansen standing inside the tables, played 25 simultaneous games of chess in South Station In Boston on Tuesday aftemoon.  Bill MacLellan of the Boylston Chess Club said Christiansen, currently ranked 15th in the United States, will be taking on opponents at South Station about once a month. The United States Chess Federation calls Cbristiansen "an American master of attack." Below, Carlheb Cemesca Io.of Everett, a studentat Prospect Hill Academy, reacted to a move.

  • Find the Losing Move

    Nathan
    9 May 2012 | 11:54 am
     White to move Can you guess what White played in this position?   Amazingly, in the first round of the U.S. Championship 2012 yesterday, Stripunsky played 11. d3?? and resigned, giving Onischuk the full point. So....don't beat yourself up over whatever blunder you may have made in the Quads last weekend.  It could have been worse. -Natasha Christiansen

  • I Am Number Three

    Ken Ho
    5 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Two Have Resigned. I Am Number Three.Patheticus Score By popular demand (okay, Frank Frazier suggested I post this game), I present the following travesty of chess. This would perhaps most appropriately have been posted right after I lost the following game. However, I decided I would delay posting it until after Greg had played all his games as White in this tournament in order to give him maximum "freedom of expression". Greg Bodwin - Ken Ho Four Knights, Halloween Gambit 2 April 2012 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nxe5 Had I known before the game that Greg had already used this surprising…
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  • PJM's Favourite Moves I

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Ego is a necessary element of a sporting contest. Even if there is the strongest respect between competitors, it is not possible for both sides to emerge totally satisfied. Therefore, I hope you will forgive me for starting my own favourite moves series with one of my own, which drew admiration from my opponent's teammates and gave me great satisfaction.Macgregor - Makepeace, Glorney Cup, Dublin, 2007 17... Bf3!?As is evident in the game, the bishop cannot be taken. Black should only have a small edge after the accurate 18. Qd2. I'll explain on Friday just why this move, which wasn't…

  • By the time that we got to Moscow we were half a billion strong

    14 May 2012 | 1:25 am
    Five hundred million? Really?

  • Chess in Art Postscript: It's The Thought That Counts

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Some time back in these Chess in Art posts we encountered artists who made chess-artworks from the moves of master games. There was the incised circuitry of German Ugo Dossi – chess-art by spirograph? – and the vegetative tracery of Frenchman Dominique Digeon – chess-art by secateurs, perhaps. Now we have a third example: home-grown Tom Hackney, who came to our blog’s attention via this article by Jennifer Shahade. Here is an example of his work: Chess Painting No. 2(Duchamp vs. Crépeaux, Nice, 1925)Intrigued, a few weeks ago I made contact with Tom and he very kindly agreed to…

  • What it isn't all about

    11 May 2012 | 1:55 am
    As both United and City have shown a tendency to choke this season, we're no longer obliged to feign awe at the complex mind games crackling away in their respective dug-outs. At last, it has dawned on some breathless sections of the media that Ferguson versus Mancini isn't Frost-Nixon or Fischer-Karpov.James Milton, Racing Post, Sunday May 6.Boris Spassky[Thanks to Richard][Image via bobby-fischer.net]

  • My favourite moves XIV

    9 May 2012 | 1:55 am
    Gelfand-Anand Linares, 1993 9..Nb4!!Seeing as the World Championship is almost upon us, it's a good moment to recall this lovely move, knight sacrificing knight, from nearly twenty years ago. I'm sure I saw it first in CHESS, since we were still then in a world, one which may be incomprehensible to younger readers, where games from the leading tournaments were not live online. Or indeed online at all.It's been a while since the Queen's Gambit Accepted was in fashion, but it was back then. In the previous year's Candidates' match Short had tried it twice against Karpov, drawing both game three…
 
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  • First Visit to the Dayton Chess Club

    DCC Chess Queen
    12 May 2012 | 5:52 pm
    We were so pleased to see a nice write up written to chess.com. There have been many articles written on the benefits of chess – and our one faithful Dayton Chess Club member is one shining testimony….   A game that changed my life  

  • Open House at the Dayton Chess Club….5 May 2012

    DCC Chess Queen
    5 May 2012 | 2:28 pm
    Thanks to all who came to our Open House.  We try to have two of these events a year …. no charge for a day’s membership…and today we offered a lecture, a simultaneous (10 players against one) and a blitz tournament.    Too darn quiet for a blitz!!!! Again   – thanks to all who spent a portion of their Saturday with us……

  • Better Late Than Never…National Chess Day at Dayton Chess Club

    DCC Chess Queen
    12 Apr 2012 | 8:03 am
    On the 8th of October, 2011, Dayton Chess Club (DCC)  hosted National Chess Day – thanks to Ms Kay Stanley, DCC member & founder of “Scholastic Knights” (every Thursday evening at DCC, 6:30pm-9:30pm). It was a successful Saturday…..as photo reveals….. Thanks, Ms Kay – you’re a blessing to Scholastic Knights program – and to the Dayton Chess Club! Some of the crew that showed up for the National Chess day

  • Cinci-Dayton Match – April 2012

    DCC Chess Queen
    11 Apr 2012 | 6:14 pm
    Dayton wins for the 2nd time in a row! Cross table: CROSS TABLES CINCI-DAYTON MATCH APR 2012   Pictures will be downloaded soon…….   Thanks, Cincinnati Chess Club!  

  • A Look at 2012 MOTCF

    DCC Chess Queen
    6 Apr 2012 | 8:27 pm
    Finally – corrected cross table! 2012 MOTCF Cross Tables You might recognize a few of the players…..       Wish I was playing.....           1st Place Winners & TD   2nd Place Winners - and TD (center) MOTCF U2000 Winners & TD
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  • 20-year Jubilee of Sigeman Chess Tournament

    8 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
      The 20-year Jubilee of the annual Sigeman Chess Tournament. The tournament will take place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo. This year's tournament is being played over 7 rounds with all players playing each other and the starting field is the strongest ever. Among the players are two young top players, 19-year-old Italian-American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and the tournament winner of 2010, 17-year-old Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri. The two youngsters face former world championship challenger Peter Leko from Hungary, plus one of China's best chess players, 22-year-old…

  • Capablanca Memorial 2012

    2 May 2012 | 11:00 am
      Capablanca Memorial Elite group takes place Habana, Cuba, 3 May - 14 May 2012, Official site Live live   Elite group: 1 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UCR 2764 2 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2730 3 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 2718 4 GM Victor Laznicka CZE 2702 5 GM Vladimir Potkin RUS 2669 6 GM Yuniesky Quesada CUB 2625 Premier group: 1 GM Luzaro Bruzon CUB 2694 2 GM Alexander Rakhmanov RUS 2602 3 GM Ivan Morovic CHI 2577 4 GM Holden Hernundez CUB 2565 5 GM Isan Ortiz CUB 2561 6 GM Emilio Cordova PER 2560 7 GM Yuri Gonzulez CUB 2545 8 GM Aramis Alvarez CUB 2544 9 GM Vasily Papin RUS…

  • Top Chinese GM Players Live Rating (53)

    1 May 2012 | 8:55 am
    Top Chinese GM Players Live Rating  by Sina Chess News Blog 2012/05/15 (53)                                        LIVE    FIDE Rank Name of player   棋手  Title FED  Rating   May   Change  Games  B-Year 01  Wang Hao         王  皓  GM   CHN  2730.2 …

  • Negi and Sukandar won Asian Continental Chess Championships

    1 May 2012 | 7:26 am
      the 11th Asian Continental/Individual Open and Women's Chess Championships scheduled 4th to 14th May 2012 at The First Hotel, in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.   The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 or 11 rounds depending on the number of players. If the players are 64 or less it will be organized in 9 rounds and if more than 64 players it will be in 11 Rounds. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Draw offer is not allowed…

  • Fide Top 100 Chinese and Women players May 2012 Rating List

    30 Apr 2012 | 8:45 am
      China (Active players) Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Wang, Hao g CHN 2738 6 1989 2 Li, Chao b g CHN 2703 0 1989 3 Wang, Yue g CHN 2690 11 1987 4 Ding, Liren g CHN 2679 18 1992 5 Ni, Hua g CHN 2673 29 1983 6 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2656 11 1985 7 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2626 18 1994 8 Zhou, Weiqi g CHN 2624 16 1986 9 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2623 29 1994 10 Zhou, Jianchao g CHN 2609 18 1988 11 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2591 0 1980 12 Zhao, Jun g CHN 2577 18 1986 13 Li, Shilong g CHN 2553 20 1977 14 Wen, Yang g CHN 2550 7 1988 15 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2549 9 1985 16 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2529 20 1991 17 Lu, Shanglei…
 
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