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  • Wijk aan Zee Rd11: Carlsen plays like Tal to beat Topalov

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    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  • Tata R11: Aronian loses to Navara, still leads by half a point

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    Peter Doggers
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm
    Tail-ender David Navara surprised everyone today by beating tournament leader Levon Aronian with the black pieces in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. In a very exciting game not without mistakes, Magnus Carlsen defeated Veselin Topalov to keep his chances for tournament victory alive. With two rounds to go at the 74th Tata Steel tournament the Norwegian shares second place with Teimour Radjabov, who won against his compatriot Vugar Gashimov. Event Tata Steel Chess Tournament | PGN Group A, Group B, Group C via TWIC Dates January 13th-29th, 2012 Location Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands System 3…

  • Vishy Anand – Jon Ludvig Hammer

    Chess Strategy
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    The Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament with Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer was played on 28-30th August, 2010, in Kristiansund, Norway. Carlsen took the trophy after beating World Champion Anand in the final. The game of our interest was played in the first round between Anand and Hammer. Anand is famous for his fantastic endgame technique in the positions where he has Bishop(s) and space advantage. After a long struggle from the Italian opening, the players have reached the diagrammed position. Anand continues to remove the barriers by trading Black…

  • Never happened before

    The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:55 am
    Very strong player in their time. History of disputes with the national chess federation. Undoubted ability in the popularisation of chess. Widely distrusted by well-informed people in the chess community. Despite that, has a lot of fans, particularly on social media. Also has some iffy associates. Not everything that appears under their name is necessarily written by them. Not everything they say is necessarily to be believed. Much prefers to blog rather than write books.I don't read a lot of Susan Polgar's blog - who did you think I was talking about? - and I'm not usually tempted to. Its…

  • Kamsky, Nakamura Face Off Friday in Tata Steel

    United States Chess Federation
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    The two highest rated US players, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky, face off on Friday, January 27,2012 at Tata Steel chess. Update: The game was a draw.
 
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  • Letter from the President and Founder of Peace and Sport

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:25 am
    Letter from Joel Bouzou, President and Founder of "Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport”.We remind you that Peace and Sport and FIDE had a joint project in Palestine "Chess for Leadership and Creativity", a programme dedicated to young Arab women.

  • New FIDE web sites - Resources for federations, lots for kids

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    Federations, do you want more resources? Parents, do you want your children to play chess?Children, do you want a rating? Do you want to be on the same ladder as World Champion Anand? Student Member web site - NEW - in 9 languages  At sm.fide.com register children for educational material and monthly newsletter - FREEPremium Student Member web site - NEW - in 9 languages At psm.fide.com upgrade to Premium for just 10 euros - kids get RATING and much morePlease take a closer look (especially federation officials) at the CiS Manifesto and Roadmap to find answers to your…

  • Congratulations to Mintimer Shaimiev on his 75th Anniversary

    20 Jan 2012 | 4:29 am
    Mr. M. Shaimiev 1st President of the Republic of Tatarstan State Advisor of the Republic of Tatarstan Senior Advisor to the FIDE President Dear Mintimer Sharipovich! It is my pleasure to congratulate you on your 75th anniversary on behalf of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the people of the Republic of Kalmykia! This date has found you in the center of public and political life of the country. In your capacity as State Advisor of the Republic of Tatarstan, you do your utmost to increase well-being of your countrymen, to secure civil peace and international and interconfessional…

  • ACP and FIDE agreed on close cooperation

    20 Jan 2012 | 2:54 am
    On Thursday January 19th, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the newly elected ACP President GM Emil Sutovsky. The meeting took place after preliminary talks between GM E. Sutovsky, FIDE Deputy President Mr. G. Makropoulos and FIDE Vice President Mr. I. Gelfer (all members of the FIDE Commission for the Olympiads and World Championships), in which several issues concerning the relationships between FIDE and the ACP were discussed. Mr. Ilyumzhinov and GM Sutovsky agreed on the following mutual declaration: Both parties are striving for a constant dialogue and cooperation regarding all…

  • Visit of FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong to Myanmar

    13 Jan 2012 | 3:50 am
    FIDE President visited Myanmar for the first time in July 2011 where he met senior officials from the Ministries of Education and Sports. From 10th to 12th January, FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong became the first foreign chess official to visit the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw where he continued from the ground work laid by the FIDE President. He first met the Deputy Minister for Sports and Vice President of the Myanmar Olympic Committee, Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu and Director General of the Ministry of Sports and Secretary General of the MOC Col Thaung Htike. They confirmed that Chess will…
 
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  • Aronian Grabs Early Lead at Wijk aan Zee

    15 Jan 2012 | 2:04 pm
    The Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee is underway. This is always one of the most popular events on the chess calendar, as it brings together a large field (14 players) for a tournament that lasts more than two weeks. And that's just the top, "A" section; the B and C sections of the tournament also often attract plenty of interest by inviting intriguing guests to participate, such as this year's inclusion of veteran chess giant Jan Timman....Read Full Post

  • The Best Players Who Weren't the Best

    15 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm
    I've recently added an article to the site on the topic of the best players never to win the World Chess Championship. This is always a subject of great debate, especially since these players span over 100 years of chess history and all share just one thing in common: they never quite reached the top of the chess world....Read Full Post

  • Rybka Controversy Rages On

    8 Jan 2012 | 3:02 pm
    Computer chess has been gaining a lot of added attention in the past few months, and not for positive reasons. Last summer, Rybka was stripped of its ICGA computer chess championships after allegations surfaced that significant portions of Rybka (in particular, early versions of the software) were plagiarized from another chess engine, Fruit....Read Full Post

  • New Ratings On the Way for 2012

    31 Dec 2011 | 4:37 pm
    Rapid chess has become a more and more important factor in the world of chess over the past decade, in large part due to efforts by FIDE and chess organizers to promote quicker and (supposedly) more viewer-friendly forms of chess. With that in mind, it was probably only a matter of time before FIDE introduced official ratings for rapid play. As it turns out, that time is now: beginning on January 1st, FIDE will start officially collecting rapid tournament data for a new ratings list that will reflect only the results of rapid games. In addition, FIDE will also begin preparations to publish a…

  • Even the Famous Play Chess

    31 Dec 2011 | 3:32 pm
    One of my favorite topics of debate in chess is the uncertainty over just how talented certain celebrity chess players might have been. Obviously, some players like artist Marcel Duchamp ...Read Full Post
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  • Alex Ding's Blog!

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:23 am
    Hi everyone! This is Alex Ding (obviously). I've decided today that every few days or so, I will add a new entry to this blog. I am starting this blog to achieve a couple of things. Firstly, I hope that by doing so, my writing skills will improve ...

  • Lasker x 6

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:07 am
    Emanuel Lasker was the second "official" World Chess Champion, reigning for a record 27 years after he defeated the first World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, in 1894. He was born in what was then Berlinchen in Preussia, now in Poland. After he lost...

  • Alexander x 4

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:20 am
    Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander was born 1909 in Cork, Republic of Ireland. Awarded the IM title in 1950 and the IMC title in 1970 he was British Champion in 1938 and 1956. During the Second World War he worked at Bletchley Park with Harry Golombek d...

  • GM Ghaem maghami, FAJR

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:19 am
    GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan            9.0 GM PANTSULAIA Levan                  8.5 IM NIGALIDZE Gaioz                     8.0 IM DARINI Pouria                          8.0

  • Different names of chess pieces

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:41 am
    To those who often play the endless quiz this might be of some help because some questions come with these options and hence i submitted this-   Piece names Language King Queen Rook Bishop Knight Pawn Chess Check ...
 
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  • Videos: Veselin Topalov and David Navara

    Peter Doggers
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:03 am
    Two videos in one report this time, produced by the Tata Steel tournament crew. To start, there's Veselin Topalov being interviewed by Ivan Sokolov during a sponsor's dinner. And, after beating Levon Aronian in the 11th round, David Navara showed his game in the press room. Enjoy! Veselin Topalov David Navara Tags: VideosVeselin TopalovIvan SokolovDavid NavaraTata SteelCategory: Reports

  • Tata R11: Aronian loses to Navara, still leads by half a point

    Peter Doggers
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm
    Tail-ender David Navara surprised everyone today by beating tournament leader Levon Aronian with the black pieces in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. In a very exciting game not without mistakes, Magnus Carlsen defeated Veselin Topalov to keep his chances for tournament victory alive. With two rounds to go at the 74th Tata Steel tournament the Norwegian shares second place with Teimour Radjabov, who won against his compatriot Vugar Gashimov. Event Tata Steel Chess Tournament | PGN Group A, Group B, Group C via TWIC Dates January 13th-29th, 2012 Location Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands System 3…

  • Meanwhile, 'Gibraltar' is under way and Judit Polgar will give a Masterclass

    Peter Doggers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:10 am
    Besides the Tata Steel tournament, another strong event has started a few days ago: the 2012 Tradewise Chess Festival. After three rounds only Nigel Short, Mickey Adams, Hou Yifan, Sabino Brunello and Ruben Felgaer still have a 100% score. Event Tradewise Chess Festival | PGN via TWIC Dates January 24th-February 2nd, 2012 Location Gibraltar, UK System Swiss, different groups Players Top players in the Masters include Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Zoltan Almasi, Le Quang Liem, Judit Polgar and Alexei Shirov Rate of play 100 minutes for 50 moves followed by 15 minutes…

  • ChessVibes & Smartchess! team up: enjoy CVO & CVT on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

    Peter Doggers
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:48 am
    We have some great news: from now on you can enjoy our magazines ChessVibes Openings and ChessVibes Training not only in PDF and PGN format, but also on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! This was made possible thanks to our cooperation with SmartChess!, the best app available for viewing chess games on an Apple iDevice. And that's not all: to celebrate our cooperation, the SmartChess! app is free for three days, between Friday, January 27th and Sunday, January 29th, 2012! Find it in the App Store here. SmartChess! SmartChess! puts a vast world of chess knowledge in the palm of your hand.

  • Video: Levon Aronian shows his win against Anish Giri

    Peter Doggers
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:59 pm
    After beating Anish Giri in the 10th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, tournament leader Levon Aronian showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew. Enjoy! Tags: videoTata SteelWijk aan ZeeLevon AronianCategory: Reports
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  • Gelfand – Aronian LIVE! – with GM Sedlak

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    28 Jan 2012 | 8:52 am
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  • Carlsen – Kamsky LIVE! – with GM Sedlak

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  • Tata Steel Round 11 Report

    Goran
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:41 pm
    The 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament was up for grabs again after an exciting eleventh round played havoc with the standings Friday. Tournament leader Levon Aronian, one point free of the pack at the outset of the round, went down with white against David Navara of the Czech Republic, with a tournament record of five draws and an equal number of losses last in the field of fourteen. Runner-up Vassili Ivanchuk, also playing white, long kept the balance in a quiet Catalan against World Title Challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel but then…
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  • Tata Steel group A LIVE!

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am
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    28 Jan 2012 | 6:29 am
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    28 Jan 2012 | 6:28 am
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  • A classic review

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:39 am
    White to move. This is a famous study by Troitsky in 1912. How should White proceed?8/4P2N/1k1K3r/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

  • Tata Steel round 12 matchups

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:27 am
    Round 12 - Saturday the 28thTopalov, V. - Giri, A.Navara, D. - Caruana, F.Gelfand, B. - Aronian, L.Radjabov, T. - Ivanchuk, V.Karjakin, S. - Gashimov, V.Nakamura, H. - Van Wely, L.Carlsen, M. - Kamsky, G.Group BMotylev, A. - Harikrishna, P.Reinderman, D. - Ernst, S.Bruzon, L. - Vocaturo, D.Lahno, K. - Nyzhnik, I.Harika, D. - Tiviakov, S.Cmilyte, V. - Potkin, V.L'Ami, E. - Timman, J.Group CHopman, P. - Grover, S.Sadler, M. - Tikkanen, H.Tania, S. - Ootes, L.Paehtz, E. - Haast, A.Brandenburg, D. - Schut, L.Adhiban, B. - Turov, M.Goudriaan, E. - Danielian, E.Official website:…
 
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  • Ivan Sokolov interviews Veselin Topalov

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 pm

  • David Navara presenting his victory against Levon Aronian

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 pm

  • Movsesian - Miezis commented by GM Markos (video)

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:42 pm
    ChessFriends continued the series of videos, actually commentaries of great games by famous Grandmasters. The commentary will always be provided by another great chess mind, GM Jan Markos, the highest-rated player in Slovakia. The first game is by Armenian’s Sergei Movsesian, who opposed Latvia’s Normunds Miezis.

  • Armenia set for the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul

    24 Jan 2012 | 11:37 pm
    Following the conclusion of the Armenian Chess Championships, the national federation has announced the lineups for the 2012 World Chess Olympiad, which will be held in August in Istanbul, Turkey. Men’s Team: Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran L. Petrosian. Coach – Arshak Petrosian. Women’s Team: Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Maria

  • 44th Liberty Bell Open

    23 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pm
    FM Victor Shen won the 44th Liberty Bell Open, which was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 13-16, 2012, in Philadelphia. Video by the US Chess Scoop bellow.
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    The Wholesale Chess Blog

  • NEW! Traditional Staunton Chess Sets

    Customer Service - Wholesale Chess
    12 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm
    We wanted to welcome the new year in with a bang, so we are introducing our new Traditional Staunton Chess Sets! These beautiful sets feature a standard Staunton-style piece and come in a variety of colors. The king height stands at just under 4″ on these babies and every piece is weighted. Along with the [...]

  • NEW! Tournament Staunton Chess Pieces

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    25 Oct 2011 | 5:19 pm
    We are happy to introduce our Tournament Staunton Chess Pieces, the newest addition to the Wholesale Chess family. These pieces are a beautiful, full-sized chess piece that are great for a variety of chess games! Here are some of the great features you’ll find with our new chess pieces: High-End Look at an affordable price! [...]

  • Fritz 13 Product Information

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    5 Oct 2011 | 10:28 am
    The Fritz series of chess software has always been one of the most popular chess playing pieces of software ever sold. Fritz is known as the most premier software for playing chess because of it’s easy-to-understand interface, it’s ability to play at any level and its ability to help players learn the art of playing [...]

  • Colored Chess Pieces

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    30 Aug 2011 | 11:00 am
    The standard colors for chess pieces are black and white. In fact, they are named black and white during play, so it makes sense that most chess pieces remain black and white. Often in wood sets, the actual colors may vary, based on the types of woods used to craft the pieces. You may see [...]

  • Giant Savings on Giant Chess Sets

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    23 Aug 2011 | 10:30 am
    The summer is winding down, but there is still time to get your own Giant Chess set and play a few more times outside! Wholesale Chess has a great selection of giant chess sets to keep you busy with giant chess. Our sets are some of the most durable giant sets available. 8″ Indoor / [...]
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  • Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian

    9 Jan 2012 | 1:15 pm
    The New Year has brought some good news for Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian who learned from the January 2012 FIDE rankings that he is currently the second best chessman in the world. The second rank on the top 100 player list released by international chess’s governing body every second month is a record-high position for the 29-year-old Armenian who had stayed in third place ever since breaking the 2800 rating barrier in November 2010 (to become the sixth player ever to have crossed the mark). With his current 2805 rating Aronian is 30 rating points behind the top-ranked player Magnus…

  • Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness

    27 Dec 2011 | 7:53 am
    Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady (Author), Ray Porter (Narrator) (118)Buy new: $23.07 $19.95 192 used & new from $19.95(Visit the Best Sellers in Arts & Entertainment list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Click Check Price and More Reviews

  • Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness

    27 Dec 2011 | 7:08 am
    Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady (Author), Ray Porter (Narrator) (118)Buy new: $23.07 $19.95 192 used & new from $19.95(Visit the Best Sellers in Arts & Entertainment list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Check Price and Read More Click Here

  • The House of Staunton The Reykjavik Series Plastic Chessmen

    17 Oct 2011 | 12:41 pm
    The House of Staunton The Reykjavik Series Plastic Chessmen One of the world’s finest plastic chessmen 34 pieces – includes 2 additional Queens. Triple Weighted. An exact reproduction of the chess set used in the legendary match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in the 1972 World Chess Champtionship Built to be both durable and attractive New from the House of Staunton. Available in Black and Ivory, Black and Natural, Red and Ivory, Red and Natural, or Red and Black. The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Reykjavik II Series Plastic Chess set. A full tournament-sized…

  • Best-Selling Author Frank Brady to Appear at Woodhaven Library

    11 Oct 2011 | 10:09 am
    Frank Brady at “Endgame” book signing and screening of “Bobby Fischer Against the World” at Museum of the Moving Image. Photo by Sarah Winshall/Museum of the Moving Image."Endgame" Discussion and Book Sale Will Benefit Library's Renovations FundQueens, NY Meet New York Times best-selling author Frank Brady, PhD., at a book sale and discussion about his new biography on the sensational -- yet disturbed -- chess player, the late Bobby Fischer.The Woodhaven Library $50K Committee and the Friends of Queens Library at Woodhaven will host Brady, author of Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s…
 
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  • Submit to the Chess Blogging Carnival: The Best Of!

    24 Jan 2012 | 11:52 pm
    UPDATE 01.24.12 - Only three more days to submit material for the "Best Of! Carnival! If you've got it, link it. The Chess Blogging Carnival flame was kept alive by the great Blue Devil Knight of Confessions of a Chess Novice, and now the torch is passed. See here for December's posts. For the New Regime, we will no longer be using the Carnival blogging software, because between BDK and myself,

  • Winter is Not For Wimps

    26 Dec 2011 | 12:21 am
    Just for fun, here is what the sun looks like from near my house on the Winter Solstice, in Alaska near 58 degrees North Latitude. Becaue of that mountain we get two "sundowns!" Since it's also cloudy much of the time, we have to do something to keep our spirits up. Thank goodness for chess!

  • January Chess Blogging Carnival - Best of!

    20 Dec 2011 | 12:26 am
    Blue Devil Knight is now in the process of passing the torch to me to run the Chess Blogging Carnival. I will soon post the information needed to submit material. The deadline will be January 15th, instead of the 1st. I plan on something a bit different for this Carnival. I invite everyone to submit what you think are your best posts EVAH, the best posts you've ever seen on other blogs, and

  • December Chess Blogging Carnival is UP!

    6 Dec 2011 | 12:34 am
    Blue Devil Knight has kept this going for some time, and now passes the torch to me...here is his last Carnival. I don't know how the heck I got four posts in there because I believed I submitted only three. Sorry to be a Space Hog! I have some ideas for the Carnival and will post about the future soon. I am considering doing a "Greatest Hits" Carnival, for one thing. In the meantime, THANK YOU

  • More Chess and Brain Stuff, Plus BLITZ HERESY!

    1 Dec 2011 | 12:19 am
    Regular reader(s) will have noticed that I'm interested in relating discoveries about the brain and consciousness to chess. For the latest, see Chess Stories in Our Heads and Brain Folds and Memory. An excerpt from a book by neuroscientist David Eagleman, Your Brain Knows a Lot More Than You Realize is also relevant to this interest of mine (if you're intrigued, the book is Incognito: The
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  • The downside of pattern recognition

    8 Jan 2012 | 9:59 am
    ....In the comments of the previous posts we discovered already one big downside of pattern recognition. Patterns fight for their life in our unconscious mind. Their very existence obeys the laws of Darwin. The fittest will survive. When we see a chess position the patterns shout to us "use me! use me!". Every time a pattern is retrieved it becomes stronger while every time it is not used it becomes weaker. Until their shouting fades away into oblivion.When we encounter a new position, the patterns with the loudest voice manage to make it into consciousness. While the more modest patterns are…

  • Tagging

    29 Dec 2011 | 2:50 pm
    Tagging = Adding Intelligence

  • Transfer

    27 Dec 2011 | 6:28 pm
    ....AoxomoxoA said it beautifully well:I did start at CT with standard tactics training = "focus on high rated problems. Just to minimize the effect of learning new patterns.". My standard rating did get up higher and higher... but my Fide estimate based on standard did go down and my Blitz rating did not change. The CT-Blitz-Rating is better correlated to the OTB-Elo then CT-Standard-Rating. My problem was: I was just getting slower and slower.This is exactly the problem we have to solve. We know how to solve complex puzzles in the studyroom when we are given enough time. But it doesn't…

  • Statistical relevance

    26 Dec 2011 | 6:24 am
    ....I don't know how exactly CT has extracted their tactical problemset from a database of real games. Hence I don't know if their problems represent the statistical occurence in real OTB games.But let us assume that it is true, for the sake of reasoning.Rating distribution of tactical problems...Why is this actually a bell curve? Wouldn't it be logical that the simplest combinations occur the most? This looks like it is the result of filtering by CT.There are only about 25 different tactical elements (pin, skewer, etc.) which combine to combinations. There are 25 x 25 = 625 combinations of 2…

  • Definition of "something new"

    24 Dec 2011 | 5:23 am
    ....You might have read over it in the comments of the previous post, so I will summarize it here.Munich had a period of 2-3 months in which he improved 200 points.In 2001 I had a period of 6 weeks in wich I gained 170 points.I always felt that this should be the standaard and not the exception when you train something. Oddly enough I couldn't replicate that trainingseffect allthough I tried it for 10 years.It seems logical to look after what the training of Munich and me have in common:We learned something that was new to us.We both were aware that we were improving.The automation of the…
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    Jim West On Chess

  • Zilbermintz Game @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:42 am
    At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier provides a link to the blitz game between FM Christian Stevens and Lev Zilbermintz.

  • Deadline for Chess Blogging Carnival

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:34 am
    Today is the deadline for submitting material to The Best of Chess Blogging Carnival.

  • Newark Gambit and Zilbermintz Gambit

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:17 am
    Here is a Newark Gambit miniature, at a time control of 5 minutes, by Lev Zilbermintz [pictured].Philidor Counter GambitFM Christian Stevens (Canada) - Lev Zilbermintz (USA), Internet Chess Club, 1/25/20121.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qf7+ Ne7 10.Qe6+ Ke8 11 Qf7+ Kd7, draw.On February 2nd, Evan Rabin and Lev Zilbermintz are scheduled to play a 10 game match featuring the Zilbermintz Gambit.

  • Frederic Fournier Analyzes Two PCG Draws

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:43 am
    At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier analyzes my drawn games as Black against Ed Kopiecki and Rachel Gologorsky.

  • IM Kopec Lectures Tonight at Marshall CC

    24 Jan 2012 | 8:18 am
    Please join us on Tuesday, January 24th, at 7pm for a lecture by international master Dr. Danny Kopec, entitled "New Tests, Sicilian Mastery, Millennium Champions, and More."IM Kopec has been one of the country's premier chess writers, educators, and players for several decades. His interactive lectures are instructive as well as entertaining. Dr. Kopec is a professor of computer and information science at Brooklyn College.This lecture is free for members; guests are welcome to attend for a $10 fee. Refreshments will be served.Marshall Chess Club23 West 10th StreetNew York, NY 10011Phone…
 
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    Confessions of a chess novice

  • January 27--Wahrheit Jumps into the Saddle

    11 Jan 2012 | 8:34 am
    Thanks to Wahrheit for taking the reigns of the chess improvement carnival.He has a great idea for the first one: post your best post ever. We should see some great stuff: I know I will be sifting through some of the old Knights Errant blogs to find a chestnut or two. Deadline for submission is January 27.

  • Happy Birthday, Carnival!

    6 Dec 2011 | 12:11 am
    That's a wrap!Welcome to the December 5, 2011 edition of chess improvement carnival. Some great stuff, and as a Christmas gift I was very inclusive in accepting stuff that was submitted.This is the last Carnival I am going to be involved with. I appreciate everyone taking the time to participate by submitting articles, hosting carnivals, etc..You have provided a lot of great content the past

  • Chess Improvement Carnival the 12th

    5 Dec 2011 | 11:11 am
    Will be up tonight...My apologies for the delays, this is a sign it is time for me to pass on the skeptre!

  • Tomorrow is deadline for December Carnival!

    30 Nov 2011 | 10:04 pm
    UpdateThe fearless Wahrheit has volunteered to continue on with the Chess Improvement Carnival next year! If you have suggestions for how we could improve it, please write it in the comments here, or let him know.One thing on my wish list is better carnival software. The site we use is awful, but the only thing I found. If anyone knows of any alternates, please tell.Last chance! See previous post

  • November Carnival is up!

    8 Nov 2011 | 8:03 am
    Intrepid Prodigal Pawn had to walk backwards through New England ice and snow, hand-coding the Carnival in machine language and sending it in via carrier pigeon. Also, I screwed up and didn't send him the submissions until late. So in general he has been through a lot, so go read his dang Carnival!Next month will be the final Chess Improvement Blog Carnival! Submit your stuff, anything from the
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  • Vishy Anand – Jon Ludvig Hammer

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    The Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament with Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer was played on 28-30th August, 2010, in Kristiansund, Norway. Carlsen took the trophy after beating World Champion Anand in the final. The game of our interest was played in the first round between Anand and Hammer. Anand is famous for his fantastic endgame technique in the positions where he has Bishop(s) and space advantage. After a long struggle from the Italian opening, the players have reached the diagrammed position. Anand continues to remove the barriers by trading Black…

  • Paco Vallejo – Magnus Carlsen Annotated

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov, for many years one of the world’s leading chess players, is commenting the games from Sao Paulo – Bilbao Grand Slam live on Chessdom.com, together with his colleagues from the “Chess Evolution” team. Author of six chess books, out of which “Winning Chess Middlegames” was one of the best selling chess books in the world of 2009, and the most recent “Ruy Lopez Revisited” was published about six months ago. Regular commentator since 2007 in Tata Steel Chess, Wijk aan Zee, Super Tournament. His insights on the 3rd round…

  • Botvinnik’s Piece Sacrifice

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:27 am
    There was a saying: “When Tal sacs, take and check. When Fischer sacs, take and resign. When Petrosian sacs, just resign”. What about Botvinnik? The famous strategist made many positional sacrifices, but usually with no escape for his opponents. We’ll take a look at Knight sacrifice for two pawns. Pawns alone are not enough of compensation for a piece. So player has to seek for positional elements in his favour, but elements which have “permanent” (long-term) character. Some of those positional elements are: supported outpost, strong pawn center, open file,…
 
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  • Negative two pawns are better than negative one

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:54 pm
    Today I’m going to show you a game that I played in Reno in October — a game that began with great promise but ended with multiple blunders by me. For that reason I had not planned to blog about it, but I changed my mind for three reasons. It illustrates that sacrificing two pawns can often give you a better game than sacrificing one. (Hence the title of this post.) It follows up on a post I wrote a while ago called Why Not Nuke the Caro? I want to test a PGN viewer called ChessFlash. Many readers in the past have asked if I can upload my games in PGN, or show the games in an…

  • New arrival in Mackenzie household

    admin
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:06 pm
    I know, this month I have gone off topic much more often than I should, with the posts about my award and my new book. But I have one more off-topic post that I have to make, which in fact I have been sitting on for three weeks. My wife and I have adopted a new kitty! His name is Max, and he was our Christmas present to ourselves. Here he is helping me to write a blog post. As many of you know, we used to have three calico cats, two of whom were sometimes heard on my ChessLecture videos. After they passed away, we started taking foster care of kittens for the local animal shelter, usually for…

  • Cool New Chess Website

    admin
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:56 pm
    In every issue of Chess Life you can see dozens of upcoming tournaments. And yet for about 98 percent of them, you never find out who won. Only the big national tournaments ever get covered in the magazine. I was reminded of this when Pablo Pena sent in a comment a couple days ago about winning the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Irvine, California last weekend. In a reasonable world, this would be really big news. How many times does someone with an expert rating finish in clear first place over a field with players like GM Melikset Khachiyan and IMs Alexander Kretchetov, Jack Peters and…

  • Dana Blogs His Book!

    admin
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:35 am
    Yesterday Kay got an automated phone call from Fed Ex saying that we should expect a package before 10:30 am today, which required a signature. We had no idea what it was. “Are you expecting a package?” she asked me. Precisely at 10:26 the doorbell rang, and I signed for the package. As soon as I saw that it was for me, and the label said that it came from China, I knew what it was. There aren’t too many days in your life when you receive a shipment of books, still with a fresh-off-the-presses smell, and with your own name on the cover! Okay, darn it, I need practice at…

  • Tells

    admin
    15 Jan 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Last night Mike Splane was showing me and Gjon Feinstein a game he played in the New Year Open, and we got to this position. White to move. Black, a young player named Richard Yi, has just played 18. … e5!, a move that Michael says that he completely overlooked. At first Mike thought it was just a desperate move and he was planning to take the pawn. But then, he said, he realized that “My opponent was too quiet.” Mike took a closer look at the position, and realized that his opponent was just waiting for 19. Qxe5?? so that he could pounce with 19. … Nd3+! So in the…
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  • 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:21 pm
    GM Hou Yifan is currently in first place after R4!  Hooray for the ladies!  Top female standings after R4: 1GMHou YifanCHN26053.52900.0 11GMDzagnidze NanaGEO25353.52654.0 14GMKoneru HumpyIND25893.02729.0 15GMPolgar JuditHUN27103.02727.0 33GMKosintseva NadezhdaRUS25373.02459.0 45IMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25802.52585.0 52IMMuzychuk MariyaUKR24832.52535.0 56GMZhu

  • 2012 Tata Steel

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:31 pm
    Where the ladies are after R11.  Group B ladies aren't doing very well, period.  Group C - two ladies (Elizabeth Paetz and Tania Sachdev) are at 50%.  The final round will be on Sunday, January 29th. Group B 1.Harikrishna, P.8 2.L'Ami, E. Motylev, A.7½ 4.Bruzon, L.6½ 5.Reinderman, D. Tiviakov, S.6 7.Nyzhnik, I.5½ 8.Ernst, S. Potkin, V. Timman, J.5 11.Lahno, K. Vocaturo, D.4 13.Cmilyte, V.

  • 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:18 pm
    Top female standings in the Masters Group after R3 (256 players): 3 GMHou YifanCHN26053.03311.0 8 GMPolgar JuditHUN27102.52789.0 14GMKoneru HumpyIND25892.52751.0 18IMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25802.52693.0 20IMZatonskih AnnaUSA25062.52625.0 25GMDzagnidze NanaGEO25352.52496.0 34GMCramling PiaSWE24912.02632.0 39IMKrush IrinaUSA24672.02604.0 50GMStefanova

  • Naughty, Naughty Cross!

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:19 pm
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  • 2012 Tata Steel

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:35 pm
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  • Life is but a game...

    denisebevard
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pm
    An Italian saying defines the end game in chess:”And once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.” While this adage is true in chess, it is not so true in life. I am and have been an avid wargamer since high school. In the days when wargames were played on paper boards with cardboard counters. When Dungeons and Dragons first came out and it was sold in a zip-lock baggie - with no miniatures. You bought those later as money allowed, but you could play without them. I have helped design and playtest both non-computer and computer wargames. Even some games that I…

  • That Cat Just Schooled You

    Cheezburger Network
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Your opening is fine. It’s you endgame strategy that needs work.

  • First win in the city championship

    coderyder
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am
    We have beautiful winter weather, almost too good to play or follow chess. The lake on the first picture is quite large, from one end to the other it’s more than 1.4km (0.9 miles). The other is smaller but closer to the place where I live and they don’t charge for skating. In round 2 of the city championship I faced a young woman rated 215 points below me so chances for a win were good. Somehow I thought to remember that her sister plays the Alapin variation (2. c3) against the Sicilian and as I haven’t played it in ages I better prepared for it. Of course it came completely…

  • One hundred minutes of solitude

    Efrain Tionko
    22 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    “Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.” – Alice Koller I had back to back losses in rounds six and seven, dragging down what was a very respectable score of 3/5 just three days ago to a forgettable 3/7. The most disappointing part is both losses were due to very bad, very basic blunders. I was in a worst position in my sixth round match against a much higher rated opponent, and I might have eventually lost…

  • A well-placed pawn...

    Jennifer Cook
    22 Jan 2012 | 1:04 pm
    “There are times…when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king.” –from the TV Show, Castle In a world, where pursuit of fame and fortune is commonplace, we overlook the power of the “ordinary”, the “common.”  In chess, a pawn is most often the first pieces to be taken by the opponent.  But, in chess and in life, there are times a well-placed pawn is more powerful. Powerful to take down arrogance. Powerful to break down walls to unbelievers. Powerful to lend the hand, to be Jesus’ hands in this world. Powerful to reach out to the…
 
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  • Brown University Open

    Robert Oresick
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:44 am
    30th Anniversary Event BROWN UNIVERSITY OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENTSATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2012Brown UniversityAlumnae Hall194-200 Meeting StreetProvidence, RI 02912This is the 30th Anniversary: A Historic Event of the last Brown Open held from 1974-1982 Entry FeeCollege Students ONLY $20, ($28 at site)Non- College Students $30, ($38 at site)Registration 10:00 - 10:55Round 1 starts at 11:00 AM3 Trophies to the Top College Teams in each section$1000 b/50 Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place College Teams ·Open $300-$150-$75 & 1st Place Player for Open, U1900, U1500 · U1900 $175-$85-$40 Trophies for Top…

  • The South Station New Year's Eve Simul!

    Doc_Kinne
    16 Jan 2012 | 10:36 pm
    New Year's Eve was special last year (which was, of course, only a couple of weeks ago). Twenty-four people had the privilege of ending out the year by being beaten by three-time United States Champion, and Boylston Chess Club member, Grandmaster Larry Christiansen.In a widely observed simultaneous exhibition held in the middle of Boston's South Station, Grandmaster Christiansen took on all comers in a series of battles that raged for almost two hours, all told. Larry estimates that he may have walked a little over a mile as he went round-and-round the inside of a large square set up just to…

  • Cross Cultural Diplomacy

    Doc_Kinne
    16 Jan 2012 | 12:43 pm
    This last weekend on Sunday saw the Boylston Chess Club host the MA Go Association 2012 Winter Handicap Tournament.Despite the coldest temperatures we've seen this season, the event was attended by 33 people from all over New England and PA. Both MA Go Assoc. President David Kahn and MGA Tournament Coordinator Eva Casey expressed their gratitude at being able to use our Tournament Hall for the event.Your Club Clerk got a respectable even score (2 out of 4 points) in what was his first such tournament in three years. What's more, the Boylston Chess Club was mentioned in the tournament report…

  • Jason Rihel ... Well Done!

    Robert Oresick
    14 Jan 2012 | 4:17 pm
    There have been great BCF Presidents in the past. Paul McIntyre who engineered the Great Exodus from Boston to Somerville comes to mind.But the greatest leader the BCF has ever had, in my opinion, is/was Jason Rihel.Not only did Jason organize his Argonauts to work out of the disaster of two floods during March 2010 that shut the club down for a month,he was incredibly pro active on many situations that never became issues. Jason had to navigate the club thru the cheating situation of 2011 as well. Also if you check the minutes of past year and a half you will find many unanimous votes, as…

  • Monday Night Swiss Happening This Month!

    Doc_Kinne
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:44 am
    This month we are holding a Monday night Swiss in addition to a Thursday Night Swiss!The January Monday Night Swiss started last Monday, the 8th, and frankly the turnout was somewhat less than stellar. I blamed this on the fact that a Monday Night Swiss is unusual. While some folks have been trying to convince me that we have them regularly, my research shows that while we have a good many tournament rounds on Mondays, I don't think we have that many Monday Night Swisses. So the tournament was not on people's regular radars.BUT! We are having one this month and we could use a few more good…
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  • The Other Talent of Bill Hook's Friend

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Last Saturday's "Other Talent" post looked at the paintings and photography of Bill Hook, who played chess with the best of them in the Olympiads for the British Virgin Islands – that’s after honing his chess skills on the American chess scene, in the clubs of New York (about which, see more in the Kevin Spraggett blog) and in state and national tournaments.One of his sparring partners was Larry Evans (1932-2010), not only a GM, but a sometime chess club proprietor and blackjack addict, and importantly for the purposes of this series of posts, a minor patron of the arts. That is to say,…

  • Never happened before

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:55 am
    Very strong player in their time. History of disputes with the national chess federation. Undoubted ability in the popularisation of chess. Widely distrusted by well-informed people in the chess community. Despite that, has a lot of fans, particularly on social media. Also has some iffy associates. Not everything that appears under their name is necessarily written by them. Not everything they say is necessarily to be believed. Much prefers to blog rather than write books.I don't read a lot of Susan Polgar's blog - who did you think I was talking about? - and I'm not usually tempted to. Its…

  • Pop Quiz, Hotshot

    24 Jan 2012 | 9:16 am
    The name of one chess grandmaster appears in the pages of John Berger's Ways of Seeing (London: Penguin, 1972), the book based on the television series of the same name. Whose?

  • Annotation for the Masses, Not Just for the Ruling Classes

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    YES.I recently found myself in a conversation about the nature of published game analysis, particularly how it can become an outlet for the annotator’s frustration or ego. If the scribe has won, it’s easy for them to slip into the mode of the crowing jackass. If they’ve not done as well as they expected, the sob stories can flow like the BBC3 primetime schedule. You know how it goes.Barry God - Geoff RabbitObviously I’m completely winning here. Black’s king is far too exposed and his threats against my king are illusory. My opponent had been sipping noisily from his beer can for a…

  • The Other Talent of Bill Hook

    21 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    You may have read this book already, published in 2008 by NiC, or one of its many enthusiastic reviews in the chess press. It’s the memoir of Bill Hook (1925-2010), chesser, gambler, photographer and artist. It's worth another look, as it gives us the subject for this episode in our occasional series on chess players with the other talent. You can also get edited highlights in an hour long interview with Bill Hook, by John Watson, here.Bill Hook's chess took off when he acquired a serious habit in his late teens, then frequenting New York's chess club scene to get his fix, principally at…
 
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  • Holiday Blues 2012…….21 and 22 January 2012

    DCC Chess Queen
    23 Jan 2012 | 5:31 pm
    Here are a few photos of the tournament…..

  • Bellbrook high School Places 2nd in State!

    DCC Chess Queen
    26 Dec 2011 | 7:18 pm
    Bellbrook High School Chess Team wins Second Place At Ohio Grade Level Chess Championship 2012           This past Saturday 401 scholastic chess players descended upon the campus of Akron University to play in the Student Union.  The students represented grades K-12 and played 5 rounds of a game known worldwide that tests mental agility. The BHS team travelled 3.5 hours to attend the event.  Four sophomores represented the school in the 10th grade section, and were determined more than ever to capture first place.  Since the formation of the chess club at the high school 3 years…

  • Riley Driver’s Point of View

    DCC Chess Queen
    16 Sep 2011 | 7:56 am
    Thursday, September 15, 2011 Too Good Not to Share Wednesday night, September 14, 2011  was a “Movies and Matches” night.   No one showed up to play any match chess. However, there were a few of us for the “Movie.” To be sure, this was not a movie in the normal “movie” sense. Instead it was a selection from www.chessvideos.tv that was free for public consumption. I titled it “Knightmare!” as it was a case of an eventual good Knight against a bad Bishop where the play with the Knight resulted in a Knightmare for the player with the bad Bishop Peter Lumbaers with the Black…

  • Bragging Rights – Dayton Vs Cinci Match

    DCC Chess Queen
    12 Sep 2011 | 2:08 pm
    Dayton Chess Club (DCC) won a chess match with Cincinnati chess players played in Dayton on Saturday, September 10, 2010 by a score of 4 wins, 3 losses, and 9 split individual matches. In the 16 individual matches, two games were played between the opponents switching colors in the second game. In round 1, Dayton had White on the odd numbered boards and Cincinnati had White on the even numbered boards. Round 1 Dayton won by the surprising score of 9-7, splitting on the top six boards 3-3, even though they were out-rated about 200 points on boards 3-6. On the next 10 boards Dayton took 6…

  • The GRAPE – Gem City Open 2011

    DCC Chess Queen
    13 Jul 2011 | 9:54 am
    The GRAPE Richard Mercer (1911) vs Mark Kellie (1732) Round 2 – OPEN SECTION Commentary by Mark Kellie 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 Signature move of my “Grape” system. 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5?! In this “Grape” system which I play, the d5 move relieves the tension in the center, which helps black in the near term; however, the move d5 can pay dividends to the white player in the endgame should white: 1) survive to an endgame and, 2) get a clear lane to promote on the 8th rank somehow. Also positive for white is that a pawn on d5 can support other pieces at some later point at e6…
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  • Top Chinese GM Players Live Rating (51)

    16 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm
    Top Chinese GM Players Live Rating  by Sina Chess News Blog 2011/01/22 (51)                                        LIVE    FIDE Rank Name of player   棋手  Title FED  Rating  Jan.   Change  Games  B-Year 01  Wang Hao         王  皓  GM   CHN  2737.2 …

  • TaTa Steel Chess Tournament 2012

    13 Jan 2012 | 11:13 pm
    The 74th Tata Steel tournament taks from 14th January 2012 (Round 1 13:30 local time) to 29th January 2012. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamura starts with white against the mercurial Vassily Ivanchuk. Top seed Magnus Carlsen-Vugar Gashimov, Navara-Topalov, Gelfand-Giri, Radjabov-Caruana, Karjakin-Aronian, Kamsky-Van Wely. Official site Live Live     Tata Steel 2012 Group A Standings after round 8         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  1. Carlsen, Magnus   g NOR 2835 * 1 ½ ½ ½ .

  • Wang Yue won Hastings and Yu Ruiyuan won Chennai Open

    13 Jan 2012 | 10:12 pm
        Wang Yue led throughout and won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Andrei Istratescu, Babu Lalith, M.R.Sundar M.Shyam,  Official site results       Final standings after 9 rounds top 20 Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 GM Wang, Yue 7.5 CHN M 2697 2774 +0.81 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 GM Istratescu, Andrei 7.0 FRA M 2627 2672 +0.54 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 3 IM Lalith, Babu M.R. 7.0 IND M 2484 2657 +2.01 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 IM Shyam, Sundar M. 7.0 IND M 2462 2604 +1.73 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½…

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

    31 Dec 2011 | 5:00 am
    Saturday, 31 December 2011 10:24   China (Active players) Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Wang, Hao g CHN 2733 6 1989 2 Wang, Yue g CHN 2694 6 1987 3 Li, Chao b g CHN 2693 6 1989 4 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2670 6 1985 5 Ding, Liren g CHN 2660 6 1992 6 Ni, Hua g CHN 2641 6 1983 7 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2631 6 1994 8 Zhou, Weiqi g CHN 2628 5 1986 9 Zhou, Jianchao g CHN 2619 6 1988 10 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2605 20 1994 11 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2591 5 1980 12 Zhao, Jun g CHN 2569 6 1986 13 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2552 15 1991 14 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2551 15 1985 15 Li, Shilong g CHN 2550 0 1977 16 Wen, Yang g CHN…

  • FIDE Top 100 Players January 2012 Rating List

    31 Dec 2011 | 4:55 am
      Saturday, 31 December 2011 10:24     Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2835 17 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 25 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2801 17 1975 4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 17 1969 5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2773 9 1987 6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2770 9 1975 7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2769 16 1990 8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2766 16 1969 9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2763 6 1977 10 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2761 9 1986 11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2761 8 1983 12 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2759 17 1987 13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 17 1976…
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  • Chess Book Reviews

    chessbuzz
    21 Jan 2012 | 10:28 pm
    Chess book reviews and more at http://www.chessbookreview.net.

  • The Road to Chess Improvement in 10 Steps

    chessbuzz
    6 Jan 2012 | 5:20 pm
    1. Eliminate blunders. 2. Become proficient at finding offensive and defensive tactics. 3. Stop playing “hope chess”. Analyze at least 4 ply deep, and make sure that your move improves your position and does not lead to #1 & 2 above. 4. Be aware of your opponents tactical and positional threats. 5. Become proficient in basic endgames (king and pawn and rook endgames in particular). 6. Learn the basic positional themes. 7. Work on improving your thought process. 8. Create a basic opening repertoire that fits your style of play, and does not rely on too much theory. 9. Play…

  • When You See A Tactic…

    chessbuzz
    10 Sep 2011 | 9:19 am
    You see a tactical combination on the board and you have the opportunity to play it…you become excited, after all this is your moment to play like Tal, but chances are that you do not play  like Tal. While you have spotted a tactical opportunity,  it may not be the best move, it might even be a bad move.  Chances are that your opponent has a refutation for the tactic you have spotted that may either weaken your position or cause you to lose the game. When you see a tactic, there is no better moment to stop, and thoroughly analyze your combination. If you have found a winning move,…

  • Improving Analysis Skills

    chessbuzz
    29 Aug 2011 | 4:00 am
    According to Dan Heisman in his great article Bootstrapping Analysis Skills The following are what make you a good analyst: Will to analyze the position correctly, move after move. Patience to analyze the position thoroughly (but keep in mind the clock – see “g”). Analytical thought process to know what steps to take. Board vision to see what is happening (statically) across the entire board quickly and accurately. Tactical pattern recognition – the ability to quickly and accurately recognize and assess basic safety issues. Visualization to keep the imagined patterns correctly in the…

  • When Solving for Tactics

    chessbuzz
    27 Aug 2011 | 10:00 pm
    1. Look at the whole board. 2. Look for immediate opponent threats. 3. Narrate tactical themes (Hanging bishop, skewerable or forkable pieces, etc.). 4. Look at more than one candidate (when you find a good move look for a better one). 5. Calculate at least 6 ply (3 moves) deep. 6. Look for in-between moves. 7. Examine forcing moves first in the order of checks, captures and threats. 8. When all seems lost, look for stalemate possibilities. 9. If you feel you are on the right track, but your are not finding the winning move, then try to reverse the move order. 10. Blundercheck.  
 
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