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The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 7 takes place on Tuesday 4th September 15:00 local time 13:00 BST.
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Leading Men's Pairings Round 7:
AZE vs RUS (Radjabov-Kramnik, Grischuk-Safarli, Mamedyarov-Karjakin, Jakovenko-Mamedov),
CHN vs ARM (Wang Hao-Aronian, Movsesian-Wang Yue, Ding-Akopian, Sargissian-Bu),
PHI vs HUN (So-Leko),
UKR vs ESP...
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(φωτ. Το Τσεσμέ, στα μικρασιατικά παράλια, κυριαρχείται από το κάστρο του Τσεσμέ που ανάγεται στον 14ον αιώνα, όταν η πόλη είχε αναπτύξει εμπορικές σχέσεις με τη Γένοβα. Πριν από την Μικρασιατική καταστροφή η πόλη...
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Το κοριτσάκι συμμετέχει με τον τρόπο του, παίζοντας σκάκι, στον εορτασμό για τα 865 χρόνια από την ίδρυση της μητροπολιτικής Μόσχας. Στις 1 και 2 Σεπτεμβρίου οι επετειακές γιορτές αγκάλιασαν όλη την έκταση της Μεγάλης...
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Interview with Ana Muzychuk during the Chess Olympiad 2012.
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The 3rd Oliver González Memorial is taking place on 1-9th September at the “Daóiz y Velarde” Sport Pavilion in downtown Madrid, Spain. 98 players from 13 countries compete in Group A and 144 compete in Group B (U2100 elo). There are 8 Grandmasters, 13 International Masters and 21 FIDE Masters in the field. In the [...]
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Αυλαία στο 20ο Διεθνές Τουρνουά Σκάκι "Τιμή στην Εθνική Αντίσταση", που είναι αφιερωμένο στην Εθνική Αντίσταση κατά των δυνάμεων κατοχής 1940-44 που διοργανώθηκε από το Δήμο Νίκαιας – Αγ. Ι. Ρέντη σε συνεργασία με τον...
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The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 6 takes place on Monday 3rd September starting at 1pm BST 3pm local time.
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Leading Men's Round 6 Pairings:
RUS 2-2 ARM (Kramnik beat Aronian in an exchange Slav where black had an uncomfortable position but 21... Rc7? was a losing error allowing a decisive knight sacrifice maybe Aronian missed 26.Qb6! ...
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After an underachieving start at the 2012 Olympiad (four draws in four games, including two blown wins) Vladimir Kramnik came up big against the biggest fish available. He defeated Levon Aronian on the white side of an Exchange Slav(!), and pretty easily too. That put Russia in great shape, but on board two the Armenians caught up. Sergei Movsesian hadn't been playing well (winless at -1) while...
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The 6th round of the 40th Chess Olympiad was a showcase of classic monster matches. When Godzilla and King Kong fight you don’t get in the way. You step back and watch the destruction hoping you don’t become collateral damage. You’re torn between wanting to see one of the monsters completely destroyed or having them [...]
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Sophia’s visit was an incredibly pleasant surprise for both other sisters. As Susan lives in the USA, Judith lives in Hungary and Sophia – in Israel, sisters lack communication and try to catch opportunities to get together. Every year sisters meet during annual event – Polgar Chess Day. Sophia emphasized that she is very [...]
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(φωτ. η γυναικεία ομάδα της Ρωσίας προηγείται στη βαθμολογία -μαζί με την Πολωνία- έχοντας συγκεντρώσει 11 βαθμούς σε 6 αγώνες). Κέρδισε 4-0 η Ελλάδα την Ιορδανία στους άνδρες (Παπαϊωάννου, Δ. Μαστροβασίλης, Μπανίκας...
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Peter Leko and Radoslaw Wojtaszek analyzing their game after the Hungary – Poland match. Video by the member of Rules and Regulations Commission, consultant to the chair of Chess in Schools Commission, IA and IO Sevan A. Muradian.
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The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 6 takes place on Monday 3rd September starting at 1pm BST 3pm local time.
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Leading Men's Round 6 Pairings:
RUS vs ARM (Kramnik-Aronian, Movsesian-Grischuk, Karjakin-Akopian, Sargissian-Jakovenko),
AZE vs CRO (Radjabov-Saric),
GER vs USA (Naiditsch-Nakamura, Kamsky-Khenkin),
CZE vs ESP (Laznicka-Vallejo)...
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Video highlights from the start of round 6 by Vijay Kumar.
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Before I forget, this one is well worth playing through for its elegance, power and apparent simplicity. It was very rare for Emanuel Lasker to lose at all, let alone in such dramatic style. And even at this time, later in Lasker’s career, he was a force to be reckoned with.
