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The game began promisingly with a couple of opening surprises. The champion, Viswanathan Anand, pulled his traditional favorite move 1.e4 out of his trusty (or is it rusty) arsenal, prepared to do battle against the Petroff or the Najdorf. Instead, Boris Gelfand offered the second surprise of the match, employing the Sveshnikov Sicilian. When all goes well for Black in that opening, the result is...
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Μία σειρά φωτογραφιών που δείχνει τον γιουγκοσλάβο στρατάρχη Josip Broz Tito να παίζει μία παρτίδα σκάκι. Οι φωτογραφίες τραβήχτηκαν από τον φωτογράφο John Phillips στο Drvar, στο αρχηγείο του Τίτο στην Βοζνία - Ερζεγοβίνη της...
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The 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship did not change leadership today, though the two tournaments produced much different levels of excitement.
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Returning to the subject of thinking protocols a student of mine pointed out that in Chess Made Easy by Purdy and Koshnitsky, there’s a nice section giving five steps. Personally I suspect that this many might get in the way a bit if you try to do enact them consciously on every move. But methodical [...]
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The 20th anniversary of the first Sigeman and Co tournament took place in Malmo 9th-16th May 2012. Top seed Fabiano Caruana added yet more rating points this year with 5,5.7 and a 2853 performance. Peter Leko took second place with 5/7. Anish Giri won in the final round to hold on to most of his rating points with 4/7. Giri has had exams this year and his play has gone slightly backwards but I...
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The 20th edition of the Sigeman Chess Tournament was organized by Limhamn Chess Club on 9-16th May in Malmö, Sweden. This year the event had a round robin format with eight players. The additional sponsorship boosted the level of the tournament which featured the strongest lineup ever. The Italian champion Fabiano Caruana won the competition [...]
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GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine successfully concluded the competition on Cuba to win his 6th trophy from the Elite Group of the traditional Capablanca Memorial. The 47th Capablanca Memorial was held from 3rd to 15th May at the Riviera hotel in Havana, Cuba. The Elite Group was a six-player double round robin. Ivanchuk confidently held [...]
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The World Chess Championship match at Moscow between Vishy Anand
and Boris Gelfand remains tied after three games. The third game was
considerably livelier than its predecessors, as Anand secured a clear
edge against the challenger's Gruenfeld Defence but then missed the
most testing continuation in a double rook and pawn endgame.
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The World Chess Championship match at Moscow between Vishy Anand
and Boris Gelfand remains tied after three games. The third game was
considerably livelier than its predecessors, as Anand secured a clear
edge against the challenger's Gruenfeld Defence but then missed the
most testing continuation in a double rook and pawn endgame.
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One of the most successful coaches for young talents.
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Με ισοπαλία τελείωσε και η τέταρτη παρτίδα του ματς μεταξύ του Boris Genfald (λευκά) και του Viswanathan Anand (μαύρα). Με παρόμοιο άνοιγμα όπως αυτό της δεύτερης παρτίδας (Ημισλαβική - Επιταχυνόμενη Meran), είχαμε ένα "ήσυχο" παιχνίδι που...
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Δηλώστε τώρα συμμετοχή στο πρωτάθλημα γρήγορου σκακιού που θα διεξαχθεί στα Ιωάννινα, την Κυριακή 20 Μαΐου και Κυριακή 27 Μαΐου. Το πρωτάθλημα είναι ανοιχτό προς όλους και όλες. Θα υπάρχει παράβολο συμμετοχής 5 € για να...
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Επιμελείται ο κ. Ίγκορ ΣμίρνοβΕρωτήσεις και Προτάσεις Πριν ξεκινήσουμε, επιτρέψτε μου να απαντήσω σε μια πολύ ΚΟΙΝΗ ερώτηση. Έπειτα από την ανακοίνωση για την κυκλοφορίας της νέας...
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Επιμελείται ο κ. Ι. Λαπατάς 6Ο Open Σ.Ο ΠεριστερίουΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝΟ Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Περιστερίου διοργανώνει ατομικό τουρνουά με ελβετικό σύστημα 7 γύρων, με εθνική (ΕΣΟ) και διεθνή αξιολόγηση.ΧΩΡΟΣ...
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Dramatic finishes punctuated an unpredictable day at the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship.
