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Nice to see a more mature Grandmaster playing something as frisky as the Schliemann. I had a liking for this defence in my teenage years and researched it extensively in my book Gambiteer II. It’s actually very interesting and I don’t know how White can get any advantage.
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Vassily Ivanchuk won the only decisive game 7th Round of the Tal Memorial when he beat Hikaru Nakamura whose strange opening idea left him with a very difficult position to play. It all seemed a bit of a self-inflicted defeat on Nakamura's part. Peter Svidler put the squeeze on Ian Nepomniachtchi who seemed to speed his way from a level position to trouble before he put the breaks on and held the...
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By defeating Humpy Koneru with the white pieces in game 7 of their women's world chess championship match, Hou Yifan has moved to the verge of retaining her title. She leads the 10-game match 5-2, and needs just half a point from the last three games to win the match. My impression was that Koneru was unsure if she should play for a draw, which was probably the appropriate reaction from her...
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Hou Yifan took a practically decisive 5-2 lead against Humpy Koneru and now only needs a draw to retain
her World Chess Championship title. In game 7 she again outclassed Koneru in the middle-game
eventually forcing the win of a pawn which turned out to be decisive. Better and tougher
preparation earlier in the year, huge backing from the Chinese Chess Federation, a huge plus
score against...
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Hou Yifan took a practically decisive 5-2 lead against Humpy Koneru and now only needs a draw to retain
her World Chess Championship title. In game 7 she again outclassed Koneru in the middle-game
eventually forcing the win of a pawn which turned out to be decisive. Better and tougher
preparation earlier in the year, huge backing from the Chinese Chess Federation, a huge plus
score against...
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Ο Σίλβιο Νταναΐλοβ έδωσε συνέντευξη στον Αντόνι Γιορντάνοβ που δημοσιεύτηκε στη βουλγαρική εφημερίδα “Τρουντ”. Ο πρόεδρος της ECU και μάνατζερ του Βεσελίν Τοπάλοβ μίλησε για πολλά θέματα, όπως για την αποχώρηση...
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Σαφώς πιο ενδιαφέρουσες οι σημερινές παρτίδες - με την μόνιμη εξαίρεση της παρτίδας του Anand βέβαια. Ο Vassily Ivanchuk έφτασε και αυτός το +1 αφού σήμερα στη μοναδική παρτίδα που δεν έληξε ισόπαλη, κέρδισε τον Nakamura με τα μαύρα ...
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IM Malcolm Pein reports on Round 5 of the Tal Memorial where he looks in particular at Peter Svidler's interesting novelty against Sergey Karjakin.
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For those of you who run your engines 24/7, there's some simple but good advice from Albert Silver, here, on preserving the life of your computer.
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KAPPA-54 TOURNAMENT Round 6 on 2011/11/25 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 Kostouros Alexandros 3 4½ Vazelakis Dimitrios 6 2 5 Koutourinis [...]
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KAPPA-54 TOURNAMENT Round 5 on 2011/11/21 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 4 Poulos Georgios 3 0 - 1 3½ Vazelakis Dimitrios 6 2 2 Sienczewski [...]
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Πράξη άρχισε να γίνεται το «Κανείς σ’ αυτή την πόλη χωρίς ρεύμα» με πρωτοβουλία της ανοιχτής συνέλευσης Αγίων Αναργύρων – Καματερού. Η πρώτη επανασύνδεση ρεύματος είναι γεγονός. Σήμερα το βράδυ μετά το τέλος της...
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Από σήμερα έχουν ενεργοποιηθεί δοκιμαστικά κάποιες διαφημίσεις στην σελίδα της Έ.Σ.Σ.Π σε συνεργασία με το πρόγραμμα διαφημίσεων της Google, Adsense. Πατώντας τακτικά πάνω σε κάποιες από αυτές μπορούν να συγκεντρώνονται...
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Having done the before and during of rust removal, here’s the after. And this means the action one takes after the feedback offered by a tournament. The important thing with this stage is to listen to your inner voice during stage two, the tournament. It’s at tournaments that you receive the most reliable feedback on [...]
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Στις 11 Δεκεμβρίου θα ξεκινήσει το 3ο Τουρνουά του Σ.Ο ΣΑΧ-Μικρόπολις που θα κρατήσει περίπου 2 μήνες (ολοκλήρωση μέχρι τις 5 Φεβρουαρίου του 2012), έτσι ώστε να διευκολυνθούν όλοι οι σκακιστές που θα δηλώσουν συμμετοχή να...