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The 2nd round of the 4th Final Masters in Sao Paulo saw three very rich struggles.
Vassily Ivanchuk joined Levon Aronian on 4 points when he beat bottom seed Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Ivanchuk gradually got the better of a manoeuvring game that started as an English.
Vallejo's position deteriorated fast before he lost his queen on move 37. Hikarua Nakamura
took on Viswanathan Anand in a sharp...
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At least that seems to be what Magnus Carlsen said, or suggested, in an interview with a Brazilian website. (A rough English translation can be found here.)
HT: Brian Karen
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Ο Ευγένιος Ιωαννίδης είναι αδιαμφισβήτητα το πρόσωπο των ημερών στον… σκακιστικό κόσμο. Ο ταλαντούχος 10χρονος της Πνευματικής Στέγης Περιστερίου που κατέκτησε την πρώτη θέση στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα κάτω των 10...
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Defending the Closed Spanish is a tough assignment, largely because Black has a bit less space. Try as one might to get counterplay it always looks like an edge for White in the end. Having said that White has to play exceptionally well to maintain this edge. And with Black’s position in skilled hands it [...]
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The 2nd round of the 4th Final Masters in Sao Paulo saw three very rich struggles.
Vassily Ivanchuk joined Levon Aronian on 4 points when he beat bottom seed Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Ivanchuk gradually got the better of a manoeuvring game that started as an English.
Vallejo's position deteriorated fast before he lost his queen on move 37. Hikarua Nakamura
took on Viswanathan Anand in a sharp...
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Francisco Vallejo Pons is a great player in his own right, but he's likely out of his depth here, as he sometimes was in the Linares super-tournaments. As the strongest Spanish player (or at least native-born Spanish player), he often receives invitations to elite events in his home country, and while it's a great experience for him, there's always the danger that he'll wind up as cannon fodder...
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Who knows, he might be the next world champion! Even if not, though - and he will be an underdog against Viswanathan Anand next year - Boris Gelfand still plays some great chess when he's on. To be fair, his opponent in this round 3 game of the European Club Cup, Baadur Jobava, did not play anything near his best chess, but it was still an impressive and flashy win by the Israeli GM.
Have a look...
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Callum Kilpatrick scored a shock GM norm in the Livigno Open. Malcolm Pein reports on this fine result.
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Callum Kilpatrick scored a shock GM norm in the Livigno Open. Malcolm Pein reports on this fine result.
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Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Κορυδαλλού σε συνεργασία με καταξιωμένους φορείς θα συνεχίσει και τους επόμενους μήνες τα δωρεάν σεμινάρια - συνομιλίες, ανοικτά προς όλους, με σκοπό την διεύρυνση του γνωστικού πεδίου και τον...
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Άρχισαν τα μαθήματα στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών για τη νέα περίοδο. Καθημερινά στο εντευκτήριο του Συλλόγου (Δωδώνης 21, στοά, ημιώροφος) λειτουργούν τμήματα για παιδιά όλων των επιπέδων, από 6 χρονών και πάνω.Το...
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Levon Aronian took an early lead (3 pts for a win) in the first round of the 4th Final Masters which started in Sao Paulo
on Monday 26th September and will finish in Bilbao. Aronian defeated Francisco Vallejo
Pons with a typically energetic performance which looked like it would end much
earlier than it did. Aronian looked almost certain to break through to Vallejo's
King but in the end had to...
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Παίζει ο λευκός και κάνει ματ σε 5 κινήσεις.Σκακιστικό πρόβλημα του Edward H. Courtenay (1864).
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Στο Γιέζι της Ιταλίας (Jesi, Italy) είχε διεξαχθεί φέτος τον Αύγουστο το 54_ο Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο Σκακιστικής Σύνθεσης μαζί με το 35_ο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων, (δείτε εδώ την ιστοσελίδα της...
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Claude DebussyΤην χορογραφία "L'apres-midi d'un Faune" βασισμένη στην μουσική σύνθεση "Prelude L'apres-midi d'un Faune" (Πρελούδιο στο απομεσήμερο ενός Φαύνου) του Γάλλου συνθέτη Claude Debussy (22/8/1862 – 25/3/1918) θα απολαύσουμε σήμερα. Χορεύει ο εξαίσιος Ρώσος...
