The 10th Copenhagen Chess Challenge is scheduled to take place on 14-18th May at the premises of chess club “BMS Skak” in Ballerup, near Copenhagen. The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss event, intended to provide norm opportunities and targeted primarily towards players with ELO, young chess players, and title holders. Prizes: (DKK) 4000/3000/2000/1000/1000 Danish [...]
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Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2014
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BCC 117 // TROPICAL // SPARKLING EVENT // MICHAEL YU NUMBER 1 // BERNARDO IGLESIAS CLEAR 2ND //
OPEN SECTION
Michael Yu, 10 yr old takes the Gold with 3.5/4
HATS OFF TO MICHAEL YU
CRITICAL GAME: ROUND 4
Veteran Harold Dondis, tried his best to stop the boy,
but this time, youth prevailed. Harold scored
50 percent with 2 out of 2.
IN THE RING: ROUND 3
Veteran boxer/chess player, Walter Driscoll, rated 241 points
higher than Michael Yu, tried to break the kid; after a
credible struggle: draw!
CRITICAL GAME: ROUND 4
2 CHESS VETERNS SQUARE OFF
Walter Driscoll vs TD Bernardo Iglesias, Round 4.
Bernardo won this game with the black pieces
and took clear 2nd place. Bravo, Bernardo.
Walter broke even with 2 for 2.
David Martin vs Tony DiNosse, Round 1.
David scored 2.5 points out of 3, sharing 3-5th place.
Mark O'Brien plays black vs Jeremy Seiferth in Round 1.
Mark scored 2.5 points to share 3-5th place.
Mark Buckles (right) plays 6 yr old Derek Jin.
Rating match-up: Jin (1390) v Mark (1394).
This time, Mark took the full point to score 2.5
and a share of 3-5th place.
"Patriot" Boshen Li held the draw with Mark O'Brien
in Round 3, to go 2 for 4.
Joy Cao, new-comer to the BCC
played a good tournament: welcome Joy.
You are a joy to share chess and smiles with.
7 yr old Joy up'd her rating 125 points
to score a praise-worthy 1.5/4. Brava, Joy!
KIDS PLAY CHESS
David Tianyi Zhou plays black vs Joy Cao in Round 4 : draw!
(background): Boshen Li, black vs Mark Buckles.
Bernardo Iglesias and David Tianyi Zhou write down their moves.
Bernardo did a wonderful job, not only playing the event
but also directing. Bravo, Bernardo!
PARTING SHOT
Joy Cao
(I played a number of off-hand skittles games with Joy.
She won a well-thought-out endgame and giggled
her way into my heart! Skipping rope in the hall, to
keep the blood flowing, between rounds, Joy is
truly a pleasure to have at the Club. She is
poised at the chess board, always polite, and
speaks like she is a Harvard graduate. Yet
she is just 7 yrs old. Her smile is disarming!)
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Man Stabbed to Death ‘Over Chess Dispute’
On Sunday morning a 39-year-old man was found stabbed to death in Dublin, Ireland in what detectives believe may have been a row over a late night game of chess. A man covered in blood was taken into custody and said to officers that a dispute started when an illegal move was played. This was reported by several British media.
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Easy card game, hard math problem
Today the New York Times Numberplay blog features a card game that I co-invented, along with a mathematical problem: What is the best strategy? Here are the rules for “Stern-Mackenzie One-Round War.” The game requires three people, one of whom serves only as the dealer. The dealer has a deck of 2N cards numbered one [...]
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BCC ADDS OVER 30 PLAYERS TO THE 173 TOTAL FOR BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS 2014 / LOGAN AIRPORT // ALEXANDER IVANOV / STEVE WINER 1-5th // LEONID TKACH 1ST U2100 // RAY BEHENNA 1-4th U1500
GM CORNER: BEST GAME
GM Elshan Moradiabadi vs GM Alexander Ivanov,
Round 4. Elshan, with 20 minutes on his clock,
had a win in the complicated rook and pawn
endgame, (yet!) with less than a minute
on his clock (with a 10 second delay) Alex
played solid looking moves and the game ended in a draw.
Michael Isakov (center) observes.
IM Jonathan Yedidia holds the fort with the black
pieces vs GM Hungaski
GM QUARTET: ROUND 5
GM Perelshteyn, black vs GM Alexander Ivanov: draw!
GM Moradiabadi, black vs GM Hungaski: draw!
ROUND 5 GM CORNER
IM Yedidia vs IM David Vigorito (0-1)
GM Eugene Perelshteyn, black vs GM Alexander Ivanov (draw)
GM Moradiabadi, black vs GM Robert Hungaski (draw)
BCC PLAYERS AROUND THE HALL
NM Hal Terrie finds the win in Round 4.
FM Nathan Resika plays with his Hungarian
Chess Set in Round 5.
Dan Schmidt, Round 5.
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs Daniil Mosiyenko, Round 5.
FM Steve Winer, (Nor'Easters) Round 5.
PLAYING WHITE
NM Siddharth Arun and NM Chris Williams, Round 5.
Matthew Meredith vs Fridrik Karlsson
Aidan Sowa (2.5 points U2100 Section), black vs
Zachary Bence, Round 5.
Carissa Yip, black vs Robert King, Round 5.
Chess journalist/teacher Larry Eldridge plays Maxwell Zhao;
Alex Yu, center, winning his game vs John Stengrevics
Round 5.
Arthur Tang, 2.5 points in U2100 Section.
Eddie Wei, just back from Dubai, enjoys a drink
of water in Round 5.
Natasha Christian says 'hello' to all her fans
from Hyatt Logan, Round 5.
Winston Zhao
Leonid Tkach, 1st U2100 Section
NM Ahmet Bolat vs NM Hal Terrie
2013 BCC Champ NM Lawyer Times plays white
vs Aravind Kumar, Round 5.
Alex Yu makes the draw in Round 4 vs D G Bird.
Aashish Welling, black, vs Ryan Sowa Round 4.
Aashish Welling, black vs Ryan Sowa, Round 4.
Suraj Ramanathan, Round 5.
Brandon Wu plays black vs Tom Hartmayer.
Max Zhao is in attendance: Round 5.
Ray Behenna scored 4 points to share 1-4th place in U1500 Section.
Evan MacLure (2 points, U1700 Section) plays Round 5.
Carlos Ennis, black vs Jonathan Lee, Round 5.
Achyuta Rajaram, Round 5.
KIDS JUST WANN'A HAVE FU'UN: BUGHOUSE
CHESS LECTURE
WIM Sharon Burtman, long-time
BCC player talks about the benefits
of chess for the whole family.
THE CHESS PRESS
International Arbiter George Mirijanian and
Chess Organizer Stephen Dann are in
attendance for WIM Sharon Burtman lecture.
COOKIE MONSTER
a.k.a. Carissa Yip enjoys a chocolate chip!
See you all next Saturday 18 January 2014
for the BCC Game 80 3SS
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Tata Steel Masters: Caruana bounces back, Harikrishna also wins
Fabiano Caruana came back with full force in the third round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. After his loss to Levon Aronian on Sunday, the Italian grandmaster played an excellent game against Sergey Karjakin, was in full control and converted the full point on move 71. In another long endgame, Pentala Harikrishna defeated Leinier Dominguez. Six players are tied for first place with 2.0/3.
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Smith Morra Mayhem!
Quick update...I will probably have a few over the next month.
I
have been playing a lot of blitz lately (2-5 games a day, with 3 0 time
controls). I have ignored opening theory (in fact I have purposefully
been playing objectively unsound, reckless openings), tactical training, and slow
games for the last few years. Other bits of life have become my highest
priority.
While I have found
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What I have learned thus far
What I have learned thus far about Zen Buddhism is just this:
"The eyes are seated horizontal, the nose is seated vertical."
-Dogen
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Play Hard :D
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The idea of early c7-c5 in Nimzo-Indian defense
Speaking in general about ways for Black in Nimzo-Indian defense and ways of development of pieces, there might be singled out some ideas such as blockade by means of d7-d6, e6-e5; counterplay in the center - d7-d5 and (or) c7-c5; queen-side bisho...
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My intention
Tomorrow, I am going to program a video game that Gods would be inspired to play. Â
After that, anything can happen.Â
Namaste :)
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Interview with Hikaru Nakamura (Tata Steel round 3)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Trolls vs Noobs Who is the king of chess.com
Check out the forum.
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Aravind Chidambaram wins U-17 title in Tamil Nadu
Aravind Wins U-17 Chess
By Express News Service - CHENNAI
Published: 14th January 2014 02:23 AM
Last Updated: 14th January 2014 02:23 AM
Grandmaster norm holder and top seed Aravind Chidambaram of Velammal School won the U-17 title in the second SVVV Tamil Nadu children’s chess tournament.
The event was organised by Mount Chess Academy and 1000 players participated, including 170 Fide-rated players from various parts of the state. Winners in all eight categories received bicycles.
Results (Top 5): U-17: Boys: 1. Aravindh Chithambaram (Velammal) 7.5; 2. AjayKrishna (Velammal) 7; 3. Selva Bharathy (Velammal) 7; 4. Sai Vishwesh (T Nagar Academy) 6.5; 5. Prakash Ram (T Nagar Academy) 6.5.
Girls: 1. Thamarai Selvi (Velammal) 7.5; 2. Aasha CR (Vivekananda Vidyalaya) 7; 3. Kavya S (Velammal) 6; 4. Sunyuktha CMN (Bharathiya Bhavan) 6; 5. Varsha CR (Vivekananda Vidyalaya) 5.5.
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Delaying the Castle by GM Alex Finkel
I keep saying all the time that in order to become a decent player all you have to do is to learn basic strategic rules and to follow them (not a very easy task by itself!), however if you want to become a really good player it’s not enough just to follow the rules – [...]
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1400 Points Yay
I have 1400 points yeah
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"Ajedrez en verano - Round 1" Tourney
I play some very sloppy games most of the time. Â I need to settle down and at least act like I'm thinking
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Last one to sign is a fan of MINECRAFT!!!!!
LAST ONE TO POST IS THE BIGGEST Â FAN OF MINECRAFT!!!
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Fischer Simul
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