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Gelfand leads Tal Memorial, Nakamura drops to 6th
Standings after 8 rounds1.Gelfand, BorisISR2755*½½½11½½1.5½2.Carlsen, MagnusNOR2864½*.½01½1½153.Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarAZE2753½.*½½1½½½½4½4.Andreikin, DmitryRUS2713½½½*.½½½½14½5.Caruana,...
View Article20&21 June Kimberley Tournament Venue
This coming tournament will be held at the Country Club Hall next to the De Beers Diamond Oval. Prog
View Article8th Tal Memorial - Babak 4: Kalahkan Caruana, Nakamura Pimpin Klasemen
Hikaru Nakamura mengambil alih pimpinan klasemen 8th Tal Memorial, setelah di babak ke-4 berhasil me
View ArticleTerrifying Tsuro Truckers from Tokyo
Let’s play a word-association game. What are the first things you think of when I say… BOARD
View ArticleMagnus Carlsen, the magician of Tønsberg
Wow. Today, Magnus has trounced world champion Vishy Anand in 29 moves, in 2 hours. His style is sup
View ArticleMakin' the Right Moves
What if you had a piece that was a rook sometimes and a knight sometimes? Ooh, that could be good. A
View ArticleResults are in at 2nd Online National Invitational Championship
Find a full recap of the 2nd annual Online National Invitational Championship hosted by chesskid.com and the USCF. Winners included Carissa Yip (pictured) in the Under 10 section.
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Dilijan Women's Grand Prix - Round 7
Round 7 Results SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 4 GM Danielian Elina 2475 ½ - ½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2511 12 5 GM Ushenina Anna 2499 ½ - ½ GM Harika Dronavalli 2492 3 6 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2526 1 -...
View ArticleDmitry Bocharov convincing in Sberbank Blitz in Novosibirsk
Grandmaster Dmitry Bocharov stormed through the tournament to convincingly take the first place with 8 points from 11 games. Vadim Zviagintsev (Moscow) and Rinat Jumabaev (Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) shared...
View ArticleDilijan Grand Prix – Round 6
The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia. Former World Championship challenger Humpy Koneru outplayed the overnight...
View ArticleOpen Silver Lake
Silver Lake open chess tournament was held on 14-20th June at the Silver Lake resort (Srebrno Jezero) in Serbia. The Open A group was reserved for the players rated above 2200 FIDE, although some...
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Rahway Swiss 6/22/2013
Yesterday I played this game at Chess Mates.Round One: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov VariationJim West (USCF 2237) - Alice Dong (USCF 1974), Rahway NJ 6/22/20131.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5...
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Weekly Endgame Study (326)
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! --> IM...
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Gelfand wins 8th Tal Memorial
Boris Gelfand won the 8th Tal Memorial on Sunday with a 6/9 score and a 2900 performance rating. The Israeli grandmaster drew quickly with Black against Vladimir Kramnik, who was probably happy for his...
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Some recent Reader Mail and Feedback
Morphy Puzzle correction I got a really nice email after the Morphy newsletter that I sent out, which contained this position: You can read the newsletter here:...
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The politics is so intense because the stakes are so low
If you are a USCF member, then like me, your mailbox has probably been inundated with pieces promoting one group of USCF Board candidates or another. In fact, one piece I received suggested that even...
View ArticleGelfand Triumphs at Tal Memorial
Boris Gelfand earned plenty of respect around the chess world for his tough challenge to Viswanathan Anand in last year's World Chess Championship match. He's continued to play well since then, and...
View ArticleSuper Moon Over Rotterdam
Hola darlings! Yesterday was the "super Moon" event - as I understand it, the Moon happened to be a point in its rotation around the Earth closest to it and this coincided with the "full" Moon, making...
View ArticleNew In Chess 2013/4: Giri warns his opponents
New In Chess 2013/4 is out with more than 100 pages of chess delight.
View ArticleShang Dynasty Capital To Be Excavated
From Zeenews.com June 23, 2013 China begins excavation to discover 3000-year-old ancient city Beijing: Chinese archaeologists have started a three-month excavation project in north China's Hebei...
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