Posted from Jim West On Chess 5 days ago
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Santiago Wills writes "How America Forgot About Chess" in The Atlantic. (original story)
Posted from ChessVibes 5 days ago
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BLACK TO PLAY. The level has seemed pretty high at the World Championship so far, as confirmed by commentator Jan Timman, but as chess fans we want to see fireworks as well. The Game of the Week in ChessVibes Openings #176 is Ni Hua-Le Quang Liem from the Asian Continental Championship, and it reach... (original story)
Posted from ChessVibes 5 days ago
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Fabiano Caruana won the 20th Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, Sweden on Wednesday. The Italian grandmaster scored a splendid 5.5/7 which was half a point more than Peter Leko and good for a 2853 performance rating. Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius shared third place with 4/7. A convincing victory fo... (original story)
Posted from ChessVideos.TV 5 days ago
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In this week's lesson, Dennis tells us a little about mauling the Caro-Kann. He takes a look at a game from the ongoing U.S. Chess Championship in which Gata Kamsky scored an impressive victory over Yasser Seirawan's Caro-Kann. The game features exciting sacrifices, sharp opening play, and an instru... (original story)
Posted from ChessVibes 5 days ago
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MORE LATER Game 6 in the World Championship match between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw as well. Anand repeated his Chebanenko Semi-Slav and Gelfand tried something different on move 6. He won a pawn, but didn't see a way to finish his development without giving it back quickly... (original story)
Posted from The Streatham & Brixton... 5 days ago
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Five hundred million? Really? (original story)
Posted from Susan Polgar Chess Daily Ne... 5 days ago
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After beating Kamsky with black, Nakamura is now in control of his own destiny. He will have white against Seirawan. Kamsky on the other hand must hope that Nakamura will draw Seirawan and he will beat Hess with black to have a playoff.Standings with one round to goRkNameRating123456789101112Score1G... (original story)
Posted from Susan Polgar Chess Daily Ne... 13 days ago
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Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand start their World Chess Championship 2012 match in a few days. In order to have their mind only on chess after the opening ceremony, they visited the playing hall to make sure everything is in order.During the World Championship two years ago in Sofia Anand and To... (original story)
Posted from Susan Polgar Chess Daily Ne... 13 days ago
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Standings after 5 rounds1.Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR27643½28292.Dominguez Perez, LeiniergCUB2725327603-4.Nepomniachtchi, IangRUS27162½26893-4.Laznicka, ViktorgCZE26932½26945.Potkin, VladimirgRUS2642226326.Quesada Perez, YunieskygCUB26251½2559Chess daily news from Susan Polgar (original story)
Posted from Susan Polgar Chess Daily Ne... 13 days ago
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Can you name this very famous chess person? He made big impact for chess in his country.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar (original story)