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Weekly Endgame Study (180)

1 August 2010, 10.13 CET  

Weekly Endgame StudyEvery 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! full story »

Perfect score Adams after five rounds British Championship

31 July 2010, 11.23 CET | Last modified: 14:02 (8) 

Perfect score Adams after five rounds British ChFive rounds have been played at the British Championship, and top seeded player Michael Adams is the only one left with a perfect score. Nicholas Pert, Daniel Gormally, Jovanka Houska and Adam Hunt are trailing by a full point.
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Danailov: ‘No match in Russia against a Russian player’

30 July 2010, 12.39 CET (28) 

Contrary to what was expressed in an open letter last week, Veselin Topalov is, after all, willing to play Candidates Matches in Russia. However, he is “refusing to play a match with a Russian player in Russia, if that match is connected to the title struggle,” his manager Silvio Danailov said in an interview with Sport Express this week. full story »

Caruana wins in Biel after play-off

29 July 2010, 16.30 CET (13) 

The play-off final between Fabiano Caruana and Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonFabiano Caruana won the Young Grandmaster Tournament in Biel today. The Italian was the strongest in a necessary play-off with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, whom he beat in the final. full story »

The Total Chess Library

29 July 2010, 10.42 CET | Last modified: 10:56 (17) 

Piranesi - Carceri XIVBeing a database programmer, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised when I recently dreamt I had to develop a chess database. But it wasn’t an ordinary chess database. full story »

Arkadij Naiditsch: “Why the German A-team will not participate in the Olympiad”

28 July 2010, 9.00 CET | Last modified: 9:41 (99) 

Due to financial problems and organizational failure by the German Chess Federation, the four German top players won’t play at the upcoming Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. This is what Arkadij Naiditsch tries to make clear in an angry open letter which he sent to ChessVibes. The German top grandmaster doesn’t mince words. full story »

Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave lead in Biel

27 July 2010, 23.39 CET (1) 

Maxim Rodshtein (left) vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (c) Biel International Chess FestivalFabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are sharing the lead in Biel with one round to go. The two are on 5/8. After five more draws in round 7, the 8th round saw much more spectacle. full story »

‘Candidates Matches moved to Kazan’

27 July 2010, 8.58 CET | Last modified: 19:47 (54) 

Candidates Matches moved to KazanAccording to a report in Sport Express by chess journalist Yuri Vasiliev, the FIDE Presidential Board in Tromso decided that the Candidates will be moved from Baku in Azerbaijan to Kazan in Russia. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov retains his position in the Candidates as the Azerbaijani representative.
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Piggy Chess Bank

26 July 2010, 15.11 CET (20) 

Piggy Chess Bank
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Recent headlines

• Weekly Endgame Study (180) 1/8, 10:13 (0)
• Perfect score Adams after five rounds British Championship 31/7, 11:23 (8)
• Danailov: ‘No match in Russia against a Russian player’ 30/7, 12:39 (28)
• Caruana wins in Biel after play-off 29/7, 16:30 (13)
• The Total Chess Library 29/7, 10:42 (17)
• Arkadij Naiditsch: “Why the German A-team will not participate in the Olympiad” 28/7, 9:00 (99)
• Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave lead in Biel 27/7, 23:39 (1)
• ‘Candidates Matches moved to Kazan’ 27/7, 8:58 (54)
• Piggy Chess Bank 26/7, 15:11 (20)
• Ponomariov wins by a point in Dortmund 26/7, 11:42 (4)

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Recent comments

Vandros, August 1, 2010, 11:49: ">> Why is this letter not published in Chessbase website? Maybe it was..."
sir schratz, August 1, 2010, 11:36: "after a long series of rather unfortunate decisions and outrageous..."
ChessGirl, August 1, 2010, 11:34: "Well, with all the interesting players there are, I´d say it takes something more..."
Peondormido, August 1, 2010, 11:06: "Does someone know how download the videos which are shown in the above page?"
test, August 1, 2010, 00:47: ">> Why is this letter not published in Chessbase website? Interesting question...."
DocX75, July 31, 2010, 22:20: "Adams is a really powerful player. But he seems to maintained a lower profile after..."
Bartleby, July 31, 2010, 21:54: "Can we swap presidents? That’s the kind of talk I would have liked to hear..."

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