FIDE Congress: what will change in chess?

Rating lists will be published every two months, the k-factor will change accordingly, the rating floor has been decreased from 1400 to 1200 and it will be more difficult to score norms. These are some of the important decisions that were taken during the FIDE Congress that was held during the Olympiad in Dresden. GM Bartlomiej Macieja reports. Read more

Fabiano Caruana’s encore at the Italian Ch

He had to fight harder than last year but he did it again: 16-year-old Fabiano Caruana won the 68th Italian Championship, held in Martina Franca (Taranto, Southern Italy) from 3rd to 14th December. It’s his second title in a row. Read more

ACP joins the debate

In a press release today the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) joins the debate surrounding the World Chess Championship cycle. Pinpointing the weak (and strong) aspects of the recent changes, they recommend FIDE “to build a sustainable dialog with chess players, where the ACP could play a role of mediator.” Read more

Last encounters before winter break

Besides the super events in Nanjing and Elista, this weekend also the eighth and ninth round, and the last two encounters of the seventh round take place in the “Schachbundesliga”. Again, the highest chess division in Germany offers from Friday to Sunday all in all 144 games which will be covered live on the internet. Read more

Iturrizaga wins Corus satellite qualifier

The full list still has to be published, but the first participant of the Corus C group is already known: it’s Eduardo Iturrizaga. The young Venezuelan GM won ICC’s Corus ‘C’ Group satellite qualifier by beating Brazilian GM Alexander Fier in the final. Read more

Kasparov’s reaction to Obama’s victory

The Australian published an editorial piece by Garry Kasparov on Barack Obama’s victory.

Ghana hopes to go to Dresden too

Many chess players will look up in surprise when they see Dutchman Kees Hoogendijk play for the Ghanaian National team at the next Chess Olympiad. The chess enthusiast from Meppel, The Netherlands who resides in the African country for a couple of months each year, managed to qualify for the national team that will play in Dresden. Read more

A Corus of Online Approval

In a unique partnership with the Corus Chess Tournament, one of the world’s greatest and most famous chess festivals, Internet Chess Club (ICC) will be hosting a special satellite qualifier for one of the last two vacant spots in the 2009 ‘C’ Group. Read more

Anand-Kramnik: preview by Artur Jussupow

The Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match will start in a few days and GM Artur Jussupow, who is part of the official team of commentators, wrote a preview on the chess philosophy, playing style and strengths of the players, which was kindly provided by the organizers for publication. Read more

Solution Daily puzzle 240808

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