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Sunday, April 07, 2013 10:50
There’s a theory that a reviewer of chess books shouldn’t be allowed to review an opening book which deals with a system he has no experience with himself. This point of view has never made a lot of sense to me. Do we expect all reviewers of Richard Dawkins’ books to be evolutionary biologists? Should all reviewers of Chad Harbach’s The Art of...
Friday, March 15, 2013 1:37
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov officially opened the FIDE Candidates' Tournament on Thursday night during the opening ceremony held at the IET London, Savoy Place. The first round starts on Friday at 14:00 GMT (15:00 CET).
Photos © Ray Morris-Hill
The long-awaited FIDE Candidates' Tournament, or rather World Chess Candidates Tournament, as the...
Thursday, March 14, 2013 15:18
The 'Urban Chess' program, an innovative project to deliver chess to all 64 primary schools in Newham and teach 20,000 children to play the world's most enduring game, was launched on Wednesday by Chess in Schools and the Communities (CSC) and Newham Borough Council at Stratford Library in East Village (in the morning) and at Morton's Club in...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:55
Now that the first round of the FIDE Candidates tournament is just two days away, it's high time for some predictions! Will it be a walk in the park for Magnus? Can we expect surprises from outsiders like Svidler or Gelfand? Will Ivanchuk be the decisive factor in the end? GMs Fabiano Caruana, Ruslan Ponomariov, Gawain Jones and Erwin l'Ami look...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:55
For the first time the Viking Chess Club became Chess Club Champion of Iceland. After promoting in the last three previous years from the 4th to the 1st division, the Viking Chess Club exactly repeated the success achieved by the Hrokurinn chess club at the turn of the millennium. The Viking Chess Club ended clear first, 3.5 points clear of the...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 16:22
On Tuesday Ukraine clinched the gold medals at the Women's World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. The team, consisting of Kateryna Lagno, Anna Ushenina, Mariya Muzychuk, Natalia Zhukova and Inna Yanovska-Gaponenko, won seven matches and drew two to reach 16 match points. Silver went to China (15 points) and Russia got bronze (13 points)....
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:43
IM Twan Burg (Netherlands) and GM Alon Greenfeld (Israel) tied for first place in the 5th Batavia chess tournament in Amsterdam. Despite missing a GM norm by half a point, Burg played an excellent tournament. Top seeded GM Dimitri Reinderman, who was leading after seven rounds, lost his games in the last two rounds.
The 5th Batavia Chess...
Monday, March 11, 2013 21:43
The Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development has released a supplement to its National Curriculum, and officially made Judit Polgar’s ”Skill-building Chess” subject available for elementary schools from September 2013. Press release.
The Judit Polgar Chess Foundation for Educational Benefits has been working on the „Chess...
Monday, March 11, 2013 13:57
Next Friday the first round of the FIDE Candidates tournament will be played, and the winner has the right to challenge World Champion Vishy Anand. After decades of knockout matches, the way to reach that glorious world title match will now be decided in a round robin tournament. The last time this happened was more than half a century ago!
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Monday, March 11, 2013 9:07
Ukraine has excellent chances to clinch gold at the Women's World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. After seven of a total of nine rounds, the team led by Kateryna Lagno and Anna Ushenina is 2 match points ahead of China and 3 ahead of Russia, who lost to the USA in round 7.
Photos by Anastasiya Karlovich courtesy of FIDE
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