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Thursday, February 14, 2013 14:46
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wants to launch a "chess party". The head of FIDE and former President of Kalmykia wants the party to be an international movement...
Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:35
Wednesday was the second day of the Aeroflot chess festival in Moscow, when the last five rounds of the big Swiss rapid tournament were held. The 32...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 20:05
Arkadij Naiditsch is on fire in Baden-Baden. The German number one has been showing fascinating chess so far, and in round 6 it was no different: he...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 16:33
We've had the Tata Steel tournament, the Gibraltar Masters and currently the Grenke Chess Classic is under way. The first half of 2013 will see quite...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 19:20
For eleven years in row the Aeroflot Open has been a super strong chess festival in Moscow dedicated to classical chess. This year, when sponsor...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 13:52
The top group of the Moscow Open chess festival was won by Boris Savchenko. In the final round the Russian grandmaster kept his head cool in a highly...
Monday, February 11, 2013 19:16
Vishy Anand won his first game at the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden-Baden: in round 5 the World Champion refuted an over-optimistic piece sacrifice...
Sunday, February 10, 2013 20:22
For the 4th consecutive day only 1 out of 3 games ended decisively in Baden-Baden. On Sunday Arkadij Naiditsch beat his compatriot Georg Meier in a...
Sunday, February 10, 2013 20:11
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
Saturday, February 09, 2013 20:16
Fabiano Caruana is in sole lead again at the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. In the third round, the Italian played an original set-up in the...
