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Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:12
Vladimir Akopian, Vladimir Malakhov and Maxim Matlakov are leading the European Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The three grandmasters scored 6.5/...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 16:49
The FIDE Candidates Tournament has been postponed until March 2013. The new dates were announced today on the FIDE website. Players and organizers...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:43
Nowadays opening books play a different role than before the database era. There is no longer a need for a complete survey of all possibilities....
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:53
2011 was the "Botvinnik year" in Russia, because Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17th, 1911. You'll probably remember the Botvinnik Memorial...
Monday, March 26, 2012 17:43
The official website of the world chess title match Anand-Gelfand was launched on Monday. Earlier this month the organizers had already revealed the...
Monday, March 26, 2012 10:01
Going into the first (and only) rest day, a group of 10 grandmasters is sharing first place at the European Championship in Plovdiv: Sergei Azarov,...
Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:26
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
Friday, March 23, 2012 22:01
Gawain Jones is the only player with a 100% score after four rounds at the European Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The English grandmaster, who...
Friday, March 23, 2012 21:39
The European Chess Union (ECU) won the CAS court case against the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) regarding the bidding procedure for the European...
Thursday, March 22, 2012 23:02
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