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Superhero Samir stars in short film Check Mate
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 20:47
Ten year old Samir Samadov, who is from London (Westminster) and had a brain tumour, had just one wish – to star in his very own film. Today his wish...
Using math to detect cheating
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 14:35
Kenneth Regan, associate professor of computer science at the University at Buffalo, has developed a program that can assist in discovering cheating...
European Championship starts with many upsets
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:38
The European Championship started on Tuesday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. There was quite a number of upsets in the first round: IM Filiop Pancevski beat GM...
Extreme Chess Championships part III: the Semifinals
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:47
The third episode of the Extreme Chess Championships was recently published uploaded to YouTube. In this chess reality TV show, created by Jennifer...
Silvio Danailov: "Our lawyers are studying the case"
Monday, March 19, 2012 16:15
Silvio Danailov is still considering to take FIDE to court for the way they treated the Bulgarian bid to host the 2012 Candidates Tournament. "Our...
On the Bundesliga, Vishy Anand, Mickey Adams and... Mario Basler
Sunday, March 18, 2012 18:28
After two more victories this weekend (one with the smallest possible margin against their big rival Werder Bremen) the team from Baden-Baden is very...
Weekly Endgame Study (260)
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 17:46
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
McShane wins poll for Tal Memorial invitation | UPDATE: Le Quang Liem's reaction
Saturday, March 17, 2012 14:51
Luke McShane won the poll on the website of the Russian Chess Federation, which was to decide which tenth player would be invited for this year's Tal...
Bundesliga: Werder Bremen vs Baden-Baden on Saturday
Friday, March 16, 2012 22:17
On Saturday is the Bundesliga's big clash between Werder Bremen and Baden-Baden. In the upcoming weekend the 12th and 13th round will take place. We...
Some thoughts on Ray Keene's interview with Andrew Paulson
Friday, March 16, 2012 17:28
Last week an interview appeared online with Andrew Paulson, the American businessman who signed a contract with FIDE to organize the next two World...

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