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Poll to decide on one Tal Memorial participant
Friday, March 02, 2012 8:59
The Russian Federation has opened a poll to decide on the invitation of one player for this year's Tal Memorial. Visitors to the RCF website can cast...
March FIDE ratings: Caruana enters the top 10
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 17:39
For the first time in his career, Fabiano Caruana (Italy) entered the world's top 10. On the March 1 FIDE rating list, the 19-year-old Italian...
Harry Benson's Bobby Fischer photos exhibited in Saint Louis
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 16:36
The World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, USA will open its doors on a new exhibit starting March 9, 2012: Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons,...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:45
Our weekly PDF & PGN magazines ChessVibes Openings and ChessVibes Training complement each other wonderfully. CVO helps your understanding of...
Batavia: Ernst and Hebden share the lead after round 4
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:32
They have survived a number of tricky positions, but GMs Sipke Ernst and Mark Hebden are sharing the lead after four rounds at the Batavia Tournament...
Official request from Bilbao organizers to FIDE to change Candidates dates
Monday, February 27, 2012 17:36
The organizers of the Grand Slam Masters Final have sent an official request to FIDE to reconsider the dates for the Candidates Tournament. The...
Karpov in the Bundesliga
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Monday, February 27, 2012 16:35
For the first time this season Anatoly Karpov played a game for his club SV Hockenheim, on Sunday in the Schachbundesliga. The former World Champion...
Danailov to FIDE: "I will not allow such a mockery"
Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:05
Silvio Danailov has reacted strongly to the recent developments around FIDE and the World Championship cycle. The President of the European Chess...
Weekly Endgame Study (257)
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:19
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
Knight to Forget
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:04
Via Twitter our attention was brought to a chess poem, published on February 21st, 2012 at strange bOUnce. In their own words, this site "a 'strange...

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