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5-second Chess Tactics

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Sunday, 23 February 2014
By GM Kevin Spraggett, Canada. Best FIDE rating: 2633 Kevin's blog (parental advisory) “Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.” ― Hans Christian Andersen —————————————- GM Fier,Alex GM Meister, Peter Bundesliga 2014.2.8 Position before Black’s 42nd move. The game has been hard fought but is close to the end, as Black’s far advanced passed pawn is unstoppable while White’s counterplay has still not become dangerous. In the game continuation Fier played the imprecise 42…f4, though White decided to resign anyway! HOWEVER, while there is not doubt that Black must win, there is still some fight left: 43. Bxf4 Rf8 44.Kg2! RxB 45.Rc7! when an ending with Black having a Bishop extra arises. There is a more convincing way for Black to win from the position above. Do you see it? WHAT IS BLACK’S SIMPLEST WIN? Comments (1)
Last Updated ( Sunday, 23 February 2014 )
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Natalia Pogonina / Li Chao Master Class @ Gibraltar

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Friday, 21 February 2014
GM Li Chao (China) and WGM Natalia Pogonina (Russia) gave a master class at the Gibraltar Chess Festival'2014. Natalia commented on the sharp & exciting game with Nigel Short that took place on the same day as the master class. Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Friday, 21 February 2014 )
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Fairytale

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Friday, 21 February 2014
By WGM Irina Bulmaga, Romania. Best FIDE rating: 2410 Here I am, in Poiana Brasov, wondering how does it come that I've never been here before. I took a "short" walk this morning- about 2h and a half :))) - and took my time to explore the resort. It's absolutely amazing! The landscapes are so nice and they somehow induce a peaceful state of mind and soul. The only minus is the "too fresh and clear" air, because of which I can't stop feeling dizzy... Maybe that's why I feel like I'm in a fairytale Here are some photos: Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Friday, 21 February 2014 )
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Chess Tactics

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Thursday, 20 February 2014
Popov (2653) - Kabanov (2501), 2014 White to move Whose attack is more dangerous? Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 February 2014 )

GM Areschenko - GM Rustemov annotated by GM Naiditsch

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Thursday, 20 February 2014
By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, best FIDE rating - 2737 We will see a game where Black was too greedy and found himself under a heavy attack. What is nice about the current game is that White was not forcing a direct tactical win, but attacked "positionally" until Black's position practically fell apart. Comments (1)
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Levon Aronian Interviewed by Chess TV

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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
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Could you work as hard on chess as Vladimir Kramnik?

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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2506 I recently indicated that I spend half an hour to an hour a day, studying chess. While this is a vast improvement on my normal routine, which basically consisted of doing no chess work whatsoever, if I'm honest it's still woefully short of what you need to do in order to bring about radical improvement. To get to that 2600 level which might lead to a breakthrough in terms of how much money is coming in and what sort of invites I might get. Sure, if you spend just half an hour a day the likelihood is you won't suffer from rust when you actually sit down and play in a tournament. That's the minimum requirement I believe for me just to stand still, to remain at 2500 level. If I didn't do that much I'd probably get significantly worse. But to really improve, means hard work. That means a radical and continuous overhaul of your opening repertoire. Putting your games through a microscope which involves working on your weaknesses. Studying middlegame positions. Studying endings. Working with Chessbase. Working with computer engines. Playing through the games of the top players and looking at what they are doing at the moment. I could go on and on. The subject of chess improvement is inexhaustible and there are basically not enough hours in the day. A lot of the top guys are working between 6-10 hours a day. That's hard, hard work and if I'm honest I don't have the personality, I don't have the discipline to do that much. Maybe I should though I have no real excuse, as time isn't an issue. I don't do anything else other than chess. And it's the only thing I'm really any good at, so I should try and become as good as I possibly can. Comments (3)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 February 2014 )
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Magnus Carlsen G-Star Commercial

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Check out the new G-Star commercial featuring World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and model & actress Lily Cole (England). Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 February 2014 )

How Many Games Did Super GMs Play in 2013?

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
In 2013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave overtook Fabiano Caruana as the most active top chess player One of the common questions asked by chess fans is: "How many games per year should I play?". While the answer strongly depends on the player's personality and level, it is still worth taking a look at what the leading GMs are doing. We have been monitoring the tournament schedules of the world's top-20 players for the last 5 years and sharing our observations with you. Data for years 2009-2012 Please read further to view the statistics for year 2013: Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 February 2014 )
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Strongest Chess Couples (Updated)

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
First of all, we would like to congratulate GM Peter Heine-Nielsen and GM Viktoria Cmilyte on their marriage. Secondly, it is a good opportunity to update the 5000+ club list that we have published in year 2009. A quick reminder: only official couples with a combined total of personal rating records over 5000 are eligible. X stands for “divorced”. GM Ivanchuk (2787) – IM Galliamova (2554) = 5341 (X) GM Grischuk (2786) – GM Zhukova (2499) = 5285 GM Shirov (2755) – GM Cmilyte (2528) = 5283 (X) GM Nielsen (2700) – GM Cmilyte (2528) = 5228 GM Fressinet (2718) – IM Skripchenko (2501) = 5219 GM Bu Xiangzhi (2714) – WGM Huang Qian (2494) = 5208 GM Fridman (2670) – GM Zatonskih (2537) = 5207 GM Kritz (2624) – GM Kosintseva N (2576) = 5200 GM Lautier (2687) – IM Skripchenko (2501) = 5188 (X) GM Socko B (2661) – GM Socko M (2505) = 5166 GM Peng Xiaomin (2657) – WGM Qin Kanying (2501) = 5158 GM Karjakin (2788) – WIM Dolzhykova K (2351) = 5139 (X) GM Al-Modiakhi (2588) – GM Zhu Chen (2548) = 5136 GM Fontaine (2572) – GM Lagno (2557) = 5129 GM Movsesian (2751) – WGM Kochetkova (2369) = 5120 GM Wu Shaobin (2545) – GM Xie Jun (2574) = 5119 GM Korneev (2671) – WGM Kononenko (2442) = 5113 GM Movsesian (2751) – WGM Krupkova (2362) = 5113 (X) GM Atalik S (2632) – IM Atalik E (2481) = 5113 GM Turov (2667) – WGM Turova (2442) = 5109 GM Morozevich (2787) – WIM Dorofeeva (2320) = 5107 (X) GM Kharlov (2656) – IM Zaiatz (2449) = 5105(X) GM Illescas (2640) – IM Alexandrova (2462) = 5102 GM Zhang Zhong (2667) – WGM Li Ruofan (2433) = 5100 GM Gajewski (2653) – WGM Majdan-Gajewski (2418) = 5071 GM Bellon (2510) – GM Cramling (2550) = 5060 GM Drozdovskij (2620) – WGM Zdebskaja (2438) = 5058 GM Êosashvili (2549) – IM Polgar Sofia (2505) = 5054 GM Gulko (2644) – WGM Akhsharumova (2400) = 5044 GM Areschenko (2720) – WGM Areschenko (2318) = 5038 GM L’Ami (2648) – WGM L’Ami (2390) = 5038 GM Gyiemesi (2628) – WGM Medvegy (2407) = 5035 GM Malakhatko (2621) – IM Zozulia (2412) = 5033 GM Pashikian (2663) – WGM Kursova (2366) = 5029 GM Timofeev (2690) – WGM Timofeeva (2331) = 5021 GM Charbonneau (2517) – GM Krush (2502) = 5019 (X) GM Shirov (2755) – WIM Olga Dolgova (2262) = 5017 GM Meijers (2529) – IM Gaponenko (2482) = 5011 GM Miladinovic (2630) – WGM Botsari (2380) = 5010 (X) GM Lalic B (2600) – IM Lalic S (2405) = 5005 (X) GM Bartel (2677) – WGM Bartel (2327) = 5004 Some couples were very-very close to making it to the list: GM Popov V (2595) – WGM Molchanova (2388) = 4983; GM Hernandez G (2572) – WGM Amura (2405) = 4977; GM Makarov (2560) – WGM Demina (2405) = 4965; GM Eljanov (2761) - WIM Dvoretska (2212) = 4973; GM Hamdouchi (2628) – WGM Hamdouchi (2332) = 4960, et al., but they still have chances. Obviously, this list is probably not exhaustive. Your commentaries and suggestions are welcome. Comments (4)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 February 2014 )

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