Book review by Natalia Pogonina: "Olympiad United! Dresden 2008"

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Written by Natalia Pogonina

Sunday, 21 February 2010

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Chess is still not a part of the Olympics, but every 2 years we have our own very special Chess Olympiad. Last time it was held in Dresden, Germany in 2008. Players from 152 countries have played 5546 games at the event, made new friends across the globe, enjoyed the city and have generally had a great time. For me it was the first Chess Olympiad, so I have particulary enjoyed it and scored pretty well: 6 ouf of 7 (+5 =2 -0).

I was happy to relive the holiday once again when my good friend WGM Anna Burtasova presented me with a splendid book about the tournament. Thanks to her, Harald Fietz and Josip Asik for their outstanding collaboration.

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Some of the features of the book include:

Exciting day-by-day narrative about the event
Analyses of chess games played at the Olympiad provided by the top players themselves - Vachier Lagrave, So, Nielsen, B. Socko, Bu Xiangzhi, Akopian, V. Georgiev, S. Zhigalko, Onischuk, Sargissian; Chiburdanidze, A. Muzychuk, Paehtz, Kosintseva sisters, Cramling, Arakhamia-Grant and many more
Interviews with players, coaches, star guests including Alexei Shirov, Teimour Radjabov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Arkadij Naiditsch, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhao Xue, Tigran Petrosian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Zhigalko, Anna Muzychuk, Artur Yusupov and others

The concept of this book excited me so much that I couldn't abstain from making my own small contribution. In the book you can find an interview with me, lots of pictures and commentary of my win against WGM Vesna Rozic.

Not everyone has the opportunity to participate in a Chess Olympiad, but each of us can get a taste of what it feels like by reading this awesome book!

"Olympiad United! Dresden 2008" is available at:

Schach Niggemann (Germany)

https://www.schachversand.de/startneu.htm

London Chess Center (UK market)

http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=chnew836&Category_Code=

London Chess Center (US / Canada market)

Http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=002992

New in Chess Shop

http://www.newinchess.com/Olympiad_United__Dresden_2008-p-1949.html

Van Stockum (Den Hague / Netherlands)

http://www.vanstockum.nl/product/14326040/Olympiad-United!.html

Variantes (Paris / France)

http://www.variantes.com/Tournois-Olympiad-United-Dresden-2008-p-I38671.html