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Grand Slam Chess Final Masters Bilbao
01.07.2008
– It has been tried before, with success: top-level chess played in a glass "aquarium", where the public can approach the tables without disturbing the players. This time it's in September in Bilbao, Spain, on the Town Square. Anand, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Radjabov and Aronian take part in a unique tournament with no draw offers and the football scoring system of 3-1-0.
Press release.
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Anand tops July 1st 2008 FIDE ratings, Carlsen sixth
30.06.2008
– Actually the news is: Magnus Carlsen is only sixth on the official
FIDE list, although up-to-date rating calculations put him on a history-making
second place. The media (and chess fans) assumed that would be his place on
the FIDE list, but a missed deadline thwarted that. Alexander Morozevich is
second Vassily Ivanchuk third. Here are the
FIDE and the Live Rating lists.
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5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Open – Malaysia, truly Asia
30.06.2008
– It’s almost July and in about a month and a half Mid Valley City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will see the arrival of grandmasters, IMs, players, enthusiasts and fans from around the world for the 5th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open. With a $24,000 prize fund it will be the richest ever edition in the series. Participants can relax and sight-see in the beautiful country.
Register now.
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Tweaking Fritz - PART 8
30.06.2008
– The "Language" options in Fritz sometimes confuse even experienced users of the software. Our ChessBase Workshop columnist solves the mysteries and describes the settings in his latest column.
Workshop...
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Dortmund R2: Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson win
29.06.2008
– Vladimir Kramnik outwitted Loek van Wely in a highly tactical Queen's Gambit Declined and clinched the point in 29 moves. Peter Leko had to work harder and longer – 57 moves – against Vassily Ivanchuk in a Sicilian Taimanov. Jan Gustafsson (thumbnail) whipped up a deadly attack after strategic errors by Arkadij Naiditsch.
Round two report.
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Romain Edouard wins Lyon Rapid on tiebreak
29.06.2008
– The French call it un blitz de départage «mort subite»
– a sudden death blitz game. The Aspiring Youth Rapid Chess Championship,
staged in Lyon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the French Chess Magazine
Europe Echecs, went down to the wire, with 18-year-old IM Romain Edouard beating
17-year-old Sébastien Feller in the tiebreak.
Final pictorial and video report from Lyon.
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The United Kingdom – once more, with feeling
29.06.2008
– Our original "gratuitous aside" about British sporting representation led to passionate responses from people for or against devolution or federalism. Scottish GM Jonathan Rowson and British GM Nigel Short made strong statements, and now their views have spilled over into a Scottish newspaper. We bring you excerpts and a final installment of some eminently enjoyable
readers' feedback.
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Dortmund R1: All games drawn in Sparkassen Meeting
28.06.2008
– Gustafsson-Kramnik, an Exchange Grünfeld, ended in a symmetrical rook ending and a draw in 29 moves. Naiditsch-Nepomnaichtchi, a Sicilian Najdorf, saw White with some chances but ended in repetition after 30 moves. Mamedyarov vs Leko was a Sämisch and drawn after 24 moves. Ivanchuk-van Wely was a Scheveningen with a drawn queen ending in 39 moves.
Illustrated report.
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First «Circuit des Espoirs Europe Echecs» in Lyon
28.06.2008
– Why are these fair maidens playing chess with the names of two famous world champions affixed to their table? They are part of a "Young Hopefuls" tournament to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the French Magazine Europe Echecs – and playing in the exact location where Kasparov played Karpov in 1990. The twelfth champion is a special guest.
Pictorial and video report from Lyon.
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Chess at 1700 meters: Turkish İş Bank Chess League
28.06.2008
– The Turkish İş Bank Chess League is taking place from June
23 to July 3, 2008, with 22 GMs, 18 IMs, 15 FMs, 15 WGMs, 2 WIMs and 2 WFMs
participating. It is taking place in a mountain resort near Izmit, just east
of Istanbul, at an altitude of 6000 feet. We have a beautiful pictorial report
brough to you from the Kartepe Mountain Resort
by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich and Özgür Akman.
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Put a Nigel in Your Tank
27.06.2008
– Good news for consumers of chess software: the price of ChessBase
DVDs has not been raised, while the quality stays tops. Nigel Davies is a good example,
says Bob Long, who watched Nigel's DVD on the King's Indian Attack. Fasten
your seat belts and enjoy this 5+ hours crash course with masterpieces by
Fischer, Morozevich, and more.
Buy it
now or read Bob Long's
review.
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Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (3)
27.06.2008
– The Editor of Chess
Notes rounds off his examination of old masters’ choices of their best games, and for this second part the cast includes Emanuel Lasker, Akiba Rubinstein and Max Euwe. Full scores of all 22 games are provided in replayable form, together with background jottings and a further nomination for 'the perfect game'.
See Part II now.
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