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WGM Natalia Pogonina’s Articles

Chess Cash Kings 2012: Highest-Earning Chess Players in the World

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.27.2013
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Chess Cash Kings 2012: Highest-Earning Chess Players in the World
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.27.2013

Annual money rankings are available for many reputable sports. For example, lists by Forbes (highest-earning tennis players; highest-paid NHL players, best-earning men in biathlon, etc.). Unfortunately, this is not the case with chess, where financial data is scarce, and secretly handing out fees in envelopes is still a widespread practice.

Will Magnus Carlsen Break 2900?

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.03.2013
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Will Magnus Carlsen Break 2900?
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.03.2013

In January 2013 Magnus Carlsen officially became the highest-rated chess player ever, beating the seemingly unsurpassable achievement of Garry Kasparov (2851). Magnus’ ELO reached a skyrocket height of 2861. However, after winning Tata Steel Chess Tournament Carlsen’s February FIDE rating is expected to be 2872, which is another record. Many people have announced a “countdown to […]

Women vs. Men in Chess

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
05.10.2010
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Women vs. Men in Chess
WGM Natalia Pogonina
05.10.2010

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. Charles Dudley Warner Playing in mixed events is enjoyable since it allows one to learn more about chess and psychology, and to improve more rapidly. So why, one might ask, are women often segregated? The problem is that most organizers […]

Rock, Paper, Scissors

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.27.2010
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.27.2010

Here is another cool article written by the WGM Natalia Pogonina, where she continues the nemeses and customers theory and talks about three basic chess characters as Positional, Tactical and.. Calculator. Natalia also analyzes her game against 2448 FIDE rated WFM (!?). One of the reasons behind the “nemeses and customers” theory is that each […]

Customers and Nemeses

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.21.2010
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Customers and Nemeses
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.21.2010

The transitivity law does not hold for chess. That is, if player A usually beats player B, and player B usually beats player C, it does not imply that player A usually beats player C. In fact, sometimes it’s quite the opposite. While playing against some opponents of similar rating is a walk in the […]

Chess is not only about winning

WGM Natalia Pogonina
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.01.2010
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Chess is not only about winning
WGM Natalia Pogonina
02.01.2010

TheChessWorld begins to publish articles written by WGM Natalia Pogonina as a part of TheChessWorld.com & Pogonina.com cooperation. Natalia Pogonina is three-times European champion (U16, twice U18), bronze prize winner at the World Championship (U18) and European Women Championship, winner of the gold medal at the 1st International Mind Sports Games,co-winner of the 2008 Student […]

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