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Chessbibliophile
06.15.2014
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Chessbibliophile
06.15.2014

The 10th International Solving Contest under the aegis of WFCC took place on Sunday, 26th January, 2014. It was simultaneously held in as many as 34 countries with 488 solvers. Category I was for experienced solvers and Category II for debutants, inexperienced solvers. The first category drew 290 solvers and the second, 198 of them. […]

Chessbibliophile
06.12.2014
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Chessbibliophile
06.12.2014

Our columnist celebrates spring with an evening of scotch and other goodies. All are welcome.

Jeffrey Vollmer
06.11.2014
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Jeffrey Vollmer
06.11.2014

The standard side of the No Logo Norway 2014 chess tournament started on June 3 2014. The tournament features some of the top players in the world led by hometown hero and world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Yury Markushin
06.09.2014
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Yury Markushin
06.09.2014

All serious chess players know how important a deep endgame understanding for competitive chess is. They also know about a direct correlation between studying endgames and the ELO increase. It does not matter where you play chess, on the official FIDE-rated events or on your favorite chess website. If you invest a little bit of […]

Yury Markushin
06.06.2014
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Yury Markushin
06.06.2014

Garry Kasparov, undoubtedly, one of the greatest chess players in history, won many of his games against the most elite players like Karpov, Kramnik and Anand by using razor sharp tactical combinations. Here we present the list of 5 of his crazily creative ideas:

Yury Markushin
06.04.2014
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Yury Markushin
06.04.2014

Endgame Principles: Today we will cover the 13 most important ones you should always keep in mind during the game. These come from the greatest players of the past who need no introduction: Nimzowitsch, Capablanca, Kasparov, Keres, Benko, Tarasch, Botvinnik, and Kotov. They were surely the endgame experts who dedicated their whole lives to these […]

Yury Markushin
06.02.2014
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Yury Markushin
06.02.2014

Have you noticed how chess masters easily and flawlessly find a winning combination and win the game, while other players struggle and cannot achieve the same? Have you ever wondered why does that happen like that and what can you do to achieve master’s performance? Look no further. Today I will show you the 10 […]

Yury Markushin
05.28.2014
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Yury Markushin
05.28.2014

Today we present the list of 7 world’s most famous chess combinations. You may ask why are these combinations are the most famous? Well, some of these games were played as early as in the 9th century. If we still study them today there is definitely something special about them. Enjoy and don’t forget to […]

Jeffrey Vollmer
05.27.2014
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Jeffrey Vollmer
05.27.2014

Returning to the St. Louis Chess club in the upscale Central West End neighborhood for round 9 on the Men’s side and round 8 on the Women’s. Akobian lost as black against Shankland to shake-up the standings. Shankland was able to create a very active position trading his rook for two superior minor pieces while […]

Chessbibliophile
05.23.2014
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Chessbibliophile
05.23.2014

The 10th International Solving Contest under the aegis of WFCC took place on Sunday, 26th January, 2014. It was simultaneously held in as many as 34 countries with 488 solvers. Category I was for experienced solvers and Category II for debutants, inexperienced solvers. The first category drew 290 solvers and the second, 198 of th […]