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PCG & PCG Reversed 12/17/2025 - *Philidor Counter Gambit* *Oscf_Player (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 12/17/2025* *1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5...
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Global Chess League 2025 LIVE - The Global Chess League 2025 will take place from December 13 to December 22 in Mumbai, India. It is a 6-team double round robin tournament. The team struc...1 day ago
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NM Charles Troutman to lead WashU for Pan-Ams - Charles Troutman III is a rising senior set to graduate from Washington University in May 2026. The Atlanta native has decided on a career in technology ...1 day ago
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2025 FIDE GA - I'm not sure I have ever attended a FIDE General Assembly that has gone 'right'. Whether it is confusion about procedural rules, a lack of quorum, or ju...3 days ago
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Muddled thinking - I have inventorized my last 50 games. About 25% had a rook ending in them. I am very bad at it. So I managed to draw won endings, and to lose drawn end...4 days ago
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Tour title despite defeat in final event - Norway’s world No 1, 35, lost 0.5-1.5 to the US veteran Levon Aronian, 43, in Cape Town but was already sure of overall victory and a prize of around $50...6 days ago
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Double Dutch Game Score - Every now and then I come across a game score that has me completely foxed. The following is an example. It is the game Rudolf Loman v Lucien Serraillier...
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History of the Hales Corners Challenge - ERIK SANTARIUS 15 ALEX BETANELI 5 STEVEN TENNANT 4 JON L BURGESS 3 ALLEN J BECKER 3 ALEKSANDA STAMNOV 3 BENEDICT SMAIL 3 HALES CORNERS CHALLENGE XXXV...9 months ago
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Find tailored solutions for your product data and product search needs - In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital commerce, efficient management of product data and search functionality is paramount for businesses striving t...10 months ago
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Holiday Season Six-Week Swiss Online - *Holiday Season Six-Week Swiss Online Register Online Now* Date *Tuesday, November 19, 2024* Event Format 6SS or Double Quad, 1 lichess game per ...
1 year ago -
2024 Happy Mother's Day! - Hola! I'm still alive and kicking. But these days I'm spending most of my time gardening, cutting the grass and trimming it, (a never-ending chore betwe...
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!1 year ago
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Camille est déjà une championne ! - ⭐ *Jouer une partie d'échecs* ➕ *L'actualité du jour* ➕ *3 exercices avec leurs solutions* ➕ *nos conseils pour progresser* 🚀 👀 *Les majorités de pio...
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14th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament - The 14th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament took place today. Four strong players - David Baillie, Matt Jackman, Kevin Winter and Peter Harker - battled awa...
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AFPI — America First Policy Institute/Center for the American Child - Kellyanne Conway is chair. Her theme is “Teachers and school administrators are not mom and dad. Yet woke and politicians think parents should have no say ...2 years ago
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New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve - They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat, get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every Democrat-...2 years ago
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Anticipation of Things Future - Fifteen years ago, when I started this blog, I called the first post Remembrance of Things Past. It seems like an odd way to begin a chronicle that literal...2 years ago
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Common Reasons for Toilet Base Leaks - Are you noticing water on the ground around your toilet’s base? If your answer is yes, you should know that it isn’t a great sign. When you see water aro...4 years ago
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Play US Chess Rated Online! - The US Chess Federation partners with two leading online chess sites to offer *weekly rated quick (G/11-G/29) and blitz (G/5-G/10) tournaments* on the i...
5 years ago -
World Cup: Round 3 completed in Khanty-Mansiysk - [image: 717834ce4a9b9a7f165c2e1db8781184] The Round 3 tiebreaks were played on September 18. Three matches were decided in rapid games. Peter Svidler (Ru...6 years ago
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USCF & Internet Chess Club Join Forces to Provide Online Rated Chess! - The Internet Chess Club (ICC) and the United States Chess Federation (USCF) are delighted to announce the start of USCF online rated tournaments on the ICC.6 years ago
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Susanto Megaranto & Medina Aulia Juara Asia 2019 - Kabar gembira dari dunia percaturan Indonesia hadir kembali di bulan April 2019. Menjelang hangatnya suasana menjelang pemilu / pilpres , pecatur Indonesia...
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#1351 Kenilworth Championship Starts Tonight! - The 28th Annual Kenilworth Chess Club Championship starts tonight! The tournament is a 5-round, non-rated Swiss. For more details visit http://www.usche...
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Best Tactics of 2017 Book - This new publication is a collection of nearly 500 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place in 2017. To see the so...7 years ago
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Equips - ronda 6 - No, no m'he oblidat de posar posicions de les meves partides. Però és que he tingut unes quantes partides avorridotes, on no hi havia massa que compartir...
7 years ago -
Playing Down - Because of the busy schedule, I committed to chess by starting a club at work during lunch time. There are a lot of folks who “play-only-on-chess.com” and...
7 years ago -
Back to Chess After Two Year Hiatus - I am back to chess after two years away. Not two years from blogging, where my main work has moved to David Korn, Special Projects, where I focus my...
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Russia Supreme At Women’s World Team Championship - From June 16 to June 27 2017 in Khanty-Mansiysk the chess world team championship took place. The Russian women won the World Team Championship in Khanty-M...8 years ago
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Model Baju Kerja Muslim Modern Rabbani - Pilih-pilih bahan buat kebaya muslim wisuda Anda sangat perlu, karna prosesi ini tidak cuma berjalan satu dua jam, tetapi lebih dari itu ditengah banyak ma...8 years ago
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RIP Malcolm Pyke - I am so very upset this morning to have learnt of the untimely passing of my friend Malcolm Pyke. We happen to be friends on Facebook, too, and over the la...8 years ago
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Ian Maver 2nd IM Norm - Ian Maver has concluding his final game in the 10th European Team Championship today, winning it to finish top of his group and give England a credible 7...8 years ago
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PRO Chess League - If you guys enjoy following live chess action I highly recommend you head over to the PRO Chess League and check that out. This came out of what was former...8 years ago
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Purity Maina Is An International Arbiter - *Purity Maina* KCF would like to congratulate Purity Maina from Kenya who was awarded her International Arbiter title during the FIDE Presidential Board ...
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Karjakin remporte le tournoi des candidats à Moscou - Ce sera Karjakin le Challenger ! Caruana ne réussit pas vaincre Karjakin. Il suffisait à Karjakin d'annuler pour se qualifier. Le vainqueur de ce tournoi ...9 years ago
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Openings and endings - *The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, * *Moves on* - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam I was looking for a theme for today's post, and nearly picked th...
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In Conversation with Grandmaster Ashley, on Naked Chess & Ladies Knight - I talk with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley about my piece, “Naked Chess”, installed at the World Chess Hall of Fame for Ladies Knight: A Female Perspective on ...9 years ago
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Rules & Conditions for the 13th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational - the richest all-girls championship in the world! - Rules & Conditions for the 13th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational - the richest all-girls championship in the world!($200,000+ in scholars...
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My (Slighty Tattered) Chess Career - So going on seven weeks ago I was happy to report that Derek Slater was back "And (Perhaps) Me Too" but there's been no follow-through, as such. A few time...
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Lessons from a Failed Experiment in JavaScript Accessibility [SitePoint Blogs] - When you tick the 'show password' box on a site you expect to be able to see your password. But what happens for users with screenreaders?10 years ago
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Ladder Pairings - 28 April 2015 - *Board* *White Player* *Rank* *Rating* *Black Player* *Rank* *Rating* *Results* 1 Martz, Sven 1 1658 Schietekat, Daniel 12 1185 1 - 0 2 Fitho, Nino 6 13...10 years ago
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7 second chess tactic - Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Closed for Business - What do you do when the pawn structure is all jammed up? Sacrifice to open it up, I guess.10 years ago
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Understanding the King's Indian. The Kindle Edition - Mikhail Golubev. *Understanding the King's Indian*. The Kindle Edition of my 2006 book (Amazon): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MPTEFIC/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb10 years ago
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Like Deja Vu - Another year, another match win for Magnus Carlsen! But there were some differences this time around I suppose… In both Games 10 and 11, Anand managed to e...11 years ago
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Response to Canadian Fed Prez Drkulec - Wishing the best for Canadian chess with Ilyumzhinov.11 years ago
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Turning Point Towards 1800 - It was no April Fools joke about my 1800 rating. I left with one of my typical time pressure train wreck positions. I'm wondering to myself, will people ...11 years ago
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Some new chess rules passed by FIDE - You can read about it at Chess.com. Here are the first couple: At the recent FIDE Congress, delegates from the 103 countries represented made some rule cha...11 years ago
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The Kenilworth Knockout Tournament - I stopped by the club last night and snapped some pictures of the Kenilworth Knockout tournament underway. Maybe some of the contestants will want to sha...
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What To Look For When Choosing A Car Repair Workshop - A car repair workshop is a car owner's best friend. Even people who have knowledge in fixing their own cars have at least once in their life visited a vehi...12 years ago
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Can Black Draw ? - In the actual game at Hamilton Quads on July 27, 2013 in the Class A section White's 45th move was RxRf6+, immediately thereafter Black resigned. Can Black...12 years ago
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Ci siamo trasferiti sul nuovo portale Scacchierando.it! - Ci siamo trasferiti sul nuovo portale Scacchierando.it! Clicca QUI UPDATE: APRE SCACCHIERANDO.IT! Carissimi, come ho già scritto Scacchierando.net chi...12 years ago
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A Certain Failure of Technique - 2012 USCL Action (295) Ginsburg-ARZ (2400) – Jones-CAR (2249) [E14] ICC 60 15 u Internet Chess Club, November 5, 2012 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 ...13 years ago
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Norths John Purdy Memorial - Last night, I popped into the North Sydney RSL club where they were having the Norths CS Purdy Memorial competition (which runs for over 2 months). I was t...
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CTS Accuracy Update - Not been doing much of CTS lately for various reasons, and it's already been a month since the last accuracy update. Also thought I wasn't doing all that w...13 years ago
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Memorial Chess Tournament. - [image: Memorial Chess Tournament.] 8th - 17th Dec. 2011 Live webcam feed and commentary. London Classic Chess Tournament Four Board All Play All Grandmaste...14 years ago
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The Alterman Gambit Guide – Black Gambits 1 by Boris Alterman - The Alterman Gambit Guide: Black Gambits 1 is an instructional manual for improving chess players. Sharpen your tactics and learn to play dynamic attacking...14 years ago
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Hey I'm still here - Still alive, still playing chess, still as patzer as ever. Some updates: I've gotten over 1300, finally, landing somewhere around 1352. I played in the U1...14 years ago
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers - This Wednesday, May 4, I’m giving a public talk called The Man Who Loved Only Numbers at 6:30 PM at the Baruch College Conference Center (on the 14th Floor...14 years ago
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Una partida de ajedrez para analizar - Buenos días a todos! Vamos a hacer algo diferente y vamos a ver una partida de uno de nuestros lectores. Los jugadores: En piezas blancas juega Elpidio Gar...14 years ago
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Chess Books on Kindle - I am learning about the awesome resource of chess books on Kindle. I think we all -- whether we like it or not -- have to accept the fact that paper books ...15 years ago
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Minnesota State Scholastic Chess Competition - Pre-Game Nerves - Minnesota State Scholastic Chess Competition - Pre-Game Nerves: Image: from Nina Hale on flickr (cc) Tags: Chess - Competition - Minnesota - Scholastic C...
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Sesame Street Theme Chess Set - Sesame Street Theme Chess Set:Image: from TinyPic.comTags: Chess Set - Sesame Street - ThemePosted by ALCHEssMIST - Alchemipedia - Cetacographer - Nirvana ...
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BBC World Service - Seeking The Endgame (Episode 1) by Simon Terrington - BBC World Service - Seeking The Endgame (Episode 1) by Simon TerringtonJust heard about this new series on chess from the BBC World Service, via Closet Gra...
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Chess Army Battlefront Extending To Infinity - Chess Army Battlefront Extending To Infinity:Image: from TinyPic.comTags: Army - Battlefront - Chess - InfinityPosted by ALCHEssMIST - Alchemipedia - Cetac...
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Collection Of Black Chess Pieces (Minus Rook) - Collection Of Black Chess Pieces (Minus Rook):Image: from TinyPic.comTags: Black - Chess Pieces - RookPosted by ALCHEssMIST - Alchemipedia - Cetacographer ...
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Michael Adams vs Aaron Summerscale - British Championships, Canterbury 2010 - Michael Adams - Aaron SummerscaleBritish Championships, Canterbury 2010 [Score 1-0]Caro -Kann Defense - novelty 11 Bb5!Solid game by Michael Adams.[Event "...15 years ago
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The Super Chess Computer Went Blank (Cartoon) - At The Critical Move The Super Chess Computer Went Blank, Once Again Humankind's Superiority Over MachinesImage from TinyPic.comTags: Chess Computer - Crit...
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New Chess Blog Additions (List Updated July 27, 2010) - New Blogs Added 27 July, 2010 Chess Blog For Girls by Susan Polgar (polgargirls.blogspot.com) Greenpoint Chess and Go Club (greenpointchess.org) Kenilworth ...15 years ago
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ALCHEssMIST Chess Position 0005 - Black To Move - Position 0005 - Black To Move FEN [r5k1/1p2qppp/1bn5/3pPp2/1P1P1P2/r3B3/N1RQ2PP/5RK1 b - - 0 21] Solution (highlight hidden text): [... Rxe3] Posted by ...
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3rd New York International - Final Results - Grandmasters Jaan Ehlvest and P. Harikrishna won the 3rd New York International, held at the Marshall Chess Club from June 18 to 22, 2010, with a score of ...15 years ago
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Touch and Go Chess Party! - This is Lauren! Have you been to downtown Chicago? A couple years ago when I was spending time with my aunt and cousin in Chicago, we discovered "Touch a...15 years ago
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Chess Art Links - Chess Art great chess gift itemsChess Posters and Prints at Art.comChess in the arts and literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaChessPrints.comChessb...15 years ago
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Scottish Chess Championship Past Winners (Surname Alphabetical List) - Previous winners of the Scottish Chess Championship:Aitken, James Macrae - 1935, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965 (joint)Anderson, PB -...15 years ago
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Scacchi: Enciclopedia pratica dei Gambetti - Marco Saba's Scacchi: Enciclopedia pratica dei Gambetti is an interesting resource, offering over 700 database generated opening reports for various gambi...15 years ago
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Jessica Simpson The Chess Player - Jessica Simpson The Chess Player:Jessica Simpson, the 29 year-old singer-actress, is reportedly obsessed with playing chess.This chess revelation appears t...
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This blog has moved - This blog is now located at http://chesscoroner.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscrib...15 years ago
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Customizing the Openings/Endgames Training Databases in ChessBase’s Rybka Interface: Preliminary Results and Tips - I have just started tweaking the opening and endgame training databases that shipped with my ChessBase version of Rybka 3. Here’s what I’ve determined so ...15 years ago
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Changing of the Guard: 2009 U.S. Championship DVD - I'm planning on visiting the St. Louis chess club and picking up this DVD. The preview looks quite nice!15 years ago
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Finished level 30 - I actually finished level 30 about a week ago. But getting back on track at work from the holidays has taken most of my time. First the results (then the c...15 years ago
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ChessFlash - Initial Diagram Position Option - ChessFlash now includes an option for displaying an initial position other than the starting position. This allows you to show the final position or any pa...15 years ago
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Stoyko and Phaedrus combined - This afternoon I struggled with the position below. If you want you can use it yourself as a Stoyko exercise. The position is taken from Khmelnitsky's Ches...
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Kasparov Leads 2-0 - Hell yeah! Nice start for Kasparov, taking both games today. Here's the official website.16 years ago
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MAYOR ARSENIO LATASA MIXED-MASTERS 2009 - *MAYOR ARSENIO LATASA MIXED-MASTERS(Davao del Sur Open Chess Championship 2009)September 7-8, 2009Dagohoy Hall, Lim St., Digos City* *OPEN DIVISION*...
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66 Days Later... - A few of you probably wonder, "What ever became of likesforests?" - I have not studied any chess. - My baby's doing well. - I lost 45 lbs, but in...
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Most Chess Tournaments Won By Any Player In History - Answer - Anatoly Karpov Details: Anatoly Karpov has apparently won over 160 chess tournaments, more than anyone else in history. (Source) Tags: Anatoly...
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Dmitry Jakovenko - Russia - Dmitry Jakovenko (Heraklion, 2007) Demographics: - Name - Dmitry Jakovenko - DOB - 1983 - Country - Russia Web Details: - Wikipedia Entr...
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ALCHEssMIST Chess960 Blog - A new blog by ALCHEssMIST about Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess.16 years ago
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Professor David Li - Chess and Chinese Chess (XiangQi, 象棋) Interview Chessbase 2005 - Chinese Chess Board (XiangQi, 象棋): Chessbase in 2005 published 2 very interesting articles on chess and chinese chess (XiangQi, 象棋), based on an interview...
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Frankenstein-Dracula Variation - This opening variation can be reached via the Vienna Game and the Bishop's Opening. The name was given by Tim Harding in his book on the Vienna Game, publi...
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ALCHEssMIST Position 0001 - White To Move (Mate in 3) - White To Move (Mate in 3)[r1bq1b1r/ppp4p/2n3pn/3kp3/4N3/5Q1P/PPPP1PP1/R1B1KB1R w KQ - 0 12]Napoleon I - Madame de Remusat (Malmaison Castle, 1804)Solution ...
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World Chess Game - *View The Movie* We intend to restore the fundamental necessities and environmental awareness of the species through the avocation of the most current u...
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Chess Events on the Agenda - Over the next few months there an unusual number of first class chess events on the agenda. First, here are a handful that are going on at this moment. ...17 years ago
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Bayesian Thinking - Since this winter, I haven't had a lot of time to work on ChessVortex. But today I've revisited, for the umpteen-thousandnth time, the wikipedia page for B...17 years ago
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Up a pawn and drawn Shredder - As White against Deep Shredder I blundered my Queen's Knight for a pawn early in the game but then, always up a pawn, I managed to keep the game even throu...
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1 Year Anniversary!! - One year ago today I started my seven circles training! It's been a productive first year! I've played 250+ slow games I've completed seven circles of ...
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The Little General of Chess - He was the Napoleon of chess, a man of small physical stature but the rarest of gifts. As "The Little Corporal" changed European history, Samuel Reshevsky ...18 years ago
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Sinterklaas and Chess - For our friends who live at the other side of the ocean a little explanation: Sinterklaas is an old bishop (350 year or so) who lives in Spain. He comes e...
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King's Gambit: second competition winner - The winner of our second competition for a copy of King's Gambit by Paul Hoffman is: ... *Hsin Jen* from Singapore. Congratulations to Hsin Jen, and comm...18 years ago
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My final circle scores - For reference, here are my final results. Remember that I finished Advanced 2,3 and everything afterwards on the last day. My wife and I have plans, so I'l...19 years ago
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