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Chess Tales: September 2007
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Chess, chess players and tournaments worldwide, online and in the media. Thursday, 20 September 2007. King's Gambit: second competition winner. The winner of our second competition for a copy of King's Gambit by Paul Hoffman. Congratulations to Hsin Jen, and commiserations to the other entrants. I'll try and recover our review copy and run a third competition! Links to this post. Sunday, 16 September 2007. Competition 2: win another copy of King's Gambit. Simply answer this question:. Links to this post.
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Chess Tales: Paul Hoffman interview: concluding parts
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Chess, chess players and tournaments worldwide, online and in the media. Wednesday, 12 September 2007. Paul Hoffman interview: concluding parts. The concluding parts of a fascinating interview with best selling author Paul Hoffman. Part 4: on sex, insanity, Russia, the Dragon, and Kasparov's openings. Part 5: North American vs. European chess culture. Part 6: on playing chess and being remembered. Part 7: 5 chess players for dinner. You should also check out Paul's blog. Out of the Ether. What I definite...
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Chess - On the Road to GM: September 2007
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Mexico R05: Anand, Grischuk and Gelfand win. Anand leads. Links to this post. Mexico R04: Aronian wins, Leaders miss. Links to this post. Sunday, September 16, 2007. Mexico R03: Moro Wins, Anand Holds. Links to this post. Saturday, September 15, 2007. Mexico R02: Kramnik, Anand win. Well, that's what is called spectacular! Fighting chess in round 2! Vladimir Kramnik destroyed Alexander Morozevich with an unexpected (maybe home-cooked? These are th...
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Chess Tales: Paul Hoffman interview
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Chess, chess players and tournaments worldwide, online and in the media. Tuesday, 11 September 2007. I was really fortunate last week to grab a 'transatlantic' interview with best-selling author Paul Hoffman about his latest book,. King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game. The interview is our first podcast on Chess Tales:. Part 1: on chess anecdotes. Part 2: on Lautier, Kramnik and playing Kasparov. Part 3: chess head-banging and stage-diving! Look out tomorrow for parts 4-7.
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Chess - On the Road to GM: Mexico R02: Kramnik, Anand win.
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Saturday, September 15, 2007. Mexico R02: Kramnik, Anand win. Well, that's what is called spectacular! Fighting chess in round 2! Vladimir Kramnik destroyed Alexander Morozevich with an unexpected (maybe home-cooked? Knight sacrifice, that led to a very unclear position, but Moro went down on the clock, made some poor moves and all ended quickly. Vishy Anand, simply outplayed his Armenian opponent on a black side of a Semi-slav. I agree it's a great tournement. Mexico 2007: Kra...
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Chess - On the Road to GM: August 2007
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Tuesday, August 7, 2007. On the road to Bratto. Today I start my journey to Bratto! So, on the 23 of August I'll start my tournament, and I'll post my results! Links to this post. Friday, August 3, 2007. This is someone who really knows how to play blitz: Hikaru Nakamura! He's almost impossible to emulate, but we can learn from him what playing blitz well really means. Look how he crashes GM Maxim Dlugy in a 1-minute game:. Links to this post. 3 John Nunn's Favourite Puzzles.
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Chess - On the Road to GM: Mexico 2007: Round Two Pairings
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Friday, September 14, 2007. Mexico 2007: Round Two Pairings. Round 2: Friday, Sept. 14th 2007, 14:00h. These are the pairings for round 2 of the World Chess Chapionship. What do you think the results will be? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Chess Tactics Server: 1660. CTS National Rank: 28th. CTS Success: 68.7 %. Caught in the Fire. Robert Pearson's Chess Blog. Secrets of Grandpatzer Chess. Streatham and Brixton Chess Club.
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Chess - On the Road to GM: Mexico R03: Moro Wins, Anand Holds
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Sunday, September 16, 2007. Mexico R03: Moro Wins, Anand Holds. Another fighting in Mexico, where the big clash of leaders and top favourites Anand and Kramnik saw Vladimir Kramnik on a Black side of a Russian Defense pushing hard in a favourable endgame (yes, Black can also try to win in the Petroff.), but Vishy Anand. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Chess Tactics Server: 1660. CTS National Rank: 28th. CTS Success: 68.7 %. Caught in the Fire.
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Chess - On the Road to GM: I'm Back!
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Tuesday, June 17, 2008. OK, it's about ten months since I last post here, but my road to GM is not over yet and i'm here to finish the job! My Fide rating has improved, as I'm getting nearer and nearer to the Candidate Master title. Obviously is not enough, and I know that i must improve much more quickly if I want to become a GM. I'll start again posting videos, tournament reports and analisys on a daily basis. Thank you for comming by. Best regards, dk. CTS National Rank: 28th.
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Chess - On the Road to GM: July 2007
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Chess - On the Road to GM. Monday, July 30, 2007. In this month I will do an intensive tactical training to win the tournament I've spoken about, so I will have less time to post here. I beg you pardon, but stay tuned for the results, photos, and games. I will also keep posting the nunn's puzzles and endgame studies. Links to this post. Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Today after an unprecedented series of 10 succesive defeats I reached my worst rating peak in the playchess.com server! Links to this post.