Archive for August, 2010
Chess Endgame
Aug 26
In chess and chess-like games, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board.
The line between middlegame and endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with the quic
Baku Open 2010 – 4
Aug 26
The Baku Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Emil Sutovsky, Alexander Areshchenko, Rauf Mamedov, Ilya Smirin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Boris Savchenko etc play.
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The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashev
Famous chess games
Aug 26
The immortal game between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky (1851).
The evergreen game between Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne (1852).
The opera game between Paul Morphy and two allies, the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard (1858).
For the new season we offer a variety of chess boards, pieces, clocks, and chess sets.
Tournament Chess Set Size No.5
Board No.5 (Size: 48×48x2cm)
Mahogany side with coordinates
Mahogany & white birch squares
Weight: 2.5 kg
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Pieces Staunto
This year’s NH Chess Tournament was the fifth, and also the last. Five times, a team of Rising Stars played, and learnt from, Experienced grandmasters. We return one more time to Amsterdam, if only because we don’t want you to miss our la
Peter Leko plays Boris Gelfand in an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc, 25th-29th August 2010. The time control is 25m + 10spm, there will be a blitz playoff if the match is tied. This is the 6th such match Leko has played in Miskolc since the first one
Following the successful organisation of Anatoly Karpov’s visit to Singapore on 17 July 2010, the Chess is for Everybody (CES) movement in Singapore organized yet another ambitious, action-packed chess promotion programme on 15 August 2010 with
Many top players are currently playing in the Spanish Team Championship in Sestao, such as Almasi, Bacrot, Caruana, Gashimov, Harikrishna, Kasimdzhanov, Laznicka, Nakamura, Navara, Ponomariov, Shirov, Short Vachier-Lagrave, Vallejo Pons and Van Wely.
Another result of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's working visit to Lebanon – the FIDE representation office to be opened in the capital of Beirut. The premises shall also have the Lebanese Chess Federation offices. "This wonderful building is situated on the