Archive for September, 2010
The 39th Chess Olympiad takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 21st September (Round 1) - 3rd October (11th Round) 2010. Live coverage of the top boards from 10am each day.
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The 39th Chess Olympiad takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 21st September (Round 1) - 3rd October (11th Round) 2010. Live coverage of the top boards.
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How to play against 1d4
Sep 23
Everyman has just published: How to play against 1d4.
In this book Richard Palliser examines the Czech Benoni and the Closed Benoni, both uncomplicated, low-maintenance but effective openings in which the importance of understanding ideas and tactics
Like in any big Swiss, the top half of the Olympiad plays the second half in the first round. With 148 teams in the Open section and 114 teams in the Women section it was clear that there would be many 4-0 and 3.5-0.5 scores, but there was a small nu
Elo vs the Rest of the World is a competition that aims to discover whether other approaches can predict the outcome of chess games more accurately than the workhorse Elo rating system. Scheduled to end on November 14th, the competition and has reach
Alexander Grischuk conceded a draw on top board to Sam Collins of Ireland in their 3.5-0.5 win. The Ukraine won 4-0.
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The President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev submitted for consideration of Narodny Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Kalmykia the candidacy of Alexey Orlov to be the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia. Formerly Alexey Orlov was the 1st
Dear Friends,Please note the landline of the FIDE Congress Secretariat is
+7 3467 31 81 08General Assembly 2010 and EB Agenda and Annexes
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There has been some mystery as to the climbing number of Russian Teams in the Men's (Open) Olympiad. As hosts Russia would be expected to field an additional team. They were also given the right for the local organisers (Ugra) to field a team making
Today the first round of the 39th Chess Olympiad starts at 15:00 local time (11:00 CET, right now in fact). The colourful pictures from the opening ceremony might have given a different impression, but not everything went according to plan so far.
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