Archive for November, 2010
Dear Chess Friends,Please see the list of the upcoming FIDE Arbiters' Seminars, that have already been approved:
Sri Lanka, Colombo, 3-6 December 2010 Israel, Tel-Aviv, 4-8 December 2010 South Africa, Johannesburg, 7-10 December 2010 Argentina, Buen
Today we present the first part of our big interview with Mark Dvoretsky, which we conducted during the Tal Memorial based on questions from visitors of this site. We publish it in parts because, as it turned out, Mr Dvoretsky wanted to answer almost
Weekly Endgame Study (196)
Nov 21
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving!
I.Zaytsev & O.Pervakov
2009
White to play and draw
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Czech Coal Match 2010 – 1
Nov 21
The Czech Coal Match holds its traditional "Snowdrops (women's team) vs Veterans" match. The women's team won the first day 3-1. 8 rounds altogether.
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The Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular tournament takes place alongside the Ibero-American tournament. This is part of a huge chess festival which has Kasparov and Karpov giving simuls, a number of seminars and exhibitions. Vassily Ivanchuk lost to Judit Polg
On Friday, November 19, the FIDE delegation headed by its President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met at UNESCO headquarters with General Secretary of this organization Mrs. Irina Bokova. The ways of cooperation between two international organizations were cons
Levon Aronian's hot streak makes him look like the next World Number One. Malcolm Pein looks at his win in the World Blitz.
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Levon Aronian leads the World Blitz after two days. Malcolm Pein takes a look.
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The Championships of Israel took place 8th Nov - Thu 18th Nov 2010. Vitali Golod took clear first place with 7.5/9.
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The 60th Russian Women's SuperFinal takes place in Moscow.
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