The Problemist #10: white to move

by FM Charles Galofre

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PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronianwill participate in Grand Slam Chess Masters tournament due September 3-8 in Shanghai. Aronian will rival Vladimir Kramnik, Aleksei Shirov and Wang Hao. Two winners will further be joined by Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand for the four-player final in Bilbao (October 9-15). Meanwhile, grandmasters Ashot Anastasyan and Avetik Grigoryan finished [...]

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A Nimble Chess Artist

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A Nimble Chess Artist The former U.S. champion Hikaru Nakamura is fast. The quicker the pace on the chessboard, the more he seems to enjoy playing. His nimble skills helped him to secure a place for the next traditional Amber tournament, a blindfold and rapid chess extravaganza played every spring on the French Riviera. Competing [...]

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LivinginPeru.com Isabel Guerra The President of the International Federation of Chess, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, identified Peru as one of the most important countries, after highlighting the results achieved by the Peruvian representatives, that became champions in the last tournament held in Brazil. “I wanted to come to Peru long ago, to see by myself the work [...]

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The Problemist #9: white to move

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Working towards a Caribbean Chess Union

by blog admin 08.22.2010 Daily Chess News

The FIDE elections seem to be galloping towards a spectacular finish as we observe the two candidates for President, the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov campaigning through the Caribbean and the world, to make an impact upon voter countries. Each country has one vote and FIDE comprises 165 member nations. Guyana, I believe, is [...]

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An Unusual Double: Husband and Wife Win French Chess Championships

by blog admin 08.22.2010 Daily Chess News

Marriages among top chess players are not common, but they are not as rare as they once were because more women play chess now than did 20 or 30 years ago. Sometimes the marriages are between players of different nationalities, but once they marry and settle down, they often play in the championships of the [...]

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The Problemist #8: white to move

by FM Charles Galofre 08.22.2010 Chess Tactic
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Gibraltar Represented At The British Chess Championships In Canterbury

by blog admin 08.21.2010 Chess News

The Minister for Sport and Leisure, the Hon Edwin J Reyes, is pleased to announce that as part of the support Government is providing to Chess in Gibraltar, and the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in particular, it was arranged for a representative of the Gibraltar Tourist Board to attend, for the first time, the British [...]

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Azerbaijani to play for Garry Kasparov’s team

by blog admin 08.21.2010 Daily Chess News

The team chess championship of Spain CECLUB Division de Honor will take place August 23 – 28, 2010, in Sestao, Vizcaya. It is the top club competition of the country and one of the strongest in Europe. Azerbaijani chess player Vugar Hashimov will also take part in the Spanish championship. He will lead the team [...]

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