Archive for November 21st, 2009

#599 Diagram Difficulties

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

At the moment, ChessBase 10 is not generating the desired diagrams for my HTML pages. I suspect its “Green Marble” board is the problem. Never had any trouble with the “Cherry” board or my custom purple & gray job.

I’ll try to correct the situation early next week. Until then… sorry for the lack of visuals.

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#598 Anand-Ivanchuk Blitz Game

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

I have annotated Anand & Ivanchuk’s …Qd7 Winawer game from the recent World Blitz Championship. Hope you like it.

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#597 GSCL – 2nd Round Annotations

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Notes to my 2nd round draw with Paul Corcoran have been posted on the Garden State Chess League blog.

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Anand: Russia is still one of the strongest chess nations in the world

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

“For the greatest part of my life I have been fighting the three K’s – Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik,” says Vishy Anand on Moscow radio. “I have played no fewer than a hundred games with each of them.” The World Champion talks about the Russian school, chess as an Olympic sport, computer cheating and the world championship format. Interview with WGM Elmira Mirzoeva.

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FIDE World Chess Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk begins

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Suffering from withdrawal after Nanjing and the Tal Memorial? Do not worry, the next top tournament has just started. It is the FIDE World Cup in Central Russia, a seven-stage knockout with 128 players in the starting ranks and a total prize fund of US $1.6 million. The event is an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011. Participants and schedule.

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