Archive for December 24th, 2009

It is tradition – during the week from December 25th to January 1st we
bring you daily installments of puzzles. This time the theme is the Revenge
of the Humans – problems that will (hopefully) stump computers, but which
biological brains are able to comprehend. New puzzles will appear daily on the
index page,
here for today, with best seasonal wishes, is our
first 2009 Christmas puzzle.

It is tradition – during the week from December 25th to January 1st we
bring you daily installments of puzzles. This time the theme is the Revenge
of the Humans – problems that will (hopefully) stump computers, but which
biological brains are able to comprehend. New puzzles will appear daily on the
index page,
here for today, with best seasonal wishes, is our
first 2009 Christmas puzzle.

In the men’s section only 50% of the games have been drawn so far – an excellent quota. After four rounds Peter Svidler leads with three points, followed half a point behind by Grischuk and Jakovenko. In the women’s section the draw quota is a breathtaking 20%. IM Alisa Galliamova is leading with a clean score of 4.0/4 points. Illustrated report.