Archive for February 9th, 2010

#627 KCC Ch. – Enhanced Crosstable

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

An enhanced crosstable for the Kenilworth Championship, with tiebreaks, performance ratings & projected post-tourney ratings, has been uploaded.

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Chess Playing New Jersey Devil

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

A chessplaying New Jersey Devil from Paranominal’s Cryptozoology.  Why is it that the devil is always up for a game?

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Aeroflot Open 2010 has started in Moscow

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

The 9th Aeroflot Open is taking place from Feb. 9–18, 2010, in the tourist complex Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta. The prize sum is EUR 180,000. There are four open tournaments (A1, A2, B and C) which are made up according to the rating of the participants. The A1 tournament has players with a rating of 2550 or higher. Results and games of round one.

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Pocket Fritz 4: More formats, more chances

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Pocket Fritz 4 supports the file formats CBH (ChessBase game database), CBV (ChessBase zipped game database) and CTG (ChessBase opening book or tree), which are familiar to users of other ChessBase products. This is an important qualitative and quantitative step that gives you access to a wide range of chess data, with unquestionable advantages introduced in this article.

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