http://thechesskings.com all the chess news that's fit to print... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://thechesskings.com/2010/09/02/maurice-ashley-the-secret-to-chess/ http://thechesskings.com/2010/09/02/maurice-ashley-the-secret-to-chess/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 master tag:www.chessbase.com://70f85e787419857247f1a6766a4e95c9

Secret tip for use against the Petroff The Petroff is reputed to be a really safe...

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Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 in August ...

Chess in Paradise: the Ravana Challenge in Sri Lanka GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili of Georgia won it, but more...

Arctic Chess Challenge 2010: Kobalia clinches it ...

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Welcome back: Kavalek in The Huffington Post ...

Kavalek at Huffington: Even the Champions Get It Wrong ...

Kavalek at Huffington: A Chess Odyssey ...

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World Blitz Championship – pictorial impressions from Moscow The Tal Memorial and the World Blitz are tremendously...

Chernyshov wins Moscow Open 2010 This event took place from Jan. 30 to Feb....

Carlsen Wins Tal Memorial Blitz The World Blitz Championship at the Tal Memorial in Moscow...

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FIDE ratings July 2010: Carlsen with record 2826 ...

November 2009 FIDE ratings Everyone knows the big news: Magnus Carlsen has crossed...

Impressions from FIDE rating conference 2010 ...

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Breaking news: DNA test results on Fischer/Jinky ...

DNA test results prove: Fischer was not the father of Jinky Young ...

Iceland: Fischer’s estate, his final resting place The chess legend Bobby Fischer died in Iceland on...

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Arctic Securities Rapid: Anand and Carlsen lead with 2.5/3 ...

Arctic Securities Rapid: Carlsen gets ‘hammered’, reaches final ...

Arctic Securities Chess Stars begins today ...

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Positions to tempt and torture your computer If you are following our Christmas puzzles you will...

Rybka 4 is here – and stronger than ever ...

Rybka wins ICT10 in Leiden ...

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Miskolc 2010: Leko and Gelfand tied after four rounds ...

Miskolc 2010: Gelfand takes the lead after six rounds ...

Tal R05: Anand beats Leko, joins Kramnik in the lead Almost exactly a year ago the two were playing...

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Spanish Chess League – Favorite Kasparov Marcote wins ...

Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

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Arctic Securities Rapid: Anand and Carlsen lead with 2.5/3 ...

Carlsen beats Anand, wins Arctic Securities Rapid ...

Arctic Securities Chess Stars begins today ...

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Miskolc 2010: Leko and Gelfand tied after four rounds ...

Miskolc 2010: Gelfand beats Leko 4.5:3.5 ...

Hastings 2009-2010: Five GMs lead after four rounds For heaven's sake, somebody take away this man's Christmas...

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Spanish Chess League – Kasparov Marcote wins ...

Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

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Carlsen beats Anand, wins Arctic Securities Rapid ...

Arctic Securities Rapid: Carlsen gets ‘hammered’, reaches final ...

Arctic Securities Chess Stars begins today ...

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Arctic Securities Rapid: Anand and Carlsen lead with 2.5/3 ...

Arctic Securities Rapid: Carlsen gets ‘hammered’, reaches final ...

Carlsen beats Anand, wins Arctic Securities Rapid ...

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Miskolc 2010: Gelfand takes the lead after six rounds ...

Miskolc 2010: Gelfand beats Leko 4.5:3.5 ...

Hastings 2009-2010: Five GMs lead after four rounds For heaven's sake, somebody take away this man's Christmas...

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Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

Spanish Chess League – Kasparov Marcote wins ...

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Spanish Chess League – Top seed Kasparov Marcote leads ...

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Chess and Music Festival in Château de Villandry A Renaissance châteaux on the banks of the River...

Chess and Music Festival in the Château de Villandry A Renaissance château on the banks of the River...

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Seirawan’s Best games – ‘The chess DVD of the year!’ You know him well, American GM Yasser Seirawan, him...

Seirawan’s Best Games – ‘The chess DVD of the year!’ You know him well, American GM Yasser Seirawan, the...

Seirawan on physics, Feynman on chess ...

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Mating attack in the endgame II As we recently saw in the Jermuk Grand Prix...

A match decided in an endgame In the Short-Efimenko match, which finished last Saturday in ...

A Bishops of Opposite Color Endgame Lesson from Steve Stoyko Stoyko - Grasso, Hamilton Quads 2009White to play. What is...

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Honorary Doctorate for chess grandmaster ...

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A host of passed pawns… ... versus an attack in the g- and f-file...

The passed pawn on the seventh rank Whenever an opposing passed pawn reaches the seventh rank,...

Advanced enemy pawns… ... in front of your king can really make...

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