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Chess News for August, 2010

	(8/31)  Der Kleine Capablanca Chess.com by GM Julio_Becerra Isaac Kashdan born 19 November (like Capablanca!) of 1905 in New York was a phenomenally gifted American chess grandmaster and chess writer, who was spoken of as a possible contender against Alekhine during the late 1920s and early 1930s.  Alekhine named Kashdan one of the most likely players to succeed him as World Champion...
	(8/31)  Hammer finally nails Carlsen TWIC by IM Malcolm Pein Jon Ludvig Hammer and Magnus Carlsen are the same age but it is ten years since Hammer beat Carlsen.  However another error from Carlsen was punished this time. Malcolm Pein takes a look.  Justice was done at the Artic Securities Chess Stars 2010 as Norwegian number two Jon Ludvig Hammer took his revenge for any number of defeats at the hands of Magnus Carlsen, his compatriot and world number one...
	(8/31)  International chess master instructs at Tuscaloosa VA Tuscaloosa News International chess master Michael Ciamarra brought the game to the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Tuesday.  “The opportunity to share with our veterans the magnificent game of chess has been a great honor for me,” he said, “as veterans have given so much for our country.”  Ciamarra is the state’s only World Chess Federation-certified chess instructor, and plans to bring his 20 years of coaching experience to veterans at...
	(8/31)  Chess star does it again Views and News from Norway Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen has proven once again that he’s arguably the best chess player in the world. He beat reigning world champion Vishy Anand at a tournament organized by his sponsor in the west coast city of Kristiansund.  Magnus Carlsen had more reason to smile after winning another tournament, this time in Kristiansund.  Carlsen, who’s been a star in Norway for years, has confirmed his spot on the world stage and not just with his chess...
	(8/31)  Fischer's DNA – still no final closure ChessBase The DNA test in a paternity lawsuit filed by Marilyn and Jinky Young was negative for the claimants.  The Icelandic representative declared the case closed, but Philippine lawyer Samuel Estimo is demanding that DNA samples of the former World Champion be verified against Fischer's blood relatives...
	(8/31)  Chess tournament heads outdoors BCLocalNews The second annual Summer Chess Fest comes to the CRD Square this month, and Victoria Junior Chess president Brian Raymer hopes participants will come to...
	(8/31)  USCL NM Matt Herman recaps New York's first loss of the season Ryan Polsky breaks down the Los Angeles vs Dallas matchup
	(8/31)  RAW World Chess Challenge: Magnus Takes on the World USCF At the G-star Raw Chess Challenge in New York on September 10, World #1 ranked player, Magnus Carlsen, will take on all comers.  You can sign up and watch videos featuring Carlsen and Polgar...
	(8/31)  September 2010 FIDE Rating List FIDE FIDE published September 2010 Rating List. Please view top lists at http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml.  All ratings are available at http://ratings.fide.com/.

	(8/31)  Gata Kamsky wins Baku Open 2010 Chessdom The participant in the Candidates matches 2011 GM Gata Kamsky won the Baku Chess Open. After a last round victory against GM Savchenko, Kamsky clinched sole first place with 7,5/9. Half a point behind are GM Emil Sutovsky, GM Alexej Alexandrov, FM Asghar Golizadeh, and IM Nijat Abasov...
	(8/31)  Chess in Schools of Vietnam FIDE The FIDE President, Head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Vietnam on a working visit.  At the airport Thang Shon Niat he was met by the President of the country Nguyen Minh Triet, the Secretary of the City Council Le Thanh Hai and the Mayor of Ho Chi Minh Le Hoang Quan as well as high officials of the President's Administration and Foreign Ministry...
	(8/31)  11th World University Chess Championship Chessville The 11th World University Chess Championship in Zurich will not only see a top level contest with many grandmasters, but will also present chess as an art and culture.  A first highlight will be...
	(8/31)  European Union Chess Championship European Chess Union The 2010 European Union Individual Chess Championship will be played on 4-12th September in Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy.  The tournament is open to all players from the countries belonging to European Union, with wild card for players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey, but without the right to the title...
	(8/31)  Chess 'joke' between Batman and the Joker Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG Hi Everybody, Why so serious about chess?  Okay, okay sometimes you just gotta go out there and have fun and forget about winning or losing.  Remember, there's always one more game to go.  Hope you like this Batman versus Joker chess video.  Remember it the next time you stop having fun at the chessboard...
	(8/31)  FIDE Ratings September 2010 (Sept10) TWIC by Mark Crowther (Tue Aug 31 21:05:00 2010) The September rating list didn't see a lot of dramitic changes...
	(8/31)  Interview with Almog Burstein - Treasurer in Silvio Danailov's ticket for ECU Chessdom How did you become a member of Silvio Danailov’s ticket?  It is very simple.  Three months ago I was invited by Silvio Danailov to join his ticket.  So, after reading the program and seeing who the other candidates on his ticket are, it took me less than 24 hours...
	(8/31)  Pason, Fiel rule Shell chess Malaya LONGSHOT Allan Pason completed his remarkable run in the Central Visayas leg of the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships, sweeping his last four games to emerge the solo champion...
	(8/31)  Carlsen beats Anand, wins Arctic Securities Rapid ChessBase It was a dream final: The World Champion vs the number one rated player in the world.  Vishy Anand had scored a near-perfect 5.0/6 victory in the preliminaries, Magnus had finished at 3.5/6.  But in the final the Norwegian worked over the Indian GM from the queenside to...
	(8/31)  Open Tournaments in Italy - Bratto & Fermo FIDE Festival Internazionale di Bratto 2010, including Open A and B, Italian Junior and Italian Women Championships, was held on 20-28 August in Castione della Presolana, Bergamo, Italy... The 1th edition of the International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio was held on 21-29th August, 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo (5 minutes from Porto San Giorgio on the sea)...
	(8/31)  New champions emerge in NBL Chess championship Nigerian Tribune NEW national champions emerged at the just concluded 33rd Nigerian Breweries National Open Chess Championship following the brilliant performance of Ochuko Emuakpeje and Rachael Dappa as they emerged winners in the Master and Female categories respectively...
	(8/31)  Review: three excellent puzzle books Chess Vibes By Arne Moll I don’t like games (except chess) and I hate puzzles.  I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to solve something others have solved before, let alone trying this in the presence of someone who already knows the answer.  I’m always afraid I won’t be able to find the solution and will have to conclude I’m a horrible chess player (or a quiz participant, or a student).  Still, I very much like reading chess puzzle books as long as I can look up the answer right away...
	(8/31)  Rogelio Antonio out of the Philippines team for the Chess Olympiad 2010 Chessdom Decision by NCFP, Rogelio Antonio out of the Asian Games as well The National Chess Federation Philippines (NCFP) headed by president Prospero Pichay has decided to drop Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey" Antonio from the national team bound for the World Chess Olympiad and Asian Games.  The measure comes after Rogelio has snubbed the two major chess tournament hosted in the country...
	(8/31)  Presidents Who Play Chess: by Bill Wall (Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess).  This time Bill tells all about those US Presidents - past & present - and those around them, who play chess.  "There is the story of Washington crossing the Delaware in 1776 to attack the British army.  Earlier, a boy had given a spy report to the British commander (Colonel Rahl) that Washington was about to attack.  The commander did not want to be interrupted while he played chess, so put the unread note in his pocket.  The note was found in his pocket, unopened, when he died in battle..."
	(8/31)  Chess on the Beeb The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos The BBC World Service (their international radio broadcast) will air a two-part series on the game in September...
	(8/31)  Games on opening-day lesson plan at Brandywine Heights High Reading Eagle At the end of the day, the placards were worn by students who competed in a human chess match on the gymnasium floor.  Divided into black and white teams, the chess players were egged on by fellow....
	(8/31)  Finding that winning combination The Guardian by Ronan Bennett and Daniel King Over the last few weeks we've been concentrating on the attack and encouraging you to think thematically as well as to calculate concrete variations.  While each position will have its unique features...
	(8/31)  Vietnamese GM edges So, Zhao zooms in Campomanes chess Inquirer.net Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem lived up to his top seeding on Tuesday, besting second-ranked Filipino GM Wesley So in the fifth round of the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup...
	(8/31)  The hammer of justice Telegraph by Malcolm Pein Justice was done at the Artic Securities Chess Stars 2010 as Norwegian number two Jon Ludvig Hammer took his revenge for any number of defeats at the hands of Magnus Carlsen, his compatriot...

	(8/30)  The Week in Chess Magazine TWIC by Mark Crowther TWIC 825 - 30/08/2010 - 2333 games - html Zipped downloads: Text - CB old - PGN - CB 6
	(8/30)  Blind leading the blind Telegraph by Malcolm Pein The world champion and the world number met in the preliminaries of the Artic Securities Chess Stars 2010 at Kristiansund in Norway...
	(8/30)  Chess notes Boston Globe by Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff Because New England now has two teams aspiring to win the US Chess League, it is appropriate to take a limited look at these teams...
	(8/30)  The great Anand’s little ideas – part II Chess In Translation Radosław Wojtaszek, one of Anand’s seconds and the latest member of the 2700-club, annotates games 7-9 of the Anand-Topalov World Championship match in Sofia.  The Polish grandmaster Wojtaszek has jumped an amazing 47.9 points since the last list...
	(8/30)  Antonio out of RP team to Chess Olympiad, Asian Games GMANews.TV The National Chess Federation Philippines (NCFP) headed by president Prospero Pichay has decided to drop Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey" Antonio from the national team bound for the World Chess Olympiad and Asian Games...
	(8/30)  Carlsen beats Anand, Hammer comes third Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers Magnus Carlsen won the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid tournament by beating Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final.  Jon Ludvig Hammer came third after he won his minimatch against Judit Polgar...
	(8/30)  Chess Super Powers: China Chess.com by WGM Natalia_Pogonina In August the traditional Russia-China match took place.  It is held every year, usually shifting the venue from Russia to China and vice versa.  The 2010 edition happened to be the 7th one.  For Russia this friendly chess match is a nice opportunity to put some Russian team candidates to the test (and send a few A-team players too as well).  China tries to allocate all the available top players as it is very hard to oppose the Russians...
	(8/30)  Barnett Joins GMs Paragua & Shabalov at the Top of the Atlantic Open USCF by Matan Prilleltensky Alex Barnett, here pictured at the 2010 World Open The Atlantic Open (August 27-29), held in our nation’s capital, attracted 353 chessplayers to a major stop on the CCA circuit.  Turnout was slightly down (20 less) on last year, with accommodation issues to blame...
	(8/30)  One Right Move The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos From Chris Falter, by email:  "One Right Move" is the most inspiring story about chess I've heard in a very long time.  Urban students are tuning out a young math teacher until he starts playing chess with them...
	(8/30)  Record Participation at the 3rd MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship 2010 FIDE There was a record number of 300 odd players participated in the 3rd MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championships organized by the University of Moratuwa, on behalf of the Chess...
	(8/30)  2010 Chess Olympiad Preview CCSCSL By IM John Donaldson The 39th in a series of competitions dating back to London 1927, the 2010 Chess Olympiad will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk in Western Siberia not far from the confluence of the mighty Irtysh and Ob rivers.  A rapidly growing oil town and home to a population of 62,000, Khanty Mansiysk may be almost 1,800 miles from Moscow but is well known to the chess world for hosting the 2005, 2007 and 2009 World Cups...
	(8/30)  International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio Chessdom Third and final GM norm for Roland Salvador.  The 1th edition of the International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio was held on 21-29th August, 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo (5 minutes from Porto San Giorgio on the sea). The Master Group featured a strong lineup, with GM David Alberto (LUX) heading the field...
	(8/30)  US Senior Wraps: Ivanov Wins, Kaufman Advances to World Senior USCF by GM Larry Kaufman The US Senior Open (August 23-28, Boca Raton, Florida) finished much as expected, with top rated GM Alexander Ivanov taking first and the US Championship slot with 5.5 out of 6...
	(8/30)  Anand & Carlsen reach Arctic final Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen today play the final of the Arctic Securities Chess Stars in Kristiansund, Norway.  The bronze final will be played between Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer, who beat Carlsen with White yesterday...
	(8/30)  Miskolc 2010: Gelfand beats Leko 4.5:3.5 ChessBase He tried everything, including a super-sharp line employed by his opponent.  But in the end it was top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand who had scored two wins to local hero Peter Leko's one.  The event is very popular in the eastern Hungarian city, where it is hosted...
	(8/30)  FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Rijeka, Croatia FIDE A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 9 to 12 November 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia, by the Chess Federation of Croatia and Chess Club "Rijeka" and under... (8/30)  FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Gaborone, Botswana FIDE From 16 to 19 August 2010 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Gaborone, Botswana, by the Chess Federation of Botswana, in cooperation with FIDE CACDEC and under auspices of FIDE...
	(8/30)  Boxing the Compass Chesscafe by David Vigorito New England Nor'easters Game of the Week - The Nor’easters defeat the Baltimore Kingfishers.  In most sporting endeavours, expansion teams start with some sort of disadvantage.  New England shares the region with the highly successful Boston Blitz.  Boston has been a heavyweight team for years, despite the fact that they have yet to win a USCL championship.  Even though the expansion Nor'easters had to find suitable players in the backyard of the Blitz, the Boston area is well known for its strong and diverse chess talent, so it was not that difficult to find a number of interested competitors...
	(8/30)  The 1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial FIDE On August 28, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived on a working visit to the Philippines, where he took part in the opening ceremony of the 1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial.  The idea to hold the tournament was born two months ago in Manila during the previous visit of the FIDE President to the Philippines...
	(8/30)  Magnus Carlsen wins Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 TWIC by Mark Crowther Magnus Carlsen won the Arctic Securities Chess Stars in Kristiansund. This rapid tournament was covered live on Norwegian Television. He beat World Chess Champion Viswanthan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final. Anand hadn't played since he retained his title in Sofia in May...
	(8/30)  Gelfand wins the match against Leko European Chess Union Hungarian top Grandmaster Peter Leko and 2009 World Cup winner Boris Gelfand from Israel played an 8-games rapid match from 25th to 29th August in Miskolc, Hungary.  After the incredibly interesting theoretical discussion in the Moscow variation of the Semi-Slav opening, which might be renamed to Miskolc variation, Gelfand eventually won the match with the score 4.5-3.5...
	(8/30)  Chess group open to all TMCnet A chess player since he was a kid, the 47-year-old "aspiring senior" said playing his favorite game at the senior center is a lot more relaxed...
	(8/30)  The Daily Update The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos Gelfand Wins Match vs. Leko; Anand, Carlsen to Play for First.  There were two (interesting) draws today between Boris Gelfand and Peter Leko, and that means that their rapid match ended in a...
	(8/30)  USCL FM Robby Adamson predicts the Week 2 results The Desert Dutchman predicts another Arizona victory NM Leo Martinez sees the Arizona Scorpions moving to 2-0 with a win over the Seattle Sluggers FM Ron Young predicts four teams to move to 2-0 on Monday night The Baltimore vs Manhattan match is previewed at the Baltimore Kingfishers blog Alex Guo sees Seattle beating Arizona in FM Costin Cozianu's debut
	(8/30)  Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament Chessdom Magnus Carlsen beats world champion Vishy Anand in the final.  The match phase was played on Monday, 30th August. Carlsen defeated Anand in the first game and then held a draw in the second to win the mini-match and claim the trophy...
	(8/30)  Gelfand beats Leko 4.5-3.5 in theoretical rapid match Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers There was more rapid chess this week, as the traditional match with Peter Leko in Miskolc, Hungary was also held.  This year his opponent was Boris Gelfand, who won a very theoretical match 4.5-3.5.  Peter Leko played his 6th rapid match in a row in Miskolc, Hungary...
	(8/30)  Carlsen Wins the Arctic Securities Chess Stars The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos In what was only a two-game final (my source had assumed four games, which was reasonable but mistaken), Magnus Carlsen won 1.5-.5 over Viswanathan Anand to win the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid event.  He won the first game with White, slowly but inevitably breaking down Anand's resistance, and in game two held easily with Black in a Breyer Ruy Lopez...
	(8/30)  The Viking: Central Chess Takes Silver my.hsj.org On Saturday, August 28, the Central Catholic Chess team took 2nd place at 2010 Summer Chess Challenge, held at Pittsburgh Urban Christian School.  Students in grades K-12 participated...
	(8/30)  Chess Olympiad 2010 participants presentations Chessdom Armenia men and women teams detailed presentation.  Starting today, August 30th, Chessdom.com begins the Chess Olympiad 2010 countdown. Every day until the opening ceremony in Khanty Mansiysk, a women and a men team will be presented on the main page. It will include description of the participants, their recent achievements, interviews, statements, statistics...

	(8/29)  Spanish Chess League – Favorite Kasparov Marcote wins ChessBase Though the initial four rounds seemed to indicate that this Linex-Magic would not qualify to the final this year, Solvay slipped at the crucial moment.  The match-up was a repeat of last year, when Kasparov Marcote had taken the laurels, and this year was no different, despite Linex-Magic's two highest Elos...
	(8/29)  The Jaenisch/Schliemann Gambit Chess.com by IM Silman Over the years, I’ve seen refutations to the Jaenisch/Schliemann come and go, but when Radjabov successfully took it up, the opening finally acquired a measure of respectability! Indeed, now it’s occasionally used by giants like Radjabov, Ivan Sokolov, Aronian, Zvjaginsev, Khalifman, Ivanchuk, and even Magnus Carlsen (against Anand)!
	(8/29)  Repeat winners crowned at U.P. Chess Open Sault Ste. Marie Evening News Barry Endsley of Calumet and Tony Nichols of Lansing turned in repeat performances at the 39th annual UP Open Chess Championship last...
	(8/29)  Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 TWIC by Mark Crowther The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments took place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010.  Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters.  The GM Group was won by Mark Hebden.  News from Alex Baburin whose newsletter Chess Today has run since 2000...
	(8/29)  Arctic Securities Rapid: Carlsen gets 'hammered', reaches final ChessBase Top seed Magnus Carlsen, who almost suffered defeat in the first half of this tournament, actually did lose to compatriot Jon Ludvig Hammer in the second half.  He survived an attack by Judit Polgar to join Vishy Anand, reigning supreme with 5.0/6, in Monday's final...
	(8/29)  So outplays Roca in Campomanes chess tourney Manila Bulletin Grandmaster Wesley So opened his bid for another major title by humbling comebacking Petronio Roca while WGM Padmini Rout of India provided the opening-day fireworks by shocking Asia’s first GM Eugene Torre at the start of the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup chess championships Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium...
	(8/29)  Miskolc 2010: Gelfand takes the lead after six rounds ChessBase Hungary's top GM showed great fighting spirit and produced some very deep ideas.  But at the critical moment Peter Leko failed to cash in on his chances and this, combined with some very accurate play by the Boris Gelfand, just a few Elo points his superior, netted the Israeli GM a second point in this rapid chess match in Hungary...
	(8/29)  Chinese players with good start at Campomanes Memorial Chessdom The Chinese chess players GM Zhou Jianchao and GM Zhao Jun are top of the table of Campomanes Memorial, that is taking place 28.08 - 03.09 in Manila.  After 3 rounds they are the only players with perfect score.  Top seeded GM Le Quang Liem was held twice to a draw by IM Roy Saptarshi (2387) in round 1 and by Mari Joseph Turqueza (2140) in round 2. Second seeded GM Wesley So had a good start, but in round 3 a difficult pairing against GM Gagunashvili costed him half point.  GM Chanda Sandipan was held twice by local IMs Bitoon and Nadera, while GM Fillipov even lost to IM Nolte...
	(8/29)  Anand and Carlsen to contest the final in Kristiansund TWIC by Mark Crowther Anand and Carlsen reach Monday's final of Arctic Securities Chess Stars. Hammer beats Carlsen for his first win against him in nearly 10 years... (8/29)  Carlsen and Anand the only winners on day one in Kristiansund TWIC by Mark Crowther Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand share the lead on 2.5/3 at the half way point of the preliminary group stages of the Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament...
	(8/29)  Review: The Final Theory of Chess by Gary M. Danelishen Chessville by Rick Kennedy. "Some observers predict that the progress of chess-playing computer software will ...cause the end of the Royal Game, by finally answering the question, “Is chess a win or a draw with best play – and for who?”.  While initial silicon efforts at pawn-pushing were amusing in their time, current titles can beat most people, and some programs can beat all players.  Against that background, consider Gary M. Danelishen and his The Final Theory of Chess..."
	(8/29)  USCL Jason Rihel is at his comedic best in his Week 2 preview of New England vs Carolina The Chicago Blaze Game of the Week, IM Felecan vs FM Lee 1-0, is analyzed by NM Jeremy Kane USCL Vice President, NM Arun Sharma, recaps all of the Week 1 action at Chess Life Online
	(8/29)  Chess Piece Business World Online by Bobby Ang The chess headlines for the past few weeks were once again about Bobby Fischer, this time on the claim on Fischer’s estate made by Atty. Sammy Estimo on behalf of the alleged wife and daughter. Recently a paternity test was taken and samples of their DNA were analyzed and the results were negative...
	(8/29)  Kasparov-Marcote clinch Spanish title Chess Vibes Escuela International Kasparov Marcote won the Spanish Team Championship. In the final the top seeded team defeated reigning champions Linex-Magic from Mérida 4.5-1.5 with victories for Gashimov against Shirov, Smeets against Sargissian and and Salgado against Pérez Candelario...
	(8/29)  Festival Internazionale di Bratto 2010 Chessdom Sabino Brunello is new Italian Grandmaster.  Festival Internazionale di Bratto 2010, including Open A and B, Italian Junior and Italian Women Championships, was held on 20-28 August in Castione della Presolana, Bergamo, Italy.  78 players participated in the main Open A, which was ultimately won by the Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Burmakin...
	(8/29)  Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (4) TWIC by Mark Crowther The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play.  The top 5 qualify for the final in December.  Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashevsky are amongst the players (a preliminary list says: Alekseev, Riazantsev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Siugirov, Nepomniatchi, Rublevsky, Lastin, Inarkiev, Grachev, Kokarev, I.Popov, Tseshkovsky…)
	(8/29)  Different Styles Of Chess Games Sports Information Blog Chess, while an incredibly intense game for those involved, can often bore spectators to tears.  Many times, with no limits on what is happening, players can take hours trying to decide the best move...
	(8/29)  Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know: The Trapped Rook Chess.com by GM Gregory Serper The pattern we are going to discuss today is unique in many ways.  First of all, every single tactical pattern we've talked about so far can happen both in an opening or in a middle game, but today's pattern usually happens only in an early opening stage.  Secondly, most of the tactical textbooks ignore this pattern for some reason...
	(8/29)  Chess Telegram.com by Stephen Dann David Vigorito of Somerville won the deciding game Wednesday for the New England Nor'easters to defeat the Baltimore Kingfishers, 2.5-1.5, after the Boston Blitz were shut out in their first U.S. Chess League match, 0-4, by the New York Knights.  It was the first time the Knights had won 4-0.  Vigorito defeated Women's GM Sabina Foisor, but the Nor'Easters were heavy favorites, outrating Baltimore on every board...
	(8/29)  US Chess League Opens with Fireworks USCF by Arun Sharma The inaugural week of the US Chess League's sixth season has shattered crystal balls of those brave enough to predict this year's results.  The carnage began on Monday when the biggest rivalry in the League (Boston vs. New York) was decided in a sweep.  By the end of opening day, the three teams with the best regular season records last year, New Jersey, Boston, and Seattle, along with the team that many were calling the favorites to win the Championship this year, Saint Louis, had all gone down in defeat...
	(8/29)  The case of Bobby Fischer Scotland Courier A conflicted and often ridiculed figure, the chess master Bobby Fischer continues to create scandal in the world, in spite of it being two years since his death.  With the settlement of a long-running paternity case...
	(8/29)  CMS budget cuts leave chess clubs down and out Charlotte Observer by Mark Price Nine-year-old Jack Miklaucic, center, a Barringer Elementary School fourth-grader, said he began learning to play chess when he was 4...
	(8/29)  Weekly Endgame Study (184) Chess Vibes Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer.  A week later the solution is published.  Good luck solving!
	(8/29)  The Chess Comic: Lesson 13 - Her Highness, the Queen Chessville by Scott Tingley "Welcome to The Chess Comic: Learning Chess Through Comics.  My goal with the comic is to take the information I have taught in the beginner and intermediate chess camps I have taught in the past and pass that on to my readers using the comic medium.  In my experience, kids and adults new to chess often forget the little things that make up the fundamentals of the game..."
	(8/29)  Blind ambition New York Post by Andy Soltis The few brave souls who have tried a blindfold simultaneous exhibition -- playing several games at once, without looking at the boards -- say that the hardest part is keeping the different positions separated...
	(8/29)  Arctic Securities Rapid: Anand and Carlsen lead with 2.5/3 ChessBase The first half brought the result many expected: the World Champion and the world's highest ranked player won both their games against their lower-ranked opponents, and drew the encounter against each other. But it was not all smooth sailing. In his game against compatriot Jon Ludvig Hammer Magnus stared disaster in the face...
	(8/29)  Segarra, Indian post chess upsets Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - FIDE Master Randy Segarra and International Master Roy Saptarshi of India created a stir as the two forced a draw against their fancied foes last night at the start of the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium...
	(8/29)  What is New in Theory? Chess.com by Nagesh Havanur Few openings can rival the Nimzo-Indian in sheer depth and richness of ideas.  Aron Nimzovitsch, the grandmaster from Riga made his most profound contribution to theory with this system.  With the move…Bb4 Black restrains White from occupying the centre with e4 and also issues the powerful threat of…Bxc3 undermining the queenside with doubled pawns on the c-file...
	(8/29)  Minoza, Claro lead in Shell Nat'l Youth Active Chess tilt Cebu Daily News DIONE Patrick R. Minoza and Diego Abraham L. Claro currently lead their respective divisions after five rounds in the 6th leg of the 2010 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship yesterday at the University of San Carlos–North Campus gym...
	(8/29)  The magic of shared discovery Charlotte Observer How magical it can be in chess when the curtain is raised and we engage in a move-by-move post-game analysis. The sometimes bitter circumstance of sporting...

	(8/28)  Skilled at the Chessboard, Keyboard and Blackboard New York Times By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN Chess produces prodigies. So do mathematics and music.  And while the relationship between chess and mathematics is clear...
	(8/28)  Alexander Ivanov Wins 2010 US Senior USCF GM Alexander Ivanov of Massachusetts is our new US Senior Open Champion!  Ivanov won his last round game against Emory Tate to score 5.5/6.  Meanwhile, Ivanov's main rival GM Sergey Kudrin drew against GM Larry Kaufman...
	(8/28)  Nuestro Círculo #421 Chessville Dedicado al Maestro Fide argentino y docente del ajedrez Marcelo Reides. Además del reportaje y partidas, contiene dos notas: "Miniatura de Nakamura" y "Al G.M. Oscar R. Panno". Acompañamos, además, el archivo  NC 421.zip con las partidas de este número.  Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español...
	(8/28)  The right counterattack... ChessBase ... against the black bishop e4 White had to find here after 37...Qh6, since capturing on f6 with his hanging knight h5 would allow 38...Qxh3+.  What do you think, which queen move is best suitable for that purpose?  A) 38.Qd4  B) 38.Qf4  C) 38.Qh4?  The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram...
	(8/28)  Gligoric Beats Smyslov and Wins Fame Chess.com by NM Lonnie Kwartler (GreenLaser) Svetozar Gligoric (pictured) was born February, 2, 1923.  He was the Yugoslav champion many times and competed to seek the world championship.  He first became famous in 1947 for his first place undefeated finish at Warsaw 1947 where he defeated Vasily Smyslov.  Gligoric had seven wins and two draws for a score of 8/9.  Boleslavsky, Pachman, Smyslov, and Sajtar were next with six points each.  Smyslov (1921-2010) was considered the second best in the world at the time...
	(8/28)  2010 US Armed Forces Open Chess Championship Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information Members use the group to analyze games, arrange for rides and roommates for various tournaments, and to discuss topical events in the world of Military Chess. The Military Chess Group welcomes and encourages all levels of players to...
	(8/28)  Endgame Study #709 Chesscafe by M. Czerniak, 1932 The Endgame Study is one of the unique and subtle wonders of the Royal Game...
	(8/28)  ECF finds funds Telegraph by Malcolm Pein The British Chess Championships were run successfully by the ECF at the University of Kent in Canterbury and credit is due to all concerned as there were huge financial constraints, particularly following...
	(8/28)  USCL IM Mark Ginsburg: a couple of interesting openings from Week 1 Jeff Kelleher wins Week 1 Blog Post of the Week
	(8/28)  Six way tie at Open Dieppe two rounds before the end Chessdom GM Igor Rausis (Czech Republic), IM Hugo Tirard (France), IM Catalin Novrotescu (Romania), IM Kamran Shirazi (France), IM Chomet Pascal (France), and GM Alexandre Dgebuadze (Belgium) are leading the Open Dieppe 2010, in France.  After seven rounds they have 6,0/7 and are half a point ahead of IM Jean Luc Seret and a full point ahead of the chasing pack of 14 players...
	(8/28)  Arctic Securities Chess Stars, Group play Day 1 Magnus Carlsen's Blog The good news; it was truly exciting to play tournament chess after a 2 month break.  The bad news; I was somewhat rusty.  Last night there was a press conference and drawing of lots 2 floors up from the Caroline cinema playing venue.  No 4 meant black against Polgar and Anand in round 1 and 3 and white against Hammer in between.  Judit somewhat surprisingly entered the Berlin variation of the Roy Lopez...
	(8/28)  Is 2010 Olympiad headed for Disaster? The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz The Chess Olympiad is less than one month away and there are continued grumblings about the logistical arrangements. One month ago there was a story about the venue in Khanty-Mansiysk still being under construction...
	(8/28)  Carlsen and Anand winners on day one in Kristiansund TWIC by Mark Crowther Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand share the lead on 2.5/3 at the half way point of the preliminary group stages of the Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament.  Both players enjoyed a bit of luck against Jon Ludwig Hammer with Anand being gifted the full point when a draw seemed likely and Carlsen surviving a trivial one move loss where both players missed the obvious if they had only taken a step back...
	(8/28)  Blazers sweep NCAA chess titles GMANews.TV College of St. Benilde (CSB) completed a twin kill in the recently concluded 86th NCAA chess tournament.  The CSB Blazers reclaimed the crown it lost last year...
	(8/28)  Chess Notes The Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff Steven Zierk of California is the winner of the Denker tournament of state champions.  Here is a fine sample of Zierk’s extraordinary ability, played in the Western States Open.  The game is Loek van Wely vs Zierk...
	(8/28)  Three days of Arctic Securities Chess Stars (UPDATE) Chess Vibes The coming three days world’s number one Magnus Carlsen and World Champion Viswanathan Anand meet with the world’s best female player Judit Polgar and Norway’s number two player Jon Ludvig Hammer in a rapidplay event in Kristiansund, Norway.  The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK is broadcasting live on their website...
	(8/28)  Arctic Securities Chess Stars begins today ChessBase This double round robin rapid chess event is taking place in Kristiansund, Norway.  The four players include reigning World Champion Vishy Anand, the world's strongest male and female players (Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar) and Norwegian talent Jon Ludvig Hammer...
	(8/28)  Chess body's move dismays GM Antonio Manila Standard Today Grandmaster Rogelio “Joe” Antonio Jr. stamped his class and won the 2nd Central California Open title, but Antonio expressed dismay on Friday that his efforts might just go down the drain after his mother chess federation threatened to remove him from the national team...
	(8/28)  David Howell neglects British title defence to seek tougher challenges The Guardian by Leonard Barden England's youngest grandmaster David Howell, 19, made an ambitious and bold decision last month, when he opted to miss defending the British title he won in 2009.  Howell decided to test himself at higher levels...
	(8/28)  Past Pieces - Frank P. Beynon: Chess Player, Soldier, Hero. Chesscafe by Olimpiu G. Urcan One of the early examples of courage Frank Percival Beynon showed in life was in May 1912 when he left his boyhood Canadian home to cross the border, through Buffalo, into the United States and camp in New York City. Not because he landed some highly lucrative job, but in order to follow his passion, which promised a struggling life to many of those who embraced it as a full-time vocation: the game of chess...
	(8/28)  European Youth Chess Championship 2010 European Chess Union The European Youth Chess Championship 2010 (age groups from U8 to U18 girls and boys) will take place in Batumi, Georgia (Black Seaside), from 19th to 29th September.  Batumi 2010 is going to be one of the biggest Youth Championship in the European History...
	(8/28)  Chess leaders grace Campo Cup Philippine Star by Olmin Leyba MANILA - World and local chess leaders as well as some of...
	(8/28)  Chess Mazes Chesscafe by Bruce Alberston The starting point is an illegal position...
	(8/28)  ECU President Boris Kutin Visits Kaunas, Lithuania European Chess Union ECU President Boris Kutin visited Kaunas, Lithuania, with the purpose of evaluating the Kaunas Chess Federation’s bid for the European Individual Senior Championship 2012.  Kaunas Mayor Andrius Kupcinskas met with Mr.Kutin and stressed that the city government has always supported...

	(8/27)  Klinger crashes in Telegraph by Malcolm Pein About 25 years ago, your correspondent defeated Josef Klinger, an Austrian GM, in the last round of the Metz Open to finish 2nd and return home, if I remember rightly, about £1000 richer, a decent sum...
	(8/27)  Chess Musical + Pottery + Noah's Ark Red Hot Pawn by Geoff Chandler It helps if you are carrying a small battered briefcase but it is not a necessity.  I’m of course talking about scoring free tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe.  You approach the Festival Fringe desk which is usually manned (or womanned) by some clot with a dopey smile and painted face...
	(8/27)  Chaotic Spanish League reaches semi-finals Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers The first phase of the Spanish Team Championship has concluded. Today the semi-finals will be Escuela Int. Kasparov-Marcote vs. Reverté Albox and Solvay vs. Linex-Magic.  The new system being used this year has led to problems already...
	(8/27)  Miskolc 2010: Leko and Gelfand tied after four rounds ChessBase This traditional rapid chess event this year pits top Hungarian GM Peter Leko against Israel's strongest, Boris Gelfand, in eight games of rapid chess. After the very beautiful openings ceremony the two played four games in the National Theatre. Boris Gelfand won the very first one, Peter Leko the fourth...
	(8/27)  This Week's ChessVideos Game: Battles in Indy, Part 1 The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos For those of you who are tired of seeing strong players in action, you're in luck: you can watch one of my games in this week's ChessVideos show.  Right here, you'll find the first round from this past weekend's tournament in Indianapolis.  The show is free (free registration is required), and will be available on-demand for the next month or so...
	(8/27)  Play it Out. Part 2: In Search of the Truth Chess.com by WIM Iryna Zenyuk (energia) We explored in the previous article some of the ideas that white and black can exploit in this complex endgame. After playing the endgame twice, David and I had some ideas of what works and what doesn’t. We came to the conclusion that white has to...
	(8/27)  Chess fiction for the weekend chessblog.com - Alexandra Kosteniuk Here's something to read over the weekend apart from all those variations: The 64-Square Looking Glass: Great Games of Chess in World Literature.  The writer, Burt Hochberg (1933–May 13, 2006) authored and edited several books on chess, and served as editor of both Chess Life (from December 1966 until October 1979 inclusive), and GAMES magazine...
	(8/27)  USCL NM Konstantin Kavutskiy writes about Los Angeles's inaugural win and awards unofficial prizes to other league games NM Craig Jones (CAR) annotates his Week 1 victory over SM Gregory Braylovsky (MAN) Monday Week 2 Lineups are posted!  Click here to see them.
	(8/27)  Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament FIDE The Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament is taking place 28th to 30th of August in Kristiansund, Norway.  In this rapid chess tournament the World Champion Vishy Anand will play against the world's top rated player, Magnus Carlsen. Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer will participate in the same tournament.  Each player will meet the others twice.  It is the first time World Champion Anand visits the country since he played in the 1980's World Youth Championship...
	(8/27)  AICF to back Ilyumzhinov The Hindu The All India Chess Federation (AICF) announced its backing of the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, for the office of the President of FIDE, the World Chess...
	(8/27)  IM Dean Ippolito to attempt Guinness Simultaneous Chess World Record Atomic5 FLEMINGTON, NJ — International Master and New Jersey native Dean Ippolito is attempting to break the record of 500 simultaneous chess games on Saturday, November 27, 2010.  The World Record attempt will take place in the HealthQuest Sports Dome...
	(8/27)  Susan Polgar live on BBC radio Chessdom One hour podcast available.  Thursday, August 26th, Susan Polgar participated live on BBC radio.  The topic was a discussion on talent, and more specifically is there such a thing as natural talent and was led by Ros Atkins and featured Matthew Syed, sportswriter and columnist for the London Times, former #1 British table tennis player.  Click here...
	(8/27)  Long Island Chess Nuts Is Nationally Recognized Garden City News For the second year in a row, the Long Island Chess Nuts has made it into the prestigious top ten list of all chess clubs in the entire US...
	(8/27)  Endgame Made Easy Chess.com by Nagesh Havanur (chessbibliophile) “It was so boring. I lost my interest in the game altogether.”  My friend’s antipathy to the endgame is well-known.  He would do anything to get away from it.  But why invite defeat?  The truth is that he has a mortal fear of the endgame.  The moment he faces the same either he hurls himself into enemy territory or he panics and withdraws into his shell.  He just has no clue as to what is going on...
	(8/27)  Mikhail Botvinnik Free Chess Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union (Alekhine was a top player before the Russian Revolution), putting him under political pressure but also giving him considerable influence within Soviet chess.  Botvinnik also played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time.  His famous pupils include World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik...
	(8/27)  Leko and Gelfand tied after the first four games Chessdom The current score is 2-2, the match resumes on Saturday.  Gelfand took an early lead by winning the first game after turning the tables from slightly inferior position.  The theoretical discussion in the Semi-Slav opening continued over the next two games, which both finished in draw.  In the fourth game Leko refrained from the closed games and returned to his long-time favourite 1.e4.  It was not difficult to predict that Gelfand will defend with Petroff.  But Leko persistently pushed forward with his passed pawns and eventually managed to clinch a victory to equalise the score to 2-2 before the only rest day...
	(8/27)  Chess King The Brandeis Hoot by Jon Ostrowsky Sam Shankland [Class of 2014] comes to Brandeis after taking a year off to play chess professionally.  Fresh off a July victory in the U.S. Junior Championships, Sam Shankland has decided to choose a different course.  After traveling the world as a teenager to compete in chess tournaments, Shankland is looking forward to a normal college life...
	(8/27)  All set for chess fest Malaysia Star By Quah Seng Sun TODAY is the eve of the Malaysia Chess Festival and tomorrow, the first of six main events – the Merdeka individual rapid open tournament...
	(8/27)  Campomanes Memorial tilt starts this Saturday Manila Bulletin Asia pays homage to its late great chess leader when the first-ever FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Memorial chess championships reel off this Saturday...
	(8/27)  Cyprus Chess Federation's final decision on election voting Chessdom On 17th August the President of the Cyprus Chess Federation, Mr. Christoforos Tornaritis, sent a reponse to the claims of Mr. Vassilis Aristotelous, but his reply to the ungrounded speculation was never published. The full letter is bellow...
	(8/27)  Ilyumzhinov plays down Anand controversy The Hindu Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation, and the head of chess' international governing body FIDE since 1995, sought to...
	(8/27)  Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visits Chennai, India FIDE On August 26, FIDE President, Head of Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov during his working trip to Asian countries visited Chennai, where the headquarters of the All India Chess Federation is based...

	(8/26)  FIDE elections: Netherlands support Karpov, and what’s going on in Argentina and Lebanon? Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers The Dutch Chess Federation has announced its voting for Anatoly Karpov in Khanty-Mansiysk.  We bring you another update on the upcoming FIDE elections, including remarkable developments in Argentina and Lebanon...
	(8/26)  Arbitration, Chess, and the Whimsical Strongman Opinio Juris by Chris Borgen It's not often that you run into a story that combines international arbitration, Kremlin politics, post-Soviet autocrats, utopian urban projects, transnational networks, electoral politics, and chess...
	(8/26)  Spanish Chess League ChessBase The Spanish Chess League - Honor Division is currently underway, with no less than 39 players over 2600, including Shirov, Ponomariov, and Short among others.  Top seed Kasparov Marcote, with an average rating of 2668, has taken the lead, but the surprise second is Solvay, rated 7th, spearheaded by three Indian GMs, including junior Negi...
	(8/26)  As Indian as Indian can be Mid-Day by Manisha Mohite With the Viswanathan Anand citizenship row still simmering, we rewind to the time the icon had spoken out about when he felt proud to be Indian and his unique relationship with Spain...
	(8/26)  USCL FM Tom Bartell (PHI) annotates his Upset Prize winning victory over GM Boris Gulko (NJ) Check out Bioniclime's Week 1 Power Rankings Philadelphia fan, Schwog, posts about Philadelphia's Monday Night victory over New Jersey FM Andy Lee recaps San Francisco's victory over Dallas FM Robby Adamson recaps Arizona's first ever victory over the Miami Sharks IM Eli Vovsha leads the Manhattan Applesauce to victory The New England Nor'Easters inaugural win is covered at the Boylston Blog FM Tom Bartell wins the Week 1 Upset Prize
	(8/26)  Kristiansund can be a chess experience of a lifetime Chessdom Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament with Anand, Carlsen, Polgar and Hammer.  See the world champions in action - Visit Caroline Theater from Saturday, 28th August to Monday, 30th August, to watch Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand battling it out in the Arctic Securities Chess Stars Tournament...
	(8/26)  'I committed a mistake and Anand managed to draw' Rediff For 14-year old Srikar Varadaraj, life will not be the same. In just a day he performed two great feats: emerged the youngest to present a paper during the International Congress of Mathematicians, and forced none other than World champion Vishwanathan Anand to a draw...
	(8/26)  “Concrete chess (2)” BusinessWorld Online by Bobby Ang We continue our discussion on "concrete" chess, not relying on general principles but more on calculating moves and variations...
	(8/26)  Indian blind chess team leaves for World Championship IBNLive.com A four member Indian team of blind players left for Serbia to take part in the World Chess Championship...
	(8/26)  India to be accorded zonal status by FIDE NDTV by Press Trust of India Chennai: Looking at India's domination in chess, especially in the age group category, the country would be granted a separate zonal status in the forthcoming FIDE Congress, World Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyuzhiminov said on Thursday...
	(8/26)  Gelfand-Leko Rapid Match The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos The first two games of this eight-game match are now history; Gelfand won game one with White, in the Anti-Moscow Gambit of the Semi-Slav; game two was a long draw (that could have been about 40 moves shorter) in the Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav...
	(8/26)  India supports Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Chessdom Regional countries join in the count, Moldova makes the count 88 countries.  The All India Chess Federation (AICF) announced its backing of the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, for the office of the President of FIDE at a press conference on Thursday...
	(8/26)  Bangalore cries foul over Anand controversy Daily News & Analysis Generations of Indian chess players have grown up wanting to emulate Viswanathan Anand.  When an unsavoury controversy erupted on Tuesday about the human resource development ministry’s doubts on Anand’s Indian citizenship, players and coaches were left aghast...
	(8/26)  Trinidad – land of sun, music, beaches and chess! ChessBase This year’s "Caribbean Chess Carnival" attracted 147 players from ten countries, including one GM, Gennadi Sagalchik of the USA, who duly won the event.  The sensation, however, was 11-year-old Josh Colas, the scholastic All American player from White Plains, New York...
	(8/26)  Ari Takes on the 'Coffee Shop Chess King' WLTX.com Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Jay King cannot remember the last time he lost at chess.  His challengers have come from all ends of this earth. But the result is usually the same: a loss.  His accomplishments have not come on the grandest of stages though, as he has done his check-mating at Starbucks in Five Points, thereby proclaiming himself...
	(8/26)  NBL Chess: Kigigha maintain lead in fide section Nigerian Compass DEFENDING Champion of the Nigeria Breweries Chess Championship yesterday remained an enigma in the ongoing tournament as he maintained clear top position with four points in the Master's category...
	(8/26)  Ivanov and Kudrin Lead US Senior USCF by GM Larry Kaufman After four rounds of the US Senior Open, the standings are pretty much in order of rating. GMs Alexander Ivanov and Sergei Kudrin both have four points, having defeated respectively IMs Joseph Bradford and Emory Tate in the fourth round. Ivanov's win was apparently all preparation up to reaching a winning position, while Kudrin's win was a nice exploitation of the advantage of the bishop pair...
	(8/26)  Opening Developments Free Chess By admin A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game.  Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings...
	(8/26)  Why isn't chess on school curriculum? Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG.COM Chess teaches kids success in all walks of life.  Here is a nice video on chess in education.  We must supplement this video by the nice link sent to us by one of our chess-loving readers - Graham Wadden.  It is such a valid question today: Why isn't chess on school curriculum?
	(8/26)  One more time: the NH Tournament Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers This year’s NH Chess Tournament was the fifth, and also the last.  Five times, a team of Rising Stars played, and learnt from, Experienced grandmasters.  We return one more time to Amsterdam, if only because we don’t want you to miss our last video...
	(8/26)  Anand issue echoes in Lok Sabha The Hindu NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday described as “unfortunate” the Human Resource Development Ministry's query over world chess champion...
	(8/26)  Arctic Securities Chess Stars, Kristiansund, 28-30 Magnus Carlsen's Blog I´ve enjoyed several weeks of vacation this summer, but after Bazna I was quite busy for a week or two.  I did a number of interviews related to the cooperation with G-star that was finally made public in Berlin on July 7th.  Frankly I hadn´t thought of the idea of becoming a fashion model when we were approached by G-star this winter, but it certainly has been an exciting experience so far...
	(8/26)  Victory in Indy CCSCSL by mwilmering Spencer and I went to Indianapolis last weekend for the aptly named Indianapolis Open.  This was a CCA event, and CCA has not held an event in Indy in 35 years!  Prizes were based on 220 players, and it looked like they would be lucky to get 150, as advance entries were slim.  However, there were enough on-site entries...
	(8/26)  Peter Leko – Boris Gelfand Rapid Match European Chess Union Chess fans from five Continents will have their eyes focused on Miskolc between 24-29 August 2010. The most prestigious annual match in Hungary is going to be organized at the National Theater of Miskolc. The No. 1 Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko takes up a duel of eight games against the 2009 World Cup winner, Boris Gelfand of Israel...
	(8/26)  Speeding to Monaco Telegraph by Malcolm Pein Today we will look at the Rapid Chess playoff between Hikaru Nakamura and the teenage prodigy Anish Giri which took place at the conclusion of the NH Hotels Rising Stars v Veterans tournament at Amsterdam...
	(8/26)  76th Southwest Open chess tournament planned Labor Day weekend in Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Caller Times by Mike Baird The 76th annual Southwest Open chess tournament Labor Day weekend will host up to 200 players, including some grandmasters...
	(8/26)  Fighting Chess by Garry Kasparov Free Chess By admin Chess is a game involving kings, queens, bishops, knights, castles, and pawns like a real life.  The pawns (also called soldiers) advance first, lead or supported by officers all to fight and protect the king...

	(8/25)  FIDE representation office to be opened in Beirut FIDE Another result of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's working visit to Lebanon – the FIDE representation office to be opened in the capital of Beirut.  The premises shall also have the Lebanese Chess Federation offices.  "This wonderful building is situated on the central street of the most expensive Beirut's district," FIDE President said.  "This office is most likely to become the most lavish among all existing offices.  All expenses will be borne by a well-known businessman Alain Khoueiry...
	(8/25)  Kirsan's Shame: VP Candidate Iturry Ousted in Peru Karpov 2010 On August 18, the ongoing corruption scandal involving Milton Iturry, president of the Peruvian Chess Federation finally came to its denouement. As reported on the website of Peru’s Group RPP...
	(8/25)  Recent Miniatures in the Ruy Lopez by GM Magesh and GM Arun Chess.com by GM Arun Prasad This week we shall see some of the more recent miniatures in the Ruy Lopez.  Although this system has been played and analysed extensively in the last couple of centuries, it still has so much life in it that even super Grandmasters are not completely confident of what is going on...
	(8/25)  Top players in Spanish league Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers Many top players are currently playing in the Spanish Team Championship in Sestao, such as Almasi, Bacrot, Caruana, Gashimov, Harikrishna, Kasimdzhanov, Laznicka, Nakamura, Navara, Ponomariov, Shirov, Short Vachier-Lagrave, Vallejo Pons and Van Wely. Only Solvay and Reverté Albox won their first two matches...
	(8/25)  6th Prospero A. Pichay Jr. Cup Chessdom GM Anton Filippov sole leader before the last round.  In the penultimate round he defeated Filipino David Elorta with black pieces and leaped ahead of colleague Grandmasters Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Tamaz Gelashvili who signed a draw on board one...
	(8/25)  Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (Preview) TWIC by Mark Crowther.  Official Site The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashevsky are amongst the players (a preliminary list says: Alekseev, Riazantsev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Siugirov, Nepomniatchi, Rublevsky, Lastin, Inarkiev, Grachev, Kokarev, I.Popov, Tseshkovsky…)
	(8/25)  Interview with International Master Ashot Nadanian Singapore Chess News by SCN Editors SCN: Welcome to SCN, Mr Nadanian. For starters, take our readers on a journey regarding your earliest moments with chess and your earliest successes in Armenia.  IM Ashot Nadanian: Thank you! I like the SCN website a lot and it is a big pleasure for me to be your guest. I was born in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and spent sixteen years of my life there. So my chess foundation was built there. Baku’s chess heritage is evident. It gave the world leading players such as Vladimir Makogonov, Vladimir Bagirov and Garry Kasparov...
	(8/25)  Yasser Seirawan - My Best Games ChessBase In Seirawan's multimedia DVD, My Best Games, we are given a personal look at the journey of a beginner, child of the Fischer boom, to grandmaster in under eight years.  Yasser Seirawan's engaging presentation focuses on key games in his progression as well as key moments and plans...
	(8/25)  Srikar's feat impresses Viswanathan Anand The Hindu He loves to play with numbers and solve problems. He is one of the youngest even to present a paper during the ongoing International Congress of Mathematics at Hitex Convention Centre here...
	(8/25)  Chess champ starts program to help kids develop life skills Arizona Daily Star Unable to find a suitable chess program for her 6-year-old son, Anjelina Belakovskaia took matters into her own hands.  The three-time U.S. women's chess champion launched an academy in the Catalina Foothills where she began to work not only with her own son but with other children as well...
	(8/25)  FIDE Trainers' Commission meeting with coaches FIDE CHOTOWA, POLAND 2-17 AUGUST 2010 The FIDE Trainers' Commission continued with its activities by holding a meeting on 7th August, with many trainers present...
	(8/25)  Silly to question Anand's nationality: Shah Rukh NDTV.com PTI Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan feels it is "silly if not tragic" to question Chess icon Vishwanath Anand's nationality.  Anand was to have been conferred an honorary doctorate along with Prof. David Mumford of Harvard University at a function in Hyderabad on Monday night coinciding with the current International Congress of Mathematicians...
	(8/25)  More Vintage Chess on TV Chess.com by Ryan Emmett A while ago I blogged about whether chess could work on television, and fondly recalled an earlier era before the internet when chess WAS on TV - at least in the UK anyway.  More and more of these early experiments in chess TV are magically appearing on YouTube, and some more examples from the Kasparov v Short world championship match...
	(8/25)  Kasparov promotes chess in Singapore Chess Vibes Following the successful organisation of Anatoly Karpov’s visit to Singapore on 17 July 2010, the Chess is for Everybody (CES) movement in Singapore organized yet another ambitious, action-packed chess promotion programme on 15 August 2010 with the 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov as the centre piece of attraction...
	(8/25)  Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 (4) TWIC by Mark Crowther The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments take place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010. Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters. The GM Group is Hebden, Bischoff, Baburin, Atlas, Collins Rochev, Quinn, Lopez, Heidenfeld and Manca...

• (8/25)  Morphy at the Opera - The Duke's version (take1)
  YouTube by Geoff Chandler & Keith Ruxton
  New evidence has been unearthed about this famous game...

	(8/25)  The Paulsen Attack Chesscafe by Stefan Bücker The little experiment to suggest an offbeat 1 e4 repertoire goes into round two. You may remember that Alapin's Opening, sub-section: Scotch Game, was my general advice against 1…e5. Now I owe you a fitting suggestion against another main line of the Scotch Game, sometimes seen as the main line, the development of the bishop to c5...
	(8/25)  Leko - Gelfand Rapid Match FIDE Chess fans from five Continents will have their eyes focused on Miskolc between 24-29 August 2010. The most prestigious annual match in Hungary is going to be organized at the National Theater of Miskolc. The No. 1 Hungarian Grandmaster Péter Lékó takes up a duel of eight games against the 2009 World Cup winner, Boris Gelfand of Israel. The arbiter of the match will be Zsuzsa Verőci, GM...
	(8/25)  The Chess Computer I Always Wanted Chesscafe By Lance Martin Review: Rybka 4, by ChessBase It was back in 1989 that I stood in line with about 200 people to watch a game between World Champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's latest adventure into the field of public relations, Deep Thought. At the time IBM was the leading computer hardware company in the world...
	(8/25)  Deep Sengupta star attraction of India Chess for Youth IBNLive.com PTI Kolkata, Aug 25 (PTI) Newly crowned Grandmaster Deep Sengupta will be the star attraction in the fifth edition of the Tea Board of India Chess For Youth...
	(8/25)  Dishonor to chess champ Anand a matter of 'regret' Sify The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Opposition on Wednesday expressed unhappiness over the dishonor meted out to world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand...
	(8/25)  Leko vs Gelfand Rapid Match 2010 (Day 1) TWIC by Mark Crowther.  Official Site - Results - Live Peter Leko plays Boris Gelfand in an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc, 25th-29th August 2010. The time control is 25m + 10spm, there will be a blitz playoff if the match is tied. This is the 6th such match Leko has played in Miskolc since the first one in 2005 (Adams, Karpov, Kramnik, Carlsen and Anand). Arbiter: Zsuzsa Veroci...
	(8/25)  The Most Common Opening Line Chesscafe by Bo Bredenhof I have a confession to make. I have not always included a greeting with my moves when playing on the CC server.  Let's look at it this way.  Do you send a letter, postcard, or email without any written message...
	(8/25)  GM Antonio tops US chess Cebu Daily News The 12-time National Open champion GM Antonio's US campaign is backed by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president/ chairman Prospero...
	(8/25)  Step by Step: Tactics Chesscafe by Mark Donlan Step by Step: Tactics is designed to improve your basic tactical skills. For best results, play the position out over-the-board and think for as long as you need without moving the pieces. You can also print out this page and use it as a workbook exercise in a classroom setting...
	(8/25)  A very poisoned pawn Telegraph by Malcolm Pein Hikaru Nakamura caught the teenage prodigy Anish Giri in the race for a place in the 2011 Amber Rapid and Blindfold tournament...
	(8/25)  Ron Young releases his second jumble of the season....has anyone solved the first? USCL
	(8/25)  Self-Analysis of Games Chesscafe by Bruce Pandolfini Question One of the most frequently given pieces of advice is to study your own games. I can see it will bring results in clarifying weak points and areas needing further study. However, I have yet to find a book that discusses how to do this systematically and profitably...

	(8/24)  USCL Rich in Phoenix gets behind his hometown Arizona Scorpions, believing they will surprise the Miami Sharks FM Charles Riordan briefly previews the Nor'easters debut matchup against Baltimore Kavinayan Sivakumar annotates two games from Philadelphia's surprising win over New Jersey Ryan Polsky shares the excitement and emotion that was in the air as the LA Vibe won their inaugural USCL match The Kingfishers blog points out that the last time Baltimore overcame a rating deficit as large as the one they face in Week 1, was in 2007 Former Scorpions manager, NM Leo Martinez, breaks down their Week 1 match vs the Miami Sharks NM Matt Herman analyzes the games from New York's victory over Boston Blaze fans were ecstatic about GM Dmitry Gurevich's successful debut, read here at the NACA blog The Blaze win their opener!  Read the recap from the Chicago Blaze blog here
	(8/24)  Everything is Fine! Chess.com by GM Julio_Becerra Reuben Fine, born October 11, 1914, had a greater natural gift than Reshevsky; he is considered one of the most brilliant natural players in history.  He is the only player who has an overall positive score in his games with world champions!  But he retired early from chess, and remains one of the great might-have-beens in chess history.  His greatest triumph, AVRO 1938, was also practically the end of Fine’s international chess career!  During World War II he earned a doctorate and was too busy working in Washington to return to chess...
	(8/24)  The forgotten recollections of Chigorin’s daughter Chess Vibes By Colin McGourty Mikhail Chigorin (1850 – 1908) was one of the founding fathers of Russian chess, and one of the great contemporaries of players like Steinitz, Lasker and Tarrasch.  Little seems to be known, however, about his life outside chess.  We bring you the translation of a remarkable document that recently appeared: the recollections of Chigorin’s daughter on the 50th anniversary of her father’s death...
	(8/24)  The Himalayan Grand Masters Chess Tournament 2010 FIDE Nepal Chess Association is pleased to invite to the Himalayan Grand Masters Chess Tournament 2010, which is to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal for the first time in the chess history of Nepal...
	(8/24)  Karpov2010 heads to Africa The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz As the 2010 campaign for FIDE President winds down, both camps have been competing for votes by jetting from region to region to roll out their platform. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has already been to Africa trying to win the federation of the region’s federations. Anatoly Karpov will be traveling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Luanda, Angola to meet with African officials and vie for their support...
	(8/24)  Dean Sweeps the Dean of Chess Academy FIDE Invitational USCF by Aaron Kiedes The second annual Dean of Chess Academy FIDE Invitational was held from August 13-22nd.  The idea is to give several types of often overlooked players the opportunity to achieve a FIDE rating.  This year there were three FIDE hopefuls. All of them were successful in obtaining a FIDE rating. IM Dean Ippolito won the event with a 9/9 score...
	(8/24)  Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2010 Concluded Chessdom Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2010 was held on 18th-23rd of August in the ancient city of Cusco, Peru.  The games were being played in Centro de Convenciones de la Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco.  GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez of Colombia and local favourite GM Julio Granda Zuniga, who were in lead throughout most of the tournament, shared the first place with 7.0 points each...
	(8/24)  The rear lights of passed pawns ChessBase Richard Reti?  Nope.  Nikolay Grigoriev?  Try again.  Henri Rinck?  No, the following position, with only four pieces on the board is not from the torturous imagination of some study composer designed to have your mind standing upside down.  This position actually arose in the game between Georgiadis - Sandalakis, played in 2010 in an Open on Crete.  The player with White was faced with a delicate problem that had an elegant solution, worthy of a place in some endgame manual.  Can you find the narrow path to victory?  White to play and win...
	(8/24)  Khanty-Mansiysk will honour Café de la Régence Chessdom The organizers of the 39th World Chess Olympiad, set to take place from 20th September to 4th October in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ugra, will try to revive the spirit of the legendary Paris' "Café de la Régence", the most important European Centre of chess in the 18th and 19th centuries...
	(8/24)  The Week in Chess Magazines TWIC #824 - 23/08/2010 - 1204 games - html Zipped downloads: Text - CB old - PGN - CB 6
	(8/24)  David Bronstein: a lesson in attacking play The Guardian by Ronan Bennett & Daniel King As attacking is our theme, that's the perfect excuse to feature a game by one of our favourite players, David Bronstein.  Bronstein was a true romantic, valuing artistry above results, always prepared to have a hack at his opponent's king.  This game is taken from our 2009 Book of the Year, The Sorcerer's Apprentice by David Bronstein & Tom Fürstenberg.  We could have selected any one of dozens of ingenious attacks, but this one has a strong similarity to the manoeuvre in last week's game – though played 50 years earlier...
	(8/24)  Uganda set rewrite Olympiad history The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz The Uganda Chess Federation is for the first time in history set to send a Ladies team of five alongside the Men’s team to participate in this year’s World Olympiad to be held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia from 19th September to 4th October 2010. Confirmation of Uganda’s participation follows UCF’s successful acquisition of US$10,000 from well wishers towards purchase of air tickets for the team...
	(8/24)  Voices from Kalmykia Chess In Translation For all the attention devoted to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as FIDE President, his role as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia remains more of a mystery.  Daria Aslamova’s recent two-part report offered a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in the small steppe republic...
	(8/24)  Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand to play rapid match Chessdom Chess fans from five Continents will have their eyes focused on Miskolc between 24-29 August 2010. The most prestigious annual match in Hungary is going to be organized at the National Theater of Miskolc. The No. 1 Hungarian Grandmaster Péter Lékó takes up a duel of eight games against the 2009 World Cup winner, Boris Gelfand of Israel...
	(8/24)  Anand beats 39 chess wizards in ICM Times of India Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World champion Vishawanath Anand on Tuesday defeated 39 opponents in a game of simultaneous chess...
	(8/24)  Anand rebuffs birthers, rejects honorary doctorate ChessBase It happened to Barack, now World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand faces doubt concerning his nationality. Anand was born in Chennai (at the time Madras), India, where he has a residence. But he also has one in Spain, which led to the confusion. The result: Anand declined receiving the honorary doctorate he was to be awarded. Naturally he is an Indian citizen...
	(8/24)  English Chess Federation Book of the Year 2010 shortlist The English Chess Federation Attacking Manuals 1 and 2 - Jacob Aagaard Champions of the New Millennium - Lubomir Ftacnik, Danny Kopec, Walter Browne Chess Duels: My Games with the...
	(8/24)  NCFP plans to drop GM Antonio from RP chess team GMANewsTV Share Filipino Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey" Antonio may find himself out of the RP National men’s chess team after competing in several US tournaments without the approval of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).  Antonio is currently in the US and will compete in the Atlantic Open from August 27 to 29.  He earlier topped the 2nd Central California Open held last August 19 to 22...
	(8/24)  Taking centre stage Telegraph David Howell played a truly aesthetically pleasing game at the NH Hotels tournament in Amsterdam and defeated a 2700 player in the process. ...
	(8/24)  Interview With GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian Chessdom Performed during the 2010 Arad Open.  "I will play another tournament in Armenia, then I go back to Brazil, but already in September I will play the University World Championship in Switzerland. Then I hope to relax a bit and slowly prepare for the Brazil Championship, which is normally in December. I also have plans for Europe in January, February, I think I will play the Aeroflot Open, but still nothing clear yet..."
	(8/24)  Anand declines doctorate in view of controversy Times of India A move to confer an honorary doctorate on world chess champion Viswanathan Anand was on Tuesday embroiled in a raging controversy over his citizenship...
	(8/24)  It is disappointing but want to move on: Anand NDTV.com New Delhi: World Chess Champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday termed the controversy over his nationality as disappointing but said he does not want to stretch the issue too far and would prefer to move on.  "When the whole thing came about it was disappointing but I think by now I understand that these are bureaucratic things which happen and you can see the funny side of it...
	(8/24)  Anand has not let controversy affect him rediff Sports Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand looked cheerful as he arrived to a grand reception at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad on Tuesday.  He may be upset over the Union Human Resources Development ministry questioning his nationality, but did not show it...
	(8/24)  Controversy Over Chess Champ's Nationality Lands Indian Official In A Soup AHN | All Headline News New Delhi, India (AHN) - A major controversy emerging over world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand's nationality has landed the Ministry of Human Resource Development in a soup while embarrassing the University of Hyderabad, which wanted to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Anand.  The controversy emerged because...
	(8/24)  How 64 Squares Have Helped Me Motley Fool (blog) by allstarvulture To paraphrase Cosmo Kramer, "This market is making me thirsty!" Sideways. Range-bound. Stagnant. Over the past year we've seen dips, runs, uncertainty and volatility. But what seems to have...
	(8/24)  Interview with Mr. Tomasz Sielicki Chessdom Deputy President on Silvio Danailov’s ticket in the forthcoming ECU elections.  Mr. Tomasz Sielicki is 50 years old.  He is graduate of the Technical University in Warsaw.  First employee, shareholder, President 1992-2005, and driving force behind the market successes of ComputerLand (now Sygnity), Warsaw Stock Exchange listed company with 2,000 employees and €200m in sales.  Mr. Sielicki is a member of multiple boards, including several listed companies, Polish Private Employees Confederation, Trilateral Commission and others...

	(8/23)  Sasikiran, Henrichs win Hogeschool Zeeland ChessBase This event took place in a very beautiful Dutch seafront location: in Vlissingen, historically known as Flushing, from where the Dutch Empire was built in the 17th century. Two players of a total of 250 scored 7.5/9, with top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India beating German IM Thomas Henrichs on tie-break points...
	(8/23)  US Senior Open Kicks Off USCF by GM Larry Kaufman The US Senior Open began last night in the Boca Raton (Florida) Marriott with three GMs (Alexander Ivanov, Sergei Kudrin, and myself), three IMs (Joe Bradford, Emory Tate, and John Watson), and one other former Senior champion (FM Fabio LaRota). All seven won tonight, though my own game was not so easy...
	(8/23)  First Serbian League for Women 2010 Chessdom - Photos by László Rudolf First Serbian League for Women 2010 is being held from 23rd August to 2nd September in Novi Sad. 12 teams compete in the round robin tournament. Top rated players are GM Dzagnidze Nana, IM Bojkovic Natasa, IM Vasilevich Tatjana, WGM Rudolf Anna, IM Foisor Cristina-Adela, WGM Stojanovic Andjelija and WGM Voiska Margarita...
	(8/23)  Must-know: Endgames Chess.com by WGM Natalia_Pogonina The endgame is the final part of a chess game, characterized by a small number of pieces left on the board.  Many chess players fall in love with studying the opening and middlegame and forget about the endgame, considering it to be dull...  This is not the right way to treat chess though.  The stronger the players, the higher the chance the game will be decided in the endgame...
	(8/23)  Chess Notes Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff As the world increasingly views China as an economic powerhouse, it is interesting that its chess activities appear to parallel its productivity. China has long had two widely played board games...
	(8/23)  Best medicine in Mesa pediatrician's bag may be chess set Arizona Republic by Connie Midey "The hospital is all about being healthy," Saba says, "and that means having a strong body and a strong mind. Chess is another way to help children be healthy.  It keeps their minds active and their stress at bay while they're confined to bed, "and they can play for their rest of their life," he says...
	(8/23)  Reverte Albox beats Linex Magic in CECLUB round 1 Chessdom WFM Lucía Pascual Palomo wins the Spanish Women Chess Championship.  Reverte Albox caused a major upset in round 1 of the CECLUB Spanish team chess championship, as they defeated the top favorites and last year's champions from Linex Magic. Results, replayable games, and extra information from the Women Individual Championship event where WFM Lucía Pascual Palomo took the gold medal...
vs	(8/23)  Why Do I Always Get Black vs Titled (Stronger) Players? The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos This weekend I played in a strong open swiss tournament and was in the running for first, but lost in the last round to GM Ben Finegold.  He had White, but that wasn't really a factor: I got a perfectly good position out of the opening, and only mistakes in the ending cost me the game...
	(8/23)  Seahorse of Rewal chess tournament FIDE The 15th Seahorse of Rewal chess tournament is taking place 18-29th August in Rewal, Poland.  Top rated players: GM Paweł Jaracz POL 2541; GM Łukasz Cyborowski POL 2529; GM Sharapov Evgeny UKR 2498...
	(8/23)  Baku Open 2010 (1) TWIC by Mark Crowther The Baku Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2010.  Gata Kamsky, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Emil Sutovsky, Alexander Areshchenko, Rauf Mamedov, Ilya Smirin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Boris Savchenko etc...
	(8/23)  NH Chess - Nakamura takes it in dramatic last round ChessBase The ticket to next year's Amber seemed almost a formality, as Anish Giri needed only a draw against Danish GM Nielsen, but a slip in the final liquidation forced him into a blitz tiebreak against renowned speed specialist, Hikaru Nakamura.  The top American GM lived up to his reputation, as he took both games...
	(8/23)  3 RP bets share early chess lead  Manila Bulletin Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales and International Master Barlo Nadera hurdled their respective rivals in the first two rounds to join four others with perfect scores in the sixth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium...
	(8/23)  Serbian Chess League Started Chessdom Serbian First League 2010 is taking place from 21st to 31st August in spa Vrnjačka Banja.  The defending champion Sveti Nikolaj from Valjevo, who arrived to the competition without reserve players, started off with a minimal but valuable victory against the ambitious Vodovod from Kragujevac.  The executor was GM Ivan Sokolov, candidate for the post of ECU Vice-President, who defeated GM Andrei Volokitin with black pieces, while the remaining five games ended in tie...
	(8/23)  Trainers Seminar at World Youth Championships FIDE 1. Objective: To educate and certify Trainers and Chess-Teachers on an international basis.  This FIDE Trainers Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles Diploma is approved by FIDE and the FIDE Trainers...
	(8/23)  Grad Student Wins U.S. Open Chess Championship University of Texas at Dallas Two UT Dallas students successfully maneuvered their way to first and to second place in the 111th U.S. Open Chess Championship, held last weekend in Irvine, Calif.  Chess Grandmaster (GM) Alejandro Ramirez (BA ’09), a McDermott Scholar who currently is an arts and technology graduate student, finished first in the competition with a final score of 8-1.  International Master (IM) Julio Catalina Sadorra, a sophomore majoring in psychology, placed second in a four-way tie...
	(8/23)  Kigigha’s title on the line Next by Tunde Eludini A tough task awaits National Chess Master, Bomo Kigigha as the 33rd edition of the Nigerian Breweries Chess Championship gets underway today at the National Stadium in Lagos.  The event which is to last for six days will see chess prodigies display their prowess on the board in different categories and the best will unseat the current National Champion, Bomo Kigigha...
	(8/23)  Spanish Teams Honor Division 2010 (1) TWIC by Mark Crowther The Spanish Chess Championships CECLUB Honor Division takes place in Sestao, Vizcaya, 23rd-28th August 2010. 6 Rounds: 10 teams. First 4 rounds a Swiss, Final 2 Rounds settle the final placings.  Shirov, Ponomariov, Caruana, Gashinov, Vallejo, Bacrot, Kasimdzhanov, Navara, Laznicka, Almasi, Harikrishna, Dreev, Krasenkow, Bruzon, Nakamura, Vachier, Short are amongst the high profile players...
	(8/23)  6th Prospero A. Pichay Jr. Cup Chessdom The 6th Prospero A. Pichay Jr. Cup has started in Manila, Philippines, a precursor to the Florencio Campomanes Memorial later this weekend.  GM Murtas Kazghaleyev of Kazakhstan leads the field of 47 players, among which are 9 Grandmasters and 11 International Masters.  The separate "Challenge" Group has additional 75 players...
	(8/23)  A Nimble Chess Artist Huffington Post by Lubomir Kavalek 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...
	(8/23)  It's all in the endgame Telegraph by Malcolm Pein Sanan Sjugirov of Russia was equal first at the world junior but lost on tie break. He played a couple of nice endgames, the first of which I will show today...
	(8/23)  USCL FM Ron Young is back with his weekly predictions and his jumbles! Follow the New Jersey Knockouts on twitter! So far they are having a rough time with Philadelphia Jason Rihel takes a look at the Boston vs New York showdown at the Boylston Blog Jason Rihel predicts a convincing victory in New England's first ever USCL match The Week 1 matches are previewed lightheartedly at usclfans.com FM Robby Adamson predicts the Week 1 matches
	(8/23)  International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010 Chessdom 159 players, Gata Kamsky top seeded.  Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation are organizing the International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010, set to take place from 22nd to 31st August at the "Af Hotel", near Caspian Sea, Novkhani...

	(8/22)  In Race for Global Dominance, China Gaining on Russia New York Times By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN There was little doubt why the Soviet Union was so dominant in chess — the government poured money and other resources into programs...
	(8/22)  Americans Abroad: Nakamura Nets Amber Spot USCF At the conclusion of the NH Chess tournament in Amsterdam, youth narrowly prevailed over wisdom, with the Rising Stars defeating Team Experience 26-24.  GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri were tied for the top Rising Star spot with 6/10 each.  A blitz playoff awarded Nakamura the golden ticket into Melody Amber, the elite blindfold/rapid/blitz tournament in Monaco...
	(8/22)  Double blunder-itis New York Post by Andy Soltis When a world championship match is held nowadays, it triggers live Web site scrutiny. Chess fans no longer have to wait months for analysis in their favorite magazines...
	(8/22)  Mainstream Chess: From NPR to the Flat Screen USCF by Jennifer Shahade Chess got its fair share of NPR time last week.  A piece by Sean Phillips on All Things Considered: A Gender Divide in the Ultimate Sport of the Mind explored the controversy of women's titles and tournaments.  The piece was recorded at the 2010 US Women's in Saint Louis and featured interviews with IM Irina Krush, Jean Hoffman of 9queens and IM Sam Shankland...
	(8/22)  Week 1: LA Vibe vs. St. Louis Archbishops Preview PeskyPolskyPawn So, the Vibe's USCL season starts on Monday, facing off against one of the strongest teams in the league, the St. Louis Archbishops. Fortunately for us, we will not have to face St. Louis' "Big 3," as GM Hikaru Nakamura will have just finished the Youth vs. Experience super tournament in Amsterdam...
	(8/22)  Weekly Endgame Study (183) Chess Vibes Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer.  A week later the solution is published.  Good luck solving!
	(8/22)  US Senior Open Begins Monday USCF by Franc Guadalupe Starting Monday, the US Senior Open returns to the Boca Raton Marriott, Boca Raton, Florida from August 23-28.  See advance entries here--GM Alexander Ivanov is the top pre-registered player...
	(8/22)  The End of 1.e4 in World Championship Matches? Chess.com by IM Silman Jaxxson asked: Why don’t we see 1.e4 in Championship matches anymore?  Dear Mr. Jaxxson: That’s an excellent question. Of course, any answer I give is subjective – others might come up with an equally valid viewpoint. But, for all it’s worth (or not worth), here we go...
	(8/22)  Anand, a motivating force for blind chess players MiD DAY  The Indian blind chess team is highly motivated and determined to put in their best performance as they prepare to depart for the World Blind Chess Championship at Belgrade, Serbia...
	(8/22)  The Chicago Blaze Season Kicks Off! North American Chess Association The season is once again upon us when the Chicago Blaze will take on the rest of the teams in the US Chess League.  The first game will be tomorrow (Monday) night at 8:00pm Central Time.  We will be taking on the Seattle Sluggers, who this year are without their superstar GM Hikaru Nakamura (he’s playing for St. Louis).  The board by board match-ups are...
	(8/22)  Chess: Dmitry Andreikin wins world junior title Los Angeles Times by Jack Peters The 49th World Junior Championship ended Monday in Chotowa, Poland.  Every country was invited to send its best young player, born in 1990 or later.  The record field of 120 players, representing 55 countries, included 20 grandmasters and 34 IMs...
	(8/22)  An Unusual Double: Husband and Wife Win French Chess Championships New York Times by DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN 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 same country — competing for the men’s and women’s titles...
	(8/22)  1st International Livigno Chess Open FIDE The 1st International Livigno Chess Open is set to take place on 10-18th September 2010 in Livigno, Italian Alps. Three tournaments are being organized...
	(8/22)  Chess tournament ends in stalemate Mmegi Online by KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE The Funeral Services Group (FSG) Chess Open at the University of Botswana ended in a stalemate on Saturday after four players tied in top spot...
	(8/22)  Ron Young ranks all the USCL teams, and gives their percentages to win by FM Ron Young The odds-obsessed league commissioner has asked me to include percentage chances of each team both to make the postseason and to win the whole thing, so those numbers appear at the end of each team's paragraph...
	(8/22)  Serbian Chess League Started Chessdom Serbian First League 2010 is taking place from 21st to 31st August in spa Vrnjačka Banja.  The defending champion Sveti Nikolaj from Valjevo, who arrived to the competition without reserve players, started off with a minimal but valuable victory against the ambitious Vodovod from Kragujevac...
	(8/22)  Working towards a Caribbean Chess Union Stabroek News by Errol Tiwari But we are still entitled to vote in the FIDE elections, in keeping with the one country, one vote policy, of the World Chess Federation...
	(8/22)  Seeded players move ahead in women's chess Assam Tribune ... held to a draw by a much lower seeded Shetye Siddhali of Maharastra in the 37th National Women Challenger Chess Championship at Silpgram here today...
	(8/22)  NH Chess Tournament 2010 TWIC by Mark Crowther The 5th NH Chess Rising Stars vs Experience Tournament took place in Amsterdam 12th-22nd August 2010. The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, PH Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic took on the Rising Stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell...
	(8/22)  2010 French championship - Husband and wife win ChessBase Bacrot was out for a record 7th title, and Fressinet was out for his first, but it was Romain Edouard and Fressinet who raced neck and neck throughout.  Don't miss Romain's exquisite miniature against Tkachiev in the penultimate round.  In the end, Fressinet showed his will to win, and took the tiebreak, while his wife, Skripchenko, took the Women's title...
	(8/22)  International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010 Chessdom 159 players, Gata Kamsky top seeded.  Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation are organizing the International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010, set to take place from 22nd to 31st August at the "Af Hotel", near Caspian Sea...
	(8/22)  Chess Telegram.com by Stephen Dann (Do you see the key move where white mates in two in today’s classic chess composition?)  The sixth season of the U.S. Chess League begins tomorrow, this year with two Boston teams competing among two divisions of eight squads, featuring more than 100 of America’s strongest players...
	(8/22)  Chess masters take on coffee fans Stourbridge News MEMBERS of Stourbridge Chess Club invited coffee fans to try and outwit them in their first ever Costa Coffee Chess Challenge. The club challenged members...
	(8/22)  Rising Stars defeat Experience 26-24, Nakamura qualifies for Amber Chess Vibes In the tenth and last round of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team defeated the Rising Stars 3½-1½, but couldn’t prevent the youngsters’ overall win of 26-24. In a blitz play-off for a direct invitation to the 2011 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament Nakamura beat Giri 2-0...
	(8/22)  6th Pichay Cup Starts in Manila, Philippines FIDE The $30,000 6th Prospero A. Pichay Jr. Cup has started in Manila, Philippines, a precursor to the Florencio Campomanes Memorial later this weekend. GM Murtas Kazghaleyev of Kazakhstan leads the...
	(8/22)  Spanish Teams Honor Division 2010 (Preview) TWIC by Mark Crowther The Spanish Chess Championships CECLUB Honor Division takes place in Sestao, Vizcaya, 23rd-28th August 2010.  No information as to the format and number of rounds.  Possibly two rounds a day for most of the event all-play-all between the 10 teams.  Shirov, Ponomariov, Caruana, Gashinov, Vallejo, Bacrot, Kasimdzhanov, Navara, Laznicka, Almasi, Harikrishna, Dreev, Krasenkow, Bruzon, Nakamura, Vachier, Short are amongst the high profile players...
	(8/22)  NH Tournament Finishes: Rising Stars Wins by Two Points, Nakamura Qualifies for Amber The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos After eight rounds, Anish Giri led Nakamura by half a point in the battle for supremacy on the Rising Stars team. The pairings the rest of the way strongly favored Giri, who had van Wely and Nielsen to Nakamura's Svidler and Carlsen...
	(8/22)  Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2010 is ongoing Chessdom In memory of the first American chess player, Inca Atahualpa.  Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2010 is taking place place on 18th-23rd of August in the ancient city of Cusco, Peru.  This event brought together about 400 people from 10 countries, to participate in three groups for players with different ratings. The tournament is a Swiss event of 9 rounds with 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per player...
	(8/22)  Murray Marble Chessville by Stephen Dann February 17th is the anniversary of the birth and death of Murray Marble (1885-1919) of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the composer of chess problems that were known worldwide for more than a decade before World War I.  In 1977 Dann wrote a column asking about information on Marble, and in April, 1979, wrote a more detailed column on his life from several sources.  Today we provide you with an expanded article, and begin a tribute to some of Marble's most famous and award-winning compositions...
	(8/22)  GM Julian Radulski wins Ciudad de Ferrol Chessdom Radulski to gain over 30 points and cross 2600.  GM Julian Radulski won the 2010 edition of Open Ciudad de Ferrol.  The competition took place 13th-21st of August and counted with the participation of 136 players, 31 of which titled.  Radulski finished with 7,0/9...
	(8/22)  Abu Dhabi Open 2010 TWIC by Mark Crowther The Abu Dhabi Open took place 12th-20th August 2010. The favourite Anton Korobov took clear first place with 6.5/9...
	(8/22)  Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (46) ChessBase Morphy versus the Duke and Count (Paris, 1858) was described by Frank Marshall as ‘the most famous game of all time’. Even so, as the Editor of Chess Notes demonstrates, modern masters’ views differ concerning its value, and there is much about the circumstances of the game which is still enveloped in mystery...
	(8/22)  Open Chess Tournament Mediterranean 2017 Chessdom 13 November to 20 November 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia.  The Chess Club "Rijeka" organises the 4th open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017" from 13 November to 20 November 2010 in the city of Rijeka, located at the North-west part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic sea...

	(8/21)  Endgame Study #708 Chesscafe G. Barcza, 1967.  The Endgame Study is one of the unique and subtle wonders of the Royal Game...
	(8/21)  Chicago Squad Has Unfamiliar Ratings Edge Chicago Blaze by tpanelas GM Dmitry Gurevich, a longtime favorite of Chicago-area chess fans, will make his Blaze debut Monday night when the team kicks off the 2010 season against the Seattle Sluggers. Dmitry’s presence on Board 1 is part of what the U.S. Chess League’s Web site terms our “completely retuned” roster, on which we’ll elaborate in the days ahead...
	(8/21)  Jamaican Masters on CVM TV! The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz There was a very nice interview done on Jamaica’s CVM at Sunrise with IM Jomo Pitterson and FM Warren Elliott. It covered a number of topics including accomplishments of Jamaicans, the perception of chess, impact of chess on the youth and prospects for the future...

	(8/21)  Rising Stars enter last round with four-point lead Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers In the ninth round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars maintained their four-point lead over the Experience team as today’s match ended in a 2½-2½ tie.  David Howell defeated Peter Heine Nielsen in a game with a unique final position...
	(8/21)  International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio Chessdom 21-29 August, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo, Italy.  The 1th edition of the International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio will take place 21-29 August, 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo (5 minutes from Porto San Giorgio on the sea). The tournament already features a strong list of players, headed by GM David Alberto (LUX), followed by GM Vladimir Epishin, GM Leon Hoyos, GM Malaniuk and GM Matamoros...
	(8/21)  Ralph Lauren Hammond Chess Set Luxist (blog) by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) Aug 21st 2010 at 2:01PM Chess boards are one of the most artistic and expressive games a person can own, often becoming part of...
	(8/21)  Ashley DVD: “The Secret to Chess” The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz In 1995, Ashley unveiled a ground-breaking CD titled, “Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess“. The CD was aimed at a diverse audience and gave the viewer so many options for chess improvement. The title is still sought after, but of course in 15 years, so many titles have been released to the chess world...
	(8/21)  French Championships 2010 TWIC by Mark Crowther The French Championships took place in Belfort 9th-21st August 2010. Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet were the top seeds.  Almira Skripchenko won the women's group and Jean-Pierre Le Roux the B-Group.  Romain Edouard and Laurent Fressinet played off for the title on Saturday after topping the men's event with 8/11.  Fressinet took the title by winning the second rapid game...
	(8/21)  NH Chess - Rising Stars strike back in rounds 7 and 8 ChessBase The Rising Stars stopped the bleeding, after the Experience had reduced their lead to a single point, by winning the next two rounds. The stories of the rounds were Van Wely's 17-move loss to Nakamura after a bizarre memory hiccup, though punctuated by a nice tactic, and Giri's nice win over Ljubo, which regained him the sole lead...
	(8/21)  Good trade?  Not exactly!  A rare tactical idea Chessville by IM Igor Khmelnitsky A new Chess Lesson of the Month.  "I'd like to show a very unusual variation of the very important tactical theme - Intermediate Move (also called In-between Move, Zwischenzug).  A typical Intermediate Move occurs when a Player A either captures a piece or a pawn, or creates a threat, but the player B, rather then addressing the issue, creates a counter-threat of at least an equal strength (often a check).  Only when the Player A addresses the threat, the player B deals with the original issue (either recaptures or defends)..."
	(8/21)  Working visit of FIDE President to Argentina On Thursday, August 19, in Buenos Aires FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had a meeting with Minister of Education of Argentina Professor Alberto Sileoni and President of Argentina CF Mr. Nicolas Barrera. Ilyumzhinov spoke about the positive experiences of the implementation of chess program in schools of Kalmykia...
	(8/21)  Interview With Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici Chessdom Candidate for the post of ECU President.  Chessdom: Mr.Yazici, thank you for accepting the interview.  Last year in Novi Sad, you were the first to announce candidacy for the post of ECU President.  Why did you take up this challenge?...
	(8/21)  FIDE elections: Karpov suggests link between Ilyumzhinov and Yudina murder Chess Vibes by Arne Moll In the increasingly fierce election race between Anatoly Karpov and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the 12th World Champion has now for the first time suggested a link between the current FIDE President and the murder of activist Larissa Yudina, in 1998...
	(8/21)  Farewell to the graduating Texas Tech Knight Raiders LubbockOnline by Susan Polgar They are all excellent students and they have contributed greatly to the development of chess at Texas Tech and the Lubbock community. I wish all of them the best in their future endeavors.  Texas Tech will once again have one of the top chess teams in the country this year...
	(8/21)  Kamsky on the Candidates Matches Chess In Translation Gata Kamsky, in Azerbaijan for the Baku Open which starts on Sunday, gave an interview to T. Tushiev for extratime.az. The conversation inevitably centred around the uncertainty over the Candidates Matches, with Kamsky coming out against any last-minute changes to the line-up...
	(8/21)  Chess Notes Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff On her way to the US 2010 Women’s Championship, Irina Krush turned in this win against Iryna Zenyuk in the eighth round.  Krush was weaned on chess at the Marshall Chess Club and was the US Women’s champion at the age of 14.  In this game, she showed her chutzpah by playing the Blumenfeld Gambit...
	(8/21)  KID Fianchetto: Opening AND Finishing Chess.com by NM GreenLaser My last article showed Miguel Najdorf on the white side of the King’s Indian Defense using the Fianchetto Variation. This line has the advantage of placing the bishop on g2 where it can have considerable influence on the center, but does not exert any control over b5...
	(8/21)  Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 4 by John Watson Chessville by NM Bill McGeary "I could easily say that the first four chapters of this book by themselves would have made a fine piece of work.  Doing that would however ignore the real value of Mr. Watson’s labor on this volume.  As a manual to help players understand the Reti Opening those four chapters would be the equal of anything on the market, at least of what I have seen.  Of course it also works as the final piece in the work on openings in general.   What really comes through is Mr. Watson’s approach to understanding openings..."
	(8/21)  NM Matt Herman (NY) examines his team's 2010 roster and their first week matchups with Boston USCL New York Knights Blog A new season is upon us. The last time the New York Knights were in action, Giorgi Kacheishvili was conducting the black pieces in an Armageddon blitz game against Miami's Julio Becerra. With the clock well past midnight, Giorgi converted a better position in a Sicilian and brought the 2009 USCL title to New York...
	(8/21)  Test your IQ(P) ChessBase In this typical IQP position White would like to avoid piece exchanges with 17.Ne4 but of course has to reckon with the knight sortie 17...Ncb4. What does this entail in your opinion?  A) advantage for Black; B) advantage for White; C) balanced play.  The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram...
	(8/21)  Anand aids blind Indian chess team ESPN STAR Sports Viswanathan Anand has come forward and lent both monetary and psychological support to the National Blind Indian chess team. The team is scheduled to take...
	(8/21)  Small Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Third Edition The Marshall Attack Chesscafe: Informant@ChessCafe.com by Sasa Velickovic This month we offer admirers of the ancient game of chess an excerpt from the Small Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. The third edition of which is soon to be published. The attractive themes inherent in the Marshall Attack will surely satisfy those who revere this line in the Spanish Game. This variation has undergone immense scrutiny, yet it always brings unexpected and inexhaustible possibilities to light...
	(8/21)  Abu Dhabi Chess Festival FIDE The Armed Forces Officers Club, in Co-Operation with Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club, organized the annual Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2010 from 12 till 20th August 2010, at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi, UAE...
	(8/21)  Chess still struggling to capture imagination of the masses in China The Guardian by Leonard Barden China is a unique phenomenon in world chess. The team only began to compete in around 1970 but within 30 years was a serious contender at men's level and No1 in women's chess. Yet the national game remains Chinese chess and the global version has little public support...
	(8/21)  Chess Mazes Chesscafe by Bruce Alberston The first thing is to check the initial position for en prise pawns...

	(8/20)  To the Loser Belong the Spoils Making (the) US Chess League Entertaining! Autumn is a season of change, and that’s no exception in the United States Chess League.  There are several new rules on roster make-up, several new teams, and several new high-rated players in the league, all promising to change the landscape of professional team chess...
	(8/20)  NH: Giri beats Ljubojevic Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers In the eighth round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars further increased their lead over the Experience team with a 3-2 win. In the only decisive game Anish Giri managed to outplay Ljubomir Ljubojevic with the black pieces...
	(8/20)  The Mind Of A Chess Grandmaster Intriguing Phenomena by Tim Fasano The weapons of conquest are not just bullets, bombs or missiles. There are weapons of even more power and potential to destroy. There are weapons such as hate, greed, envy, fatigue and fear...
	(8/20)  RP chess: Top 20 in 5 years Sun.Star THE Philippines has already produced some chess grandmasters in the past but such are not yet enough to beef up the country's stock in the global arena.  Prospero Pichay, National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president, said he is aiming to raise the country’s current rank from 35 to 20th place in five years time...
	(8/20)  Chess Express Ratings provides a crosstable for the 2009 USCL Season
	(8/20)  NH Tournament, Round 8: Giri Regains the Lead The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos The Experience Team had White today, but it didn't help very much. Actually, for the most part, nothing helped either side very much, as it was a day of missed opportunities.  Two players who didn't miss their opportunities were Gelfand and So...
	(8/20)  Interviews from the World Junior Championship Chess In Translation The World U-20 Championship in Poland lent itself to photo reports, but there was little real coverage from the venue. An exception was the regional “Super Nowości” newspaper, which interviewed the winners, Anna Muzychuk and Dmitry Andreikin, as well as the Polish star, Dariusz Świercz...
	(8/20)  Chess and the arrival of the New England Nor’easters Boylston Chess Club Weblog A great indication of the health and strength of local chess is the introduction of a second local team to compete in the United States Chess League: the New England Nor’easters.On Wednesday August 25 at 7pm the New England Nor’easters will open their season by facing Baltimore Kingfishers via the internet at the BCF...
	(8/20)  Details of Fischer's exhumation revealed ChessBase "I will give you a report but stress that we keep all details confidential as we have strict orders from the authorities not to reveal any such detailed information to the media," wrote Thordur Bogason, the Icelandic lawyer representing Jinky and Marilyn Young in the Fischer paternity suite. But their Philippine lawyer Samuel Estimo did pass it on...
	(8/20)  Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch, new translation by Ian Adams Chessville by Rick Kennedy "Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) was arguably one of the top half-dozen chess players in the world from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, taking 1st or 2nd place in a string of tournaments...  He was one of the leading voices in the “hypermodern” school of chess, which challenged various accepted strategic notions of chess play...  It is hard to find a modern grandmaster who has not been influenced by Nimzowitsch’s works..."
	(8/20)  Rising Stars widen gap with 3½-1½ win Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers In the seventh round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars increased their lead over the Experience team to three points. Thursday the ambitious youngsters won 3½-1½. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Loek van Wely in a most remarkable miniature, while Fabiano Caruana ground down Peter Heine Nielsen...
	(8/20)  US Olympiad Teams Finalized USCF The US Olympiad and Women's Olympiad teams have been finalized. The event will be held in Khanty-Mansisyk from September 19 to October 3.  The Olympic lineups are...
	(8/20)  Iowa State Fair Speed Chess Champs Crowned ReadMedia (press release) by Iowa State Fair DES MOINES, IA (08/20/2010)(readMedia)-- The 2010 Iowa State Fair Speed Chess tournament will be remembered for drawing competitors from ...
	(8/20)  6000 players for NB Plc Chess Open Nigerian Tribune ABOUT 6000 players across the country have indicated interest to participate at the 33rd edition of the Nigeria Breweries International Open Chess...
	(8/20)  RP lawyer questions Fischer's DNA test The Philippine Star By Abac Cordero MANILA, Philippines - The Filipino lawyer of Marilyn and Jinky Young, who are laying claim to the $2 million estate left behind by Bobby Fischer, yesterday questioned the procedure that was used during the exhumation of the American chess icon...
	(8/20)  Concrete chess BusinessWorld Online By Bobby Ang He makes a lot of sense: "Glancing through the history of the development of chess thinking, we see that earlier such breakthroughs, beginning with...
	(8/20)  ICC releases iPhone app Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers It was about time, with dozens of chess apps already available for the highly popular iPhone from Apple. Since Thursday, August 12 the official Internet Chess Club (ICC) app “Chess at ICC” is available in the App Store. You can play and observe games, or play against an engine...

	(8/19)  Early Chess Clubs: Bill Wall (Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess) is back with a look at chess clubs back from the earliest days of organized chess.  "Perhaps the first chess club ever organized occurred in Italy in 1550.  The early chess clubs evolved from the early coffee houses, cafes and restaurants.  In 1686, Francois Procope (Procopie Cotelli), a native of Sicily, opened the Cafe de Procope in Paris.  His cafe served lemonade, but was one of the first to serve coffee.  It soon became a gathering place of chess players..."
	(8/19) This Week's Show: A Great Tal Attacking Game ChessvideosTV: Have a look, here. The show is free (free registration required) and available on-demand for the next month or so. No one could shake an attack out of his sleeve like the Wizard from Riga, the great Mikhail Tal, so you're bound to enjoy this game!
	(8/19)  A Grandmaster Vacation: GM Pascal on Sturbridge USCF By GM Pascal Charbonneau Several months ago, contemplating the rapidly approaching summertime, I realized I had not taken a full week of vacation since the Olympiad in Dresden, 2008...
	(8/19)  Honours even in Round 5 of the NH Tournament TWIC IM Malcolm Pein The Rising Stars and Experience teams ended honours even 2½-2½, in the fifth round of the NH Chess Tournament at Amsterdam. It was a moral victory for the Veterans as they played black on all boards but they still trail 11.5-13.5 at the half way stage...
	(8/19)  The Lewis Chessmen, Up Close The Atlantic Today, for the first time, I got to see some of the magnificent Lewis chess pieces first-hand, in Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland...
	(8/19)  Despite Negative Result on Fischer Paternity, Lawyer Keeps On Fighting New York Times by DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN The Filipino lawyer for a woman who filed a paternity lawsuit claiming that Bobby Fischer, the late chess champion, was the father of her daughter, has criticized how tissue samples were obtained to perform the DNA tests. The test, which reportedly came back negative on Tuesday, was ordered by the Supreme Court of Iceland as part of a dispute...
	(8/19)  A Knight to remember Telegraph by Malcolm Pein The Rising Stars and Experience teams ended honours even 2½-2½, in the fifth round of the NH Chess Tournament at Amsterdam.  It was a moral victory for the Veterans...
	(8/19)  Notes for Delegates at the FIDE Congress FIDE The Agenda and annexes for the 81st FIDE Congress General Assembly to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from September 29th to October 2nd have been published on the FIDE web site.  Federations are asked to note the new arrangements for proxies...
	(8/19)  Play it Out. Part 1: The Challenge of the First Move Chess.com by WIM energia Last week after I assigned two positions to play out, I had no idea that just one would have been more than enough. The positions turned out to have tons of interesting hidden resources that my sparring partner, IM David Pruess, and I successfully explored...
	(8/19)  Perfection in Montreal USCF At the North American Youth Championship in Montreal, four US players reached a perfect score: Aravind Kumar, Samritha Palakollu, Anna Matlin and Dai Yang. Several other players tied or won their section...
	(8/19)  Chess man plots his next moves to citizenship The Villager By Aidan Gardiner “I love chess,” he said.  “To be able to be omnipotent.  To be able to do many things in one shot.  Freedom.  Control.  Flexibility.  Chess allows you to do that when in life, you can’t,” he added..."
	(8/19)  Young age secret of success at First Saturday Budapest FIDE 64 players of 19 countries (AUS, BUL, CHN, DEN, ENG, GER, HUN, IRL, ISL, ISR, ITA, LIB, MNE, NED, RUS, SLO,TUR, VIE, USA, ) met at First Saturday Budapest competing for FIDE-titles and ratings. No matter how high the requirements are for FIDE-titles, some talented youngsters always achieve it. 17 years old Mihok, Oliver (HUN) who has made his first GM norm has been familiar with success since long ago...
	(8/19)  Review: Nunn’s Chess Endings 1 Chess Vibes by Arne Moll Almost as soon as I opened Nunn’s Chess Endings Volume 1, I realized the book was probably an ‘instant classic’, ignoring J.M. Coetzee’s definition of a classic as ‘that which survives’. My intuition proved to be correct in that I think this really is a fantastic book. The only problem is: who plays endgames anymore these days?
	(8/19)  Game of the Week procedures for 2010 USCL For the most part the procedures will be identical to last year.  Our judging panel will remain the same, namely: IM Greg Shahade; FM Jim Dean; NM Michael Aigner; NM Jeff Ashton; NM Arun Sharma.  The only real change will be in the prizes...
	(8/19)  Nuestro Círculo #420: 21 de agosto de 2010, dedicado al Maestro danés Erik Andersen que vivió entre los años 1904 y 1938. Además de su biografía y partidas, puedes leer las notas "Festival en Villa Martelli" y "Partidas del Campéon".  Acompañamos, además, el archivo NC 420.zip con las partidas de este número.    Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español.
	(8/19)  The forgotten recollections of Chigorin’s daughter Chess In Translation Alexander Kentler, who writes a chess column for sportsdaily.ru, was recently sent a remarkable document: the recollections of Mikhail Chigorin’s daughter on the 50th anniversary of her father’s death. She talks of his legendary absent-mindedness, how cigar smoke thwarted his title ambitions, and describes the last moments of his life...
	(8/19)  Efimenko vs Naiditsch six games match... Chessville News Report by GM Mikhail Golubev Zahar Efimenko (2689) vs Arkadij Naiditsch (2684) six game match was played out in Mukachevo, Ukraine.  Naiditsch wins 3½-2½ on the strength of the only decisive game of the match - game two.  The entire report, including plenty of photos and all six games analyzed by GM Golubev, has been moved from our News page to it's own page...
	(8/19)  XII International Open de Sants FIDE XII International Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta is set to take place from 20th to 29th August at Auditori del Centre Cívic de les Cotxeres de Sants, 79 Sants st, and other halls nearby, in Barcelona. Swiss FIDE System at ten rounds...
	(8/19)  NH Chess - Experience wins again ChessBase In the sixth round, The Experience team once again outscored the Rising stars, closing the distance to 15.5-14.5. Nakamura beat Ljubojevic to come within a half point of Rising Star leader, Giri. Gelfand continues to stamp his authority, this time beating Howell, and van Wely scored his first NH Chess win after sixteen tries...
	(8/19)  A top player of chess and guitar Tampabay.com by Andrew Meacham TAMPA — Craig Van Tilbury was a man of two minds, one for chess and one for music. The guitarist and chess teacher went further in both fields than most devotees go in either.  A professional guitar player, over a 30-year career he backed up numerous well-known musicians and groups, including Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, the Coasters, the Shirelles and Gary U.S. Bonds...
	(8/19)  Chess Cartoon:  Tony Lurie (A Lurie Sense of Humor) offers a pair of new cartoons for your enjoyment - "strike" and "learning chess early".  Tony's latest contributions brings to an even four dozen chess-themed cartoons for your entertainment, all on our Cartoon page.
	(8/19)  Naiditsch beats Efimenko 3.5-2.5 Chess Vibes In the 4th in a series of matches held in Mukachevo, Ukraine Arkadij Naiditsch beat Zahar Efimenko 3.5-2.5. Naiditsch won the second game of the match, while five other games were drawn...
	(8/19)  Grand Prix Rule Changes Include 1st Prize Minimum USCF The Executive Board has passed a motion adding rules to Grand Prix tournaments, including a minimum guaranteed first prize of $150.  The new rules will apply to TLAs submitted about November 10, 2010...
	(8/19)  National chess absolute title decision postponed AngolaPress Luanda - The draw of points in the last round of the national absolute chess championship tying together Cambando José (individual), Ediberto Domingos (Epal), Eduardo Pascoal (Epal) and Amorim Agnelo (Libolo), has dictated the postponement of the decision of this season’s title for late this month...
	(8/19)  Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010 Chessdom Strong chess tournament at top ski location.  Chessdom, Capital Chess Center – Sofia, and the Chess Academy of Thessaloniki proudly announce the First International Open Chess Tournament Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010. It will feature two sections - open and junior - with a total prize fund of over 15 000 EUR. There are special rating prizes for the winners of U2400, U2200, U2000, and U1800...
	(8/19)  Chess players ready for Russia Olympiad Viet Nam News HA NOI – Viet Nam's best chess players are ready for the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from September 19 to October 4, reports Viet Nam...
	(8/19)  Anand to play against 40 players simultaneously NDTV.com PTI, Updated: August 19, 2010 19:50 IST Hyderabad: Hyderabad is all set witness a spectacular chess match between the grandmaster Viswanathan Anand who will play against 40 players simultaneously.  According to the organisers of ICM International Congress of Mathematicians 2010, 40 participants have been chosen...
	(8/19)  GM Rogers on NH Chess: Nakamura on a Roll USCF GM Rogers analyzes Nakamura's quick victory over GM Loek Van Wely, and tells a surprising backstory about the game's variation...
	(8/19)  Chess Surrealism Chess.com by GM Gserper Even if you have never heard of chess surrealism, you definitely encountered it at some point. What is chess surrealism? In art, the key feature of surrealism is the element of surprise, the same is true for chess surrealism. If you see a position that looks like somebody just dropped a bunch of pieces on the board and they found some random squares for themselves, that is chess surrealism...
	(8/19)  Chess players to battle for N800,000 NEXT By Tolu Asaolu Chess players from around Nigeria are priming themselves for war as Nigeria Breweries Plc, organisers of the annual International Open Chess Championships budgets N800, 000 as total prize money for this year’s edition of the event.  The event, which is in its 33rd edition, begins in Lagos on Sunday at the National Stadium and lasts till August 28...
	(8/19)  Ryan Polsky examines & grades the 2010 USCL Teams PeskyPolskyPawn - A USCL blog featuring the LA Vibe So here I am writing a post about my predictions for the 2010 USCL Season, the strongest USCL season yet. I have been following the USCL since 2005 and have not seen so many strong teams. Before making these predictions, I have no intention in insulting/offending anyone in any way; this is just a blog expressing my honest opinion from a fan. Without further ado, let me start with my West Division Predictions...
	(8/19)  Mukachevo Match: Naiditsch beats Efimenko 3.5:2.5 ChessBase The chess match between Zahar Efimenko and Arkadij Naiditsch, organised by Universal Event Promotion and the Mukachevo Chess Club 32x64 in Mukachevo, Ukraine, was won by Naiditsch...

	(8/18)  Upcoming: The Spanish Team Championship The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos An impressive event starting in a few days is the Spanish Team Chess Championship. Nine 2700s are scheduled to play: Alexei Shirov, Vugar Gashimov, Etienne Bacrot, David Navara, Zoltan Almasi, Baadur Jobava, Ruslan Ponomariov, Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave...
	(8/18)  Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2010 FIDE Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2010, consisting of two round-robin tournaments, is taking place from 9th to 22nd August in Santos, Brazil.  The 7th Torneio Internacional Regina Helena launched first. It was a 10-player round robin event which provided opportunity for IM norms...
	(8/18)  Spanish team chess championship Chessdom 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.  There are nine participants from the 2700+ club - GM Alexei Shirov, GM Vugar Gashimov, GM Etienne Bacrot, GM David Navara, GM Zolatan Almasi, GM Baadur Jobava, GM Ruslan Ponomariov GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave...
	(8/18)  An excerpt from Mastering the Chess Openings, Vol. 4 Chesscafe by John Watson In Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 4, IM John Watson draws together many themes in a wide-ranging discussion of general opening topics. By looking at familiar situations from new angles, he helps us greatly increase our understanding of them. In the process, he covers a wide variety of opening structures and variations not seen in the earlier volumes and presents a great wealth of original analysis...

	(8/18)  Fun and games at Regina's Chess Nuts Chess Camp Regina Leader-Post By BARBARA WOOLSEY REGINA — Alex Doolittle, 11, was caught in check when he suddenly realized he could block the action with his knight.  "Didn't see that one coming, did ya?" he laughed.  Doolittle — a Grade 7 student...
	(8/18)  New Jersey manager Robert Bernard examines the Knockouts' 2010 roster USCL Last year, the NJKOs had the best regular season record in the USCL, but were vanquished in the divisional final by the eventual USCL champion, the New York Knights.  This year, the Knockouts have returned with many of the same players as last year, and a new face.  GM Joel "Señor Sombrero" Benjamin, captain and founder of the Knockouts, once again leads the team on board one...
	(8/18)  European Club Cup 2010 FIDE The European Chess Club Cup will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 16th – 24th October, 2010. The event is equivalent of the Champions League and is the top club competition...
	(8/18)  NH Tournament, Round 6 The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos The second cycle started today, and it was a re-run of round 1 in all but two respects.  The pairings were the same, but the first difference was the reversed colors - this time, the Experience team had White on all the boards.  Second and more notably, the results were all the same, too, with but one exception.  Svidler and Giri drew once more, as did Nielsen and So. Gelfand and Nakamura again triumphed over Howell and Ljubojevic, respectively.  The one change was that van Wely beat Caruana, and as a result the Rising Stars' lead narrowed to a single point: 15.5-14.5...

	(8/18)  2010 US Chess League Preview USCF The sixth season of the US Chess League begins next week on August 23 with the strongest player list in history. Vice-commissioner Arun Sharma reviews the rosters of all 16 teams...
	(8/18)  Effortless Andreikin against the Bogo Indian Chess.com by GM thamizhan When you combine the words 'best', 'young' and 'international' with a chess tournament, you know what to expect. One of the most celebrated chess tournaments for the youth, the World Junior Chess Championship, recently concluded in Chotowa, Poland. The top seeds Dmitry Andreikin and Anna Muzychuk lived up to their expectations and took the gold medal in the boy's and the girl's events respectively...
	(8/18)  A raffle for NACA Facebook and Twitter followers! Chessdom Continues until 11.59pm Central Time on Saturday, September 18.  The North American Chess Association (NACA) announces a raffle for those that are followers on our Facebook and Twitter social media outlets...
	(8/18)  Experience team fights back with 3-2 win Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers In the sixth round of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team defeated the Rising Stars 3-2. Boris Gelfand had a relatively easy day against David Howell, while Loek van Wely scored his first point for the Experience team in his 16th attempt. Hikaru Nakamura limited the damage for the Rising Stars with a win over Ljubomir Ljubojevic...

	(8/18)  New blogging prizes announced for 2010 USCL In 2010 the USCL will have a new weekly blogging prize that will be given to the best one or two (at the judges' discretion) blog post(s) of that week. Every week a different company will offer a prize of some sort, and league officials will decide who to award the prize(s) to...
	(8/18)  FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Oppenau, Germany FIDE A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 14 November 2010 in Oppenau, Germany, by the German Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE...
	(8/18)  FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Bento Goncalves, Brazil FIDE From 2 to 8 August 2010 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Bento Goncalves, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by the Brazilian Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.  The venue of the Seminar was the "Dall' Onder Grand Hotel" (5*).  The lecturer was IA Antonio Bento, Technical Vice-President of Brazilian Chess Federation...
	(8/18)  WJC chess tactic Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information White to move. How should White proceed?

	(8/18)  European Chess Club Cup 2010 Chessdom The European Chess Club Cup will take place in Plovdiv, 16th - 24th October, 2010.  The event is equivalent of the Champions League and is the top club competition of the continent.  The valid regulations to be followed are the “ECU Tournament Rules” approved by the General Assembly of the European Chess Union.  Each European federation is allowed to take part in this competition...
	(8/18)  Aid our junior chess players Telegraph.co.uk by Malcolm Pein Jon Ludvig Hammer, who won the London Chess Classic Open and scored 100 per cent at the 4NCL, scored 9/13. In the absence of David Howell, England lacks a...
	(8/18)  An Arbiter's Notebook Chesscafe by Geurt Gijssen Do we need to change the Laws of Chess?  Question 1 Dear, Mr. Gijssen. Regarding your answer to Mr. Günther van den Bergh from your June 2010 column, I do believe that we need to change Article 5.1.b of the Laws of Chess...
	(8/18)  Fischer not the father of 9-year-old Filipino girl Chess Vibes Robert J. Fischer is not the biological father of Jinky Young, a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines. This was the result of DNA tests after tissue samples were taken from the 11th World Champion’s remains in July...

	(8/18)  Fantastic Atalik Wins Negroponte Open Chessdom The 1st international chess tournament "Negroponte 2010" was played from 9th to 17th August, 2010, at the beautiful city of Chalkis, Greece.  GM Suat Atalik was unstoppable, scored seven victories and conceded only two draws, for a total of impressive 8.0 points from nine games in such a strong field with more than 30 Grandmasters...
	(8/18)  Endgame Corner Chesscafe by Karsten Müller Learning from the Classics - In opposite-colored bishop endgames, positional considerations often take precedence over material, as in the following famous classic...
	(8/18)  Craig Van Tilbury, FIDE Master, Rock Musician, Dead New York Times By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN Craig Van Tilbury, a chess master and rock guitar player, died Friday in Tampa, Fla. He was 53. He died of a heart attack...
	(8/18)  Novice Nook Chesscafe by Dan Heisman Intermediate Time Controls Hinder Improvement - Quote of the Month: You need time to think.  Whenever someone asks me a question about which chess activity the should focus on, my answer depends on their objectives: improve, have fun, or compete for money, titles, and prizes, etc.  For players who wish to improve I suggest the following...

	(8/18)  DNA results settle Bobby Fischer paternity case CNN By Melissa Gray A DNA test on the remains of chess legend Bobby Fischer has determined that he is not the father of a Filipino girl...
	(8/18)  Thinking About Thinking Chesscafe by Steven B. Dowd Secrets of Creative Thinking, by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov, is the fifth and final volume of the "School of Future Champions" series by Dvoretsky and Yusupov, and displays the technical quality of all books published by Edition Olms... Certainly you can't (or shouldn't??) play chess without thinking.  Critical thinking is essential to playing chess well, to understanding what assumptions on your part and your opponent's part could fail.  But creative thinking is a step beyond that...
	(8/18)  Alisa Maric wants chess to develop in the region Radio Srbija The best Serbian chess player, Alisa Maric, said in Belgrade that her candidacy for vice-president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is a recognition for ...
	(8/18)  Prize competition: can you out-predict Elo? ChessBase The Elo rating system has done good service for half a century. But can we devise a more accurate method for measuring chess strength and predicting results. Kaggle, an organisation that provides a platform for data-prediction competitions, is giving statisticians 65,000 games which they must use to predict the results 7,800 other games...
	(8/18)  ChessBase Cafe Chesscafe by Lance Martin Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez, by Alexei Shirov, running time six hours.  It was about four and a half years ago that Alexei Shirov produced his first Ruy Lopez video for ChessBase. It was on this video that he announced that he was going to present a version of the Spanish that he called the Tkachiev.  This was to honor a colleague of his who had been studying and playing this opening for several years. That colleague was now French chessplayer Vladislav Tkachiev. The move order as Shirov provided it back then was 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5...

	(8/17)  Michael Wang earns spot on Seattle Sluggers USCL Seattle Sluggers Qualifier: This year, we decided to do something new. We offered up a roster spot to someone in the community. Our 1st Annual Seattle Sluggers Qualifier. Winner gets a spot on the roster, and at least one game during the season. Why did we do this? There is just too much young talent to choose from...
	(8/17)  David Howells find his form Telegraph.co.uk by Malcolm Pein The stakes are high for the young players at the NH Hotels Rising Stars v Veterans tournament at Amsterdam...
	(8/17)  Schein - Friedman Scholastic Project USCF By FM Aviv Friedman and Mark Schein Mark Schein and Aviv Friedman, in cooperation with the US Chess Trust, are happy to announce their third annual scholastic recognition project.  The project is designed to help some of our younger champions continue to improve and dedicate themselves to chess while offsetting some of the financial expense...

	(8/17)  Where Are the Female Chess Players? BlogHer by Melissa Ford Google "female chess players" and you'll find the entire front page filled with sites promising you the sexiest female chess players, the most photogenic...
	(8/17)  What a Child Prodigy! Chess.com by GM Julio_Becerra Samuel "Sammy" Reshevsky was born November 26, 1911 in Poland.  Following the events of World War 1, Reshevsky immigrated to the United States in 1920 where he came into prominence as the most remarkable of all child prodigies...
	(8/17)  The art of a successful attack The Guardian by Ronan Bennett & Daniel King Over the last few weeks we have concentrated on the technical precision of endings, and by contrast we now move to a much messier phase of the game – the middlegame and, more specifically ...
	(8/17)  Two Win Diminished Chess Crowns New York Times By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN Boris Spassky, the future world champion, was once world junior champion.  So were Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand, the current world champion.  It used to be that the world junior championship was an important stepping stone for players who had dreams of becoming the best in the world....

	(8/17)  Steinitz's Immortal Chess Game Huffington Post by Lubomir Kavalek In chess, there are more ways of resigning a game before you get actually mated.  The manner Curt von Bardeleben did it 115 years ago during the legendary tournament at the English seaside resort of Hastings...
	(8/17)  Lawyer: Chess icon Fischer didn't father girl Washington Post by Jennifer Quinn AP LONDON -- A lawyer in Iceland says DNA tests show that Bobby Fischer was not the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines...
	(8/17)  World U-20 title for Andreikin & Muzychuk Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers Top seed Dmitry Andreikin won the World Junior Championship (under 20) in Chotowa, Poland.  The Russian finished shared first with compatriot Sanan Sjugirov but had a better tiebreak.  Local hero Dariusz Swiercz won bronze.  In the girls section favourite Anna Muzychuk won gold...
	(8/17)  Ganguly shocked by Atalik in Greek tourney Times of India Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly suffered a shock defeat at the hands of GM Suat Atalik of Turkey in the seventh round on a disappointing day for the Indians...
	(8/17)  GM Finegold: Missouri Invitational Champion CCSCSL The CCSCSL was host last weekend to the Missouri Invitational Championship and the Missouri Amateur Championship. The Invitational had 15 participants, and the Amateur had...

	(8/17)  Khalifman: “Anand’s a genius. He emanates light” Chess In Translation By mishanp While on his way to winning the Minsk Open, former World Champion Alexander Khalifman gave a long and thoughtful interview to Elena Klimetz for the openchess.by website. Topics include why his career tapered off after winning the world title, parental pressure on young chess players, and the match in Sofia...
	(8/17)  Mukachevo Match: games three and four drawn ChessBase Ukrainian GM Zahar Efimenko has not been able to equalise his match against GM Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany, in spite of enterprising play. In game four Efimenko had his opponent on the ropes with the black pieces, but missed his chance when he ran out of time...
	(8/17)  NH Chess - Experience counters and closes the gap ChessBase With two elite players in the Experience team, the youths are in no position to simply stroke their egos with superior Elos, and sure enough, both Svidler and Gelfand gave Nakamura a rough time with Ljubo also taking some of his own at Wesley So's expense.  On the flipside, Anish Giri took the lead in the Rising Stars with 3.5/5 after two wins...
	(8/17)  Padmini Rout wins Bronze at World Jr Chess C'ship Rediff ... the bronze after drawing her 13th and final round game with Deysi Cori of Peru in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship in Chotowa-Czarna, Poland...

	(8/17)  UMADA Cup 2010 (Trinidad) The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz On August 15-16, Head of Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Trinidad and Tobago where he participated in the opening ceremony of the 1st Caribbean Cup – UMADA Cup. The idea to hold such tournament was born two months ago...
	(8/17)  World Junior: Andreikin, Muzychuk win Gold ChessBase In a close finish there was just one tie for medals: Russian GMs Dmitry and Sanan Sjugirov both scored 10.0/13 points, with the former taking Gold on tiebreak points. In the Girls' section top seed Anna Muzychuk survived a little scare in the penultimate round and took clear first, ahead of Olga Girya and Rout Padmini...
	(8/17)  Check out chess champs Mackay Daily Mercury Tarsh Pandit, right, pits wits against Luke Johnson yesterday in a bid to make the interschool chess state finals.  PRACTICE makes perfect – especially if you are aiming to be the king.  As more than 100 school students took part in the king of sports yesterday, seasoned competitor Tarsh Pandit, of Whitsunday Anglican School, said there weren't any particular moves he was pulling at the chess table...
	(8/17)  Breaking news: DNA test results on Fischer/Jinky ChessBase Informed sources in Iceland have told us that the results of the DNA tests that were conducted after the extraction of tissue samples from Bobby Fischer's grave have revealed that the paternity claim of Marylin Young is without basis...

(8/16)  Must-know: Middlegame Chess.com by WGM Natalia_Pogonina Just like I promised last week, this time we will talk about the middlegame. The middlegame is the main stage of the game. Studying this part of chess is essential to understanding concepts such as weak squares, a strong center, open files, the art of exchanging pieces, etc. One has to be aware of how to evaluate the position and create a plan. All of this is a must-know for an improving player...

	(8/16)  The Arizona Scorpions announce their 2010 roster The 2010 United States Chess League is almost upon us. The teams (including 3 new ones) are gathering for another great season of Internet chess. Just as the league is making some changes, so are the Arizona Scorpions.  The 2010 Scorpions were announced today. Here is the official roster. The ratings in parenthesis are the official league ratings based on the September 2009 USCF supplement...
	(8/16)  Obituary - Hussein Nafady FIDE FIDE regrets to announce that the President of the Egyptian Chess Federation, Hussein Nafady, passed away in Cairo on Friday 13th August aged 68 after a short illness...
	(8/16)  FIDE Elections: Karpov interview, Kirsan in Middle East ChessBase The French magazine Europe Echecs has a very outspoken interview with FIDE presidential candidate Anatoly Karpov, who accuses the incumbent of putting pressure on countries and delegates. Meanwhile Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has visited Israel and Palestine...
	(8/16)  Hudson tells students to put their lives in 'check' Effingham Herald South Effingham High School students got the new school year off on the right foot Monday with a visit from Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson of Be Someone who encouraged them set up for success by being problem-solvers...

	(8/16)  Arbiters to Hear Lawsuit Against World Chess Federation New York Times (blog) By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN A lawsuit against the World Chess Federation will be heard by arbiters at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sept...
	(8/16)  Americans in Europe, Continued USCF Holland: After a great 2.5/3 start at the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam (August 12-22), Hikaru Nakamura faltered with a loss to Peter Svidler in round four...
	(8/16)  Viktor Laznicka Dominating at György Marx Memorial Chessdom The György Marx Memorial 2010 took place on 5th-16th August in Paks, Hungary.  Czech Grandmaster Viktor Laznicka maintained the top position that he held after the first half of the tournament, and even increased the distance to win the tournament with convincing 8.0 points from ten games, two and a half points ahead of the rest of the field...
	(8/16)  China wins traditional match against Russia 128-122 Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers In their annual match, China beat Russia 128-122 this year. On home ground, Yinzhou, Ningbo the Chinese were the strongest over five classical games and twenty rapid games...
	(8/16)  Felony Indictment in Chess Federation Case Is Dismissed New York Times (blog) By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN A felony indictment against a member of the United States Chess Federation, the game's governing body, has been dismissed...

	(8/16)  Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the Umada Cup 2010 in Trinidad and Tobago FIDE On August 15-16, Head of Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Trinidad and Tobago where he participated in the opening ceremony of the 1st Caribbean Cup - UMADA Cup...
	(8/16)  Muzychuk and Andreikin World Junior Chess Champions Chessdom The 2010 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships was held from 3rd to 16th August at Chotowa, Municipality Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow in Poland. 122 players in Juniors and 81 in Girls section participated in the event. Top seeded players in both sections, IM Anna Muzychuk and GM Dmitry Andreikin, justified their high rankings and won the titles in the Girls and Juniors Championships respectively...
	(8/16)  The Art of Attack Premieres at NYC Fringe Festival USCF The Cadre, an emerging theater company, is proud to present the premiere of Art of Attack, an insightful dramatization of the world of competitive chess, by Asa Merritt. In Art of Attack a hopeful reunion of the long-estranged sons of a chess master turns into a nightmare, as their obsession with chess renders reconciliation impossible and madness inevitable...
	(8/16)  The Denker Tournament of High School Champions Boston Globe A glimpse of future great American chess players can be taken from watching the tables at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions...
	(8/16)  The Week in Chess TWIC 823 - 16/08/2010 - 3519 games - html Zipped downloads: Text - CB old - PGN - CB 6

	(8/16)  Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez Chessdom In memory of the first American chess player Inca Atahualpa, Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2010 will take place 18th-23rd of August in Cusco.  Top seeded is GM Julio Granada (2639), followed by GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, GM Diego Flores, GM Ruben Felgaer, GM Neuris Delgado, and GM Gilberto Hernandez... (Official website)
	(8/16)  Muzychuk and Andreikin are World Junior Champions FIDE The 2010 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships was held from 3rd to 16th August at Chotowa, Municipality Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow in Poland. 122 players in Juniors and 81 in Girls section took participation.  Top seeded players in both sections, IM Anna Muzychuk and GM Dmitry Andreikin, justified their high rankings and won the titles in the Girls and Juniors Championships respectively...
	(8/16)  The Opposite of Chess The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog By Tom Chivers As an aesthetic experience chess is a pristinely mental thing; its physical instantiations uninteresting, irrelevant, beside the point.  In some ways, then, the website Etsy is the complete opposite of chess...

	(8/16)  The Kids are Alright in Amsterdam USCF By GM Ian Rogers Last year, Hikaru Nakamura had a nightmare outing at the annual Youth v Experience tournament in Amsterdam, suffering from illness and, apart from one sensational win over Beliavsky, playing well below his normal form.  In 2010 Nakamura has returned to the plush Hotel Krasnapolsky but at the halfway mark his chances have already taken a big hit...
	(8/16)  lego empire strikes back chess set: lego+star wars Technabob (blog) This ESB chess set was built by Brandon Griffith, who's a part of the LA LEGO user group LUGOLA. What sets this chess set apart is that Brandon even depicts...
	(8/16)  Interview with Alexander Gerber Chessdom The "RusBusinessNews" reporter met with Alexander Gerber, Director of the Center of Assistance to the World Chess Olympics, who welcomed us to the halls that one month later will witness Bird's Opening, the Sicilian Defense and Queen's Gambit....

(8/16)  Need A Chess Partner? Get Robochess! Walyou (blog) Yes, it is a chess playing robot that has been programmed to give a fair fight for its opponent. Although chess playing robots have been introduced before...

	(8/16)  Six chess players lead National absolute AngolaPress Luanda – The national chess absolute championship happening in Angola Chess Federation, here, competes the eighth round this Monday, at a time that six athletes are leading the competition with five points each....
	(8/16)  NH Tournament, Round 5: Gelfand and Giri Win The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos The Experience team did well with Black today, breaking even against their young rivals. Giri gained an opening advantage against Nielsen, lost most of it, but then won in the latter's time trouble. Gelfand came out of the opening and middlegame well, reaching an ending that should have been drawn with correct play from Nakamura...
	(8/16)  7th China-Russia match: Chinese win the match 128-122 ChessBase It was an epic match with 50 slow games and 200 rapid games, spanning 250 games in all.  The Chinese took the slow games 27-23, but in the rapid games they barely edged out the visiting team 101-99...
	(8/16)  Danailov: ‘Are we going to murder ECU with political dependence?’ Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers “What I see are two of the candidates becoming victims of political games, tying themselves and the future of European chess with the choice of one or another personality for FIDE President...”
	(8/16)  Doctor creates software to help kids "think like a king" American Medical News By Victoria Stagg Elliott An Illinois internist developed a computer chess program system that is used at 1700 schools nationwide...
	(8/16)  Rising Stars maintain two-point lead at halftime Chess Vibes by By Peter Doggers In the fifth round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars and the Experience team split the points. Anish Giri’s win over Peter Heine Nielsen was compensated for by Boris Gelfand’s win over Hikaru Nakamura...
	(8/16)  Youth Ascendant New York Times by DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN The NH Tournament in the Netherlands — an annual contest between teams of young and older players — is proving to be hard fought and entertaining...
	(8/15)  The vain game New York Post Chess book writing has become a form of van ity publishing. Authors fill their latest tome with games played by their favorite player: themselves. For example, of the 64 annotated games in...
	(8/15)  Ashley’s “Pawn Mower” Puzzle Debuts! The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz Grandmaster Maurice Ashley is known for many things in chess, but he continues to add on superlatives in his 30-year career. Lately he has used his patent of “pawn mower” a concept derived from an exercise he featured in his CD “Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess.” This concept has now made a debut in the Richmond Times...
	(8/15)  World Junior in Chotowa: exciting final round on Monday ChessBase Things looked clear in the World Junior Chess Championship in Poland, but after the penultimate round there are two leaders with three striving to join them. In the (very fashionable) girls' section Anna Muzychuk lost her first game after winning nine and drawing two. It was enough to be caught by Russian WGM Olga Girya...
	(8/15)  First victory is always a moment to cherish Deccan Herald First victories, first triumphs are always cherished and on Independence day it is time to admire and applaud one of the best efforts of India’s greatest chess player ...
	(8/15)  Two General Qs and the Root Variation Chess.com by IM Silman Dear Mr. Musikamole: “Silman says that middle-aged people can become titled players so he can sell more books.”  ...I never said that middle-aged people can become titled (as in IM or GM) players. I said that middle-aged people can earn a MASTER rating with a tad of talent, a well thought out study program, and a strong work ethic...
	(8/15)  France Chess Championships 2010 FIDE The French National Championships are taking place from 9th to 21st August in Belfort.  The young GM Romain Edouard is currently leading the main tournament with 5 points from six games, followed by the top seeded Grandmasters Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet.  The Women Championship is a six-player double round robin with the average elo of 2333. After the first half of the tournament, IM Almira Skripchenko is leading with four points, full point ahead of IM Sophie Milliet...
	(8/15)  Najdorf’s KID Fianchetto Thrilla in Manila Chess.com by NM GreenLaser Mendel Najdorf was born near Warsaw, Poland April 15, 1910 and died in Malaga, Spain July 4, 1997.  He was instructed in chess by Dawid Przepiorka and Savielly Tartakower... In the years before World War II, Najdorf won the Warsaw Championship, defeated Tartakower in match play, and tied for first in the Hungarian Championship...
	(8/15)  International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio Chessdom 21-29 August, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo, Italy.  The 1th edition of the International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio will take place 21-29 August, 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo (5 minutes from Porto San Giorgio on the sea).  The tournament already features a strong list of players, headed by GM David Alberto (LUX), followed by GM Vladimir Epishin, GM Leon Hoyos, GM Malaniuk and GM Matamoros...
	(8/15)  SPICE/Knight Raiders chess teams see many accomplishments LubbockOnline.com by Susan Polgar This is the most prestigious all-girls national chess event. Susan Polgar was named the Ambassador for Norway's bid for the 41st Chess Olympiad to be held...
	(8/15)  A Gender Divide In The Ultimate Sport Of The Mind NPR by Sean Phillips 7:00 pm ET Irina Crush (right) squares off against Iryna Zenyuk at the 2010 US Women's Chess Championship in St. Louis. Crush won the championship and went...
	(8/15)  The Experience team hits back Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers In the fourth round of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team convincingly hit back after yesterday’s 1-4 rout.  Thanks to three wins by Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Peter Heine Nielsen and Peter Svidler, they defeated the Rising Stars 3½-1½ and brought back the tension...
	(8/15)  Chess: Alejandro Ramirez wins US Open Los Angeles Times by Jack Peters Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez of Costa Rica won the 111th U.S. Open in Irvine last Sunday. Ramirez, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, yielded draws only to top-seeded GM Varuzhan Akobian and his former UTD teammate, IM Julio Catalino Sadorra...
	(8/15)  Non-NH News: Big Tournaments Near the Finish Line The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos (1) World Junior Championships; (2) Gyorgy Marx Memorial; (3) China vs. Russia; (4) Efimenko-Naiditsch...
	((8/15)  Ukrainian Chess Federation proposes to organize the 2011 Candidates matches Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers As a follow-up to Anatoly Karpov’s proposal to organize the 2011 Candidates matches in Kiev, the Ukrainian Chess Federation has announced a guaranteed prize fund of EUR 500,000...
	(8/15)  Lucky escape for Abhijeet Gupta in Negroponte Open Chess Times of India ... before salvaging a half point against in-form compatriot Vishnu Prasanna in the sixth round of the first Negroponte International Open Chess tournament...
	(8/15)  China chess team eyes golds in Asian Games istockAnalyst.com (press release) 15, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Chinese national chess team has set the goal for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November, winning two gold medals at least...
	(8/15)  NH Tournament, Round 3: Kids Win and Win and Win. UPDATE: Games Now Included The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos The Experience team is strong, but so far it's the kids ("Rising Stars") who are enjoying the upper hand. Today was another White round for the youngsters, and they parlayed it into a 4-1 win...
	(8/15)  Hip-Hop Chess Federation Announces 1st HHCF Graffiti Contest Hip Hop Press (press release) August 16th 2010, San Jose, CA: The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) announced via Twitter that it is hosting a graffiti art contest...
	(8/15)  Weekly Endgame Study (182) Chess Vibes by Yochanan Afek Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer...
	(8/15)  NH Chess - Experience versus Rising Stars ChessBase The 2010 edition of this high level tournament has started, and is a double round-robin team match between a team of experienced veterans and a team of rising stars.  Team Experience is composed of Gelfand, Svidler, Heine Nielsen, Van Wely, and Ljubojevic, and face on the other side Nakamura, Caruana, So, Giri, and Howell.  After three rounds the teenagers lead 9.5-5.5...
	(8/15)  Black day for Experience team Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers In the third round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars swept the Experience team 4-1.  Hikaru Nakamura improved his personal score to 2½ from 3 with a win over Peter Heine Nielsen, Fabiano Caruana successfully exploited a strong opening novelty against Peter Svidler, and David Howell posted his second consecutive win in a wild time-trouble fight with Loek van Wely...
	(8/15)  Candidates Matches in Kiev – proposal by the UCF ChessBase Two days ago we published a report on FIDE Presidential candidate Anatoly Karpov's proposal to move the Candidates matches to Kiev, Ukraine. Today we received a message from the Ukrainian Chess Federation confirming that it would gladly host the matches...
	(8/15)  Think Like a Chess Engine beginchess.com By chessbuzz In Kotov's great book “Think Like a Grandmaster” he taught the average chess player the inner workings of how a chess master thinks about a position by creating a tree of candidates and then proceeding along the tree...
	(8/14)  Chess Telegram.com by Stephen Dann, Costa Rican Alejandro Ramirez topped the 111th U.S. Open in Irvine, Calif., 8-1. A graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, he is applying for U.S. residency, but isn’t eligible for the U.S. championship as yet...
	(8/14)  British Championship produces tough contest for second and third place The Guardian by Leonard Barden Michael Adams was a class apart from his rivals in winning the British Championship at Canterbury with an unbeaten 9.5/11. The England No1 overawed some opponents, and showed his experienced ringcraft in escaping occasional danger moments...
	(8/14)  ChessOK Cafe - New Features in Aquarium 4.0.6 ChessCafe by Dadi Jonsson A new version of Aquarium 4 (4.0.6) will soon be released. It is free for current Aquarium 4 users. Going from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6 would seem to indicate a minor update, but this is one of the biggest updates since the original release...
	(8/14)  Frank Marshall and his Wild Opening Ideas Chess.com by GM Gserper I don't think I need to introduce Grandmaster Frank Marshall who was one of the strongest chess players in the World in the beginning of the 20th century and the US Champion from 1909 till 1935!! Today I would like to discuss his stunning opening ideas. They all have something in common...
	(8/14)  Atalik and Andrisian leading at Negroponte Open Chessdom After the flying start which reflected in perfect five wins from five games, the co-leaders Zaven Andriasian and Suat Atalik drew each-other in round six, and thanks to the score on the second board, remained on the top...
	(8/14)  Chess Mazes Chesscafe by Bruce Alberston There are two types of chess mazes: checking and mating. For bishop, rook, and knight mazes the play is to check the black king. For queen, pawn, and king mazes the object is to checkmate the enemy king; here checks are not allowed...
	(8/14)  For Top Seeds, No Guarantee of Victory, or Success New York Times by DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN But in chess, the margin between a No. 1 seed and most of the field is often small, and the top player is usually not the prohibitive favorite...
	(8/14)  Nakamura Saves Draw vs. Van Wely and Scores vs. Nielsen USCF #1 ranked US player GM Hikaru Nakamura is turning up the heat at the NH Chess tournament in Amsterdam.  After winning his first round against Ljubojevic, he saved a tough rook endgame vs. Loek Van Wely and scored in round three against Peter Heine Nielsen...
	(8/14)  ON CHESS Norwegian phenom widening influence Columbus Dispatch by Shelby Lyman The emergence of chess superstar Magnus Carlsen - the strongest player in the world at age 19 - represents an enticing opportunity for the Norwegian...
	(8/14)  14th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament Chessdom GM Krishnan Sasikiran and IM Thomas Henrichs joint winners The 14th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament was held over nine rounds on 7-14th August in Vlissingen, The Netherlands.  Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran headed the field as top seed, followed by GM Sergey Fedorchuk and GM Erwin L'ami...
	(8/14)  Negi loses to Salem, out of title race in World Jr Chess Times of India CHOTOWA-CZARNA: Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi bowed out of title contention in the World Junior Chess Championship after losing to AR Saleh Salem of United...
	(8/14)  2nd Soazza Weekend Chess Open Chessdom The 2nd Soazza Weekend Chess Open is set to take place from 20th to 22nd August at the Hotel Ristorante Al Cacciatore, in Soazza, Switzerland.  Top rated participants are GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2561, GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2522, IM Martinez Rolly PHI 2429, IM Hajnal Zoltan HUN 717754 2397, FM Aranovitch Emiliano ITA 2355 and FM Salvetti Alec ITA 2313...
	(8/14)  Magnus Carlsen to take on Hikaru and the World CCSCSL Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will be one of three super-GMs tabbed to represent the world against the world No. 1, GM Magnus Carlsen, on September 10. Nakamura will join GM Judit Polgar ...
	(8/14)  1st International Livigno Chess Open Chessdom 10-18th September 2010 in Livigno, Italian Alps.  A tournament like no other, this is what the International Livigno Chess Open is bound to be, a peculiar event, for many reasons.  First, it is certainly one of the Europe's "highest" chess meetings, as it takes place in Livigno, a village situated on the Italian Alps between 1,800 and 2,200 meters (5,900 and 6,900 feet respectively) above sea level...

	(8/14)  7th China-Russia match: Rapid Day 3 - Wash, rinse, and repeat ChessBase After striking their first blow to the Chinese men's team, the Russian men were entitled to some high-fives, and a slight feeling of relief. Unfortunately for them, the very next day the Chinese men struck back vigorously...
	(8/14)  World Junior and Girls U-20 in Chotowa, Poland ChessBase The World Junior Chess Championship used to be held every two years – now it is an annual event. The winners from the past include a number of players who went on to become full World Champions...
	(8/14)  Chess Notes Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff One of the often well-founded superstitions is that the queen should not grab the queen's knight pawn...
	(8/14)  Efimenko vs Naiditsch in Third Mukachevo Match ChessBase Once a year the Ukrainian/German industrialist Josef Resch, founder of the UEP chess promotion company (that organised Anand-Kramnik in Bonn in 2008) stages a match between a top Ukrainian grandmaster and an interesting foreign player...

	(8/13)  NH Tournament, Round 2 The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos The "old" guys had White today, but they were even less successful than the kids were yesterday! Four games were drawn, though White had an edge in a couple of games and a won position in van Wely-Nakamura. Ultimately, though, the only winner was David Howell, with Black, against a very slow moving Ljubomir Ljubojevic...
	(8/13)  Connected passed pawns were under way Chess.com by mauerblume Please look at the pawn structure in the following diagram - It came up in a game between GM Gligoric and GM Szabo in Helsinki 1952. I think you agree that this is a really rare one. White has two connected passed pawns on queenside and black almost the same in center...
	(8/13)  Absolute Chess Review IGN by Lucas M. Thomas Tasuke's "Absolute" series continues, with something completely different.  I'd normally be a bit upset at a game reusing art and assets from another, previously-published title from the same studio -- but I kinda dig this "Absolute" brand so far...
	(8/13)  Bullyproof Chess? The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz Lisa Suhay wrote an article dealing with the playground phenomenon of bullying. In her piece, she attempts to use chess as a metaphor for strategically out-thinking a bully. The ideas are interesting, but it would be more interesting if they put the ideas to the test...
	(8/13)  Chennai boy Adhiban is Grandmaster Times of India City boy Baskaran Adhiban has done again what world chess champion Viswanathan Anand achieved 22 years ago. On Thursday, when he won the Oloumac tournament in the Czech Republic...
	(8/13)  Karpov proposes Kiev for Candidates matches ChessBase They were originally scheduled for Baku, Azerbaijan, then moved to Kazan, Russia – in spite of a stern protest by Veselin Topalov.  There are still some unresolved issues, e.g. who would fill the wildcard?  Now Anatoly Karpov has proposed moving the Candidates matches to Kiev, Ukraine, and nominating former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov as a candidate...
	(8/13)  Clash over chess The Straights Times By Nicholas Yong ON ONE side of the chessboard is a small, newly formed, informal group who call themselves Chess Is For Everybody In Singapore (CES).  Facing them is the more than six-decade old Singapore Chess Federation, which is the main authority over chess activities in Singapore with about 500 active senior and junior members...
	(8/13)  Reflections on the 2010 Chess Carnival The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz The 2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival was a successful event with a record 147 players from 10 countries. Three-time champion IM Humberto Pecorelli could not travel to defend his title, so a new champion was crowned.  There are many reasons this tournament was special...
	(8/13)  Beauty and the Beast ChessBase After the first series of games of the Chinese Chess League, the players enjoyed a relaxing stay at the (deep breath!) Ningbo Youngor Dapengshan Traveling Vacation Area. A competition between two impromptu teams, Team Beauty and Team Monster was made, with the losers having to go on the scariest rides there...

• (8/13)  An Annual Generational Clash Is Underway
  New York Times By DYLAN MCCLAIN
  Chess was once an old man's game, but that has not been true for many years. Today, chess is a young man's game and in any contest between ...
   

• (8/13)  Prasanna beats Halkias in Negroponte International Chess
  Times of India
  Birthday boy Vishnu Prasanna made a giant stride toward his International Master title, defeating Grandmaster Stelios Halkias in the fourth round of first Negroponte International Chess tournament...
   

• (8/13)  Rising Stars take the lead
  Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers
  In the second round of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars team took the lead over the Experience team thanks to a win by David Howell over the luckless Ljubomir Ljubojevic...
   

• (8/13)  This Week's ChessVideos Show: Viewer Questions
  The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos
  About once a month I reply on ChessVideos.tv to viewer questions, and that's the theme of this week's show. Somewhat unusually for this thread, I take a look at a number of classic games (including games by Capablanca and Fischer); more typically, there are questions on the openings - the Caro-Kann features prominently this time around.  To watch the show, you need only click here. The program is free (free registration is required) and will be available on-demand for the next month or so...
   

• (8/13)  Adhiban Becomes India's 23rd Grandmaster
  Chessdom
  Chennai: National champion B. Adhiban of Chennai became India's 23rd Grandmaster when he completed the final GM norm in style by winning the Olomouc International tournament in the Czech Republic on Thursday...
   

• (8/13)  7th China-Russia match: Rapid Day 2 - Russian men finally win
  ChessBase
  It didn't seem normal to be reporting defeat after defeat of the Russian men who do actually have a ten elo advantage. They finally pulled in a victory, turning around more than one hairy situation. However, the Chinese women also rallied...
   

• (8/13)  Negi loses to Andreikin in World Junior Chess Championship
  Times of India
  Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi suffered a crushing defeat against top seed Dmitry Andreikin but Padmini Rout kept herself in the medal contention after the ninth round of the world junior chess championship on Friday...
   

• (8/13)  Nominal and Absolute Power of The Pieces
  Chess.com by GM Dejan Bojkov
  Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov brings us an interesting and somewhat different look at the values of each respective chessman. Taken from the perspective of finding each piece's value, based on its activity and surroundings...
  

• (8/13)  The Kings of California
  Chess Vibes by Peter Doggers
  There are three kinds of chess players in this world: casual players, players that want to make money and players that want to win tournaments...
   

• (8/12)  Our First Post!
  New England Nor’easters
  Welcome to the website of the New England Nor’easters! We are a new US Chess League expansion team for the 2010 season. Our team will be playing at the Boylston Chess Club each week. ...
   

• (8/12)  Chess Solutions: Weird Promotions
  The Huffington Post by Lubomir Kavalek
  In 1853, a French aristocrat, Barthelemy de Basterot (1800-1887), published in Paris Traite elementaire du jeu des echecs (Elementary Treatise on the Rules of Chess), which included chapters on chess history and literature. Basterot was a strong player, but treated the essential rules rather loosely....
  

• (8/12)  Olympic Chess for Khanty-Mansiysk
  RusBusinessNews
  Russia does not have many cities that can boast their "Olympic" status. Very soon their number will be added up with Khanty-Mansiysk that will host the World Chess Olympics from September 19...
   

• (8/12)  Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2010
  Chessdom
  12 till 20th August at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi
  The Armed Forces Officers Club, in Co-Operation with Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club, is organizing the annual Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2010 from 12 till 20th August 2010, to be held at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi, UAE...
   

• (8/12)  Nakamura Starts NH Masters with a Win
  USCF
  In round one of the NH Chess tournament (August 12-22) in Amsterdam, GM Hikaru Nakamura of the Rising Stars team scored a win over GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic on Team Experience...
   

• (8/12)  Video: Thirteen Talks Chess
  In NYC
  Season two of Thirteen's New York on the Clock has arrived, and we got a sneak peek of their premiere. It might not be as exciting as finding out what's become of Don Draper by 1964, but it is a nice look at real New Yorkers doing some interesting things. Their latest one focuses on Russ Makofsky, a life-long chess player who teaches children and adults at The Royal Game for Chess NYC in Greenwich Village...

• (8/12)  Grand Master Sagalchick tops at Chess Carnival
  Trinidad & Tobago Express
  The Caribbean Chess Carnival came to an existing end as Grand Master Gennady Sagalchik of the USA won the Open category of ninth annual tournament which...
   

• (8/12)  Poisoned pawn again
  BusinessWorld Online
  IM Tibor Karolyi (born 15 Nov. 1961) was the Hungarian Champion in 1984, which says a lot about his chessplaying abilities, the Hungarians being 4th place in the Chess Olympiads of 1984 ...
   

• (8/12)  Endgame Novelty
  Chess.com by WIM energia
  When hearing about a chess novelty our minds automatically translate it to an opening novelty. But there are endgame novelties as well! I was genuinely surprised to read an article about Ivanchuk’s endgame novelty: it was a whole new, fresh plan in an old endgame...
   

• (8/12)  Chess Federation Election Seems to Be Tightening
  New York Times By DYLAN MCCLAIN
  If the fight for the votes of the chess federations of Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates is an indicator, then the election for the presidency of the World Chess Federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), could turn out to be a nail biter...
   

• (8/12)  The New England Nor'easters have announced their 2010 roster at their new website
  Welcome to the website of the New England Nor’easters! We are a new US Chess League expansion team for the 2010 season. Our team will be playing at the Boylston Chess Club each week. Our roster for the 2010 season is...
   

• (8/12)  Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou - candidate for ECU board member
  Chessdom
  The European Chess Union elections will take place in Khanty Mansiysk during the Olympiad 2010. Besides the ticket members of the candidates (Danailov, Yazici, and Weizsäcker), three more board members will be elected individually. One of the candidates for the individual board member positions is the current marketing director of ECU, Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou...
   

• (8/12)  Rising Stars vs Experience
  FIDE
  The NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs Experience is being held on August 12th-22nd, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The event is played according to Sheveningen system...
   

• (8/12)  brent blake: electric chess set
  designboom
  'electric chess set' american architect, design consultant and competitive chess player brent blake has designed an 'electric chess set' that uses plug bases, sockets, bulbs and ceramic elements as its main ...
   

• (8/12)  Negi becomes joint second in World Junior Chess C'ship
  Times of India
  ... a hard fought victory over Mustafa Yilmaz of Turkey to emerge as joint second after the end of the eighth round of the World Junior Chess Championship. ...
   

• (8/12)  The NH Tournament, Round 1
  The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos
  In round 1 the young guys had White, but were unable to prove any superiority. The Rising Stars' top seed, Hikaru Nakamura, did manage to beat the Experience team's lowest board, but with difficulty.
   

• (8/12)  Villa Martelli Tournaments
  Chessdom
  Argentina hosted three round robin tournaments from 4th to 12th August at Villa Martelli, in Buenos Aires Province. The main event was dedicated to celebration of the 200th anniversary of country's independence. Reigning Argentina chess champion, GM Ruben Felgaer, won this tournament by collecting 6.5 points from nine games. He proved his point in competing with the best players from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina...
   

• (8/12)  ‘Experience’ and ‘Rising Stars’ share the spoils in opening round
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  In the first round of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team and the Rising Stars each won one game, while the remaining three games were drawn...
   

• (8/12)  Hou Yifan wins Ulaanbaatar FIDE Grand Prix
  ChessBase
  She took ill after round seven, played her round eight game on a free day, won five games and drew the rest. Chinese super-talent Hou Yifan, 16, scored 8.0/11 points with a performance of 2649 to win the event. Second was GM Antoaneta Stefanova, a former women's world champion
   

• (8/12)  Precision Play In the Endgame
  Chess.com by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
  Today GM Dzindzi enlightens us with yet another set of highly instructive, and greatly misplayed, endgames! The principles taught here by Roman include important tips about the blockade, knight vs bishop tricks, and pawn breakthroughs for both the attacker and the defender...
   

• (8/12)  7th China-Russia match: Rapid Day 1 Chinese beat Russians
  ChessBase
  After a free day with a friendly football match, the Russians might have hoped to rally and recoup from their tough loss in the slow games, but the gloves were off once more...
   

• (8/12)  Male chess players show elevated aggressiveness against women
  ChessBase
  Recent research at Stockholm University shows that equally strong male and female chess players employ different opening strategies...
   

• (8/12)  Hou Wins Fifth Women's Chess Grand Prix
  New York Times By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
  It was a perfect final round match-up, but Antoaneta Stefanova was not able to pull off her dream finish...
   

• (8/11)  Hats off to Gata Kamsky
  Telegraph by Malcolm Pein
  The 36 year-old scored 10/11 against mainly world class opposition. Kamsky wore his favourite New York cap throughout the event and it obviously brought him luck. ...
   

• (8/11)  From Trophies to Money: A Chess Mom on the Southern Open
  USCF
  Melinda Matthews writes about the difference between taking her son Nicky Rosenthal to scholastic tournaments and adult events, like the recently concluded Southern Open in Orlando, Florida...
   

• (8/11)  The Circle of Life by GM Magesh and GM Arun
  Chess.com by GM thamizhan
  Just as we had promised, you get to see the predator become the prey today. Last week there were some discussions about how the 500 elo point difference had made the game very one-sided...
   

• (8/11)  Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2010
  FIDE
  Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2010, consisting of two round-robin tournaments, is taking place from 9th to 22nd August in Santos, Brazil....
   

• (8/11)  Chess Olympiad 2010 Teams (updated)
  Chessdom
  Participants for Khanty Mansiysk 2010, Ireland and Argentina added
  As the teams for the 2010 Chess Olympiad become available, we will be including them in this page...
   

• (8/11)  Blazers nip Knights to remain on top of NCAA chess
  GMA news.tv
  College of St. Benilde downed defending champion Letran, 2.5-1.5, to remain on top in the seniors division of the 86th NCAA chess tournament at the...
   

• (8/11)  64 Squares-64 players at First Saturday Budapest August events
  FIDE
  64 players of 17 countries (HUN, MNE, BUL, LEB, USA, GER, RUS, VIE, ITA, ENG, CHN, ISR, ISL, SLO, DEN, NED, TUR), came together this month for the First Saturday events which is held monthly, regularly in the Hungarian Chess Federation...
   

• (8/11)  Exclusive Interviews from Trinidad
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  At the end of the Caribbean Chess Carnival, The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz caught up with some of the tournament’s participants and conducting several interesting interviews. Two of the interviews featured two young talents, one Caribbean legend and the tournament winner...
   

• (8/11)  Nakamura to Play for World Against Carlsen in G-Star Raw Challenge
  USCF
  GM Hikaru Nakamura, Photo Suzy Gorman for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis If you are quivering at the prospect of taking on World #1 Magnus Carlsen at the G-Star Raw Chess Challenge on September 10, the latest press release from G-star Raw should be encouraging...
   

• (8/11)  Statement of the German Chess Federation
  Chessdom
  Answer to speculations about Germany's Olympic team
  Recently there has been a public discussion about Germany's Olympic team. The top players have refused to participate under the financial conditions offered. The Presidential Board of the German Chess Federation with its President Robert von Weizsäcker has clarified the facts and has rejected the non-objective arguments...
   

• (8/11)  Nanjing Super Chess Tournament 2010 (updated)
  Chessdom
  The Nanjing Super Chess Tournament will take place 18th-30th October 2010. It will be one of the top closed events of the year with the participation of the World Champion Viswanathan Anand, the ex World Champion Veselin Topalov, the world number one Magnus Carlsen, and the 2700 club members Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue, and Etienne Bacrot...
   

• (8/11)  French Championships 2010
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The French Championships take place in Belfort 9th-21st August 2010. Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet are the top seeds. Men's, Women's and National B Groups...
   

• (8/11)  RAW World Chess Challenge: Kasparov selects the World Team
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  Last month we reported about Magnus Carlsen’s new career as a fashion model for G-Star. On September 10th he will play against a world team (you can play too!) helped by three top GMs. They were selected by RWCC ambassador Garry Kasparov...
   

• (8/11)  György Marx Memorial - Round Five
  Chessdom
  5th-16th August in Paks, Hungary.  Wednesday, 11th August, was a rest day after the first half of the tournaments was completed. Czech Grandmaster Viktor Laznicka took a convincing lead..
   

• (8/11)  The Daily Update: The World Junior, Women's Grand Prix, Russia vs. China and the Gyorgy Marx Memorial
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  A big batch of tournaments ended this weekend, but there are plenty more underway. (And of course, there's the NH Rising Stars vs. Experience tournament starting Thursday.) Here are some of the biggies...

   

• (8/11)  5th FIDE Women Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar 2010
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The 5th FIDE Women's Grand Prix took place in Ulaanbaatar 29th July - 12th August 2010. Hou Yifan took clear first place with 8/11 half a point clear of Antoaneta Stefanova...
   

• (8/11)  Politiken Cup: Eljanov wins, Heine Nielsen & Svidler celebrate Larsen 75
  Chess Vibes
  With a score of 8.5/10 Pavel Eljanov finished clear first at the 2010 Politiken Cup in Helsingør, Denmark. Two Peters, Denmark’s number one Heine Nielsen and Russia’s number four Svidler, celebrated Bent Larsen’s 75th birthday with several matches...
   

• (8/11)  Scholastic Chess - Sam the Man
  ChessCafe by Steve Goldberg
  It was expected that GM Ray Robson and IM Sam Shankland would battle for the 2010 U.S. Junior Championship, and indeed, it came down to a playoff game between the two. However, the way they got there was anything but expected...
   

• (8/11)  World Junior Chess Championships Chotowa 2010
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The prestigious World Junior Championships take place in Chotowa, Poland 3rd-16th August 2010. Dmitry Andreikin, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Parimarjan Negi are the top seeds in the Open event and Anna Muzychuk the Girls...
   

• (8/11)  The great Anand’s little ideas – part I
  Chess In Translation
  Grandmaster Radosław Wojtaszek, one of Viswanathan Anand’s seconds in Sofia, annotated the games from the recent World Championship Match for the Polish “Mat” chess magazine...
   

• (8/11)  Pawn Structure 101: Caro-Slav 5
  Chess.com by IM Daniel Rensch
  If you can forgive Danny for talking too fast at times (and for moving the "wrong rooks" to the "wrong squares") you should still find yourself learning a lot about the Caro-Slav Formation...
   

• (8/11)  7th China vs Russia Match 2010 (Rapid Day 1)
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The 7th China vs Russia Match takes place 4th-16th August 2010. Round 1 on Thursday. Vladimir Malakhov g 2732, Wang Hao g 2724, Ni Hua g 2645, Kosintseva Nadezhda im 2551, Ju Wenjun wg 2496 etc...
   

• (8/11)  Middlegame Motifs - White's Pawn Storm in the QGD Exchange
  ChessCafe by Nigel Davies
  When the kings are castled on opposite sides of the board, one of the most effective attacking methods is to advance your pawns towards the opposing monarch in order to pry open files...
   

• (8/11)  The Kibitzer - Can the Ponzi Fly Again?
  ChessCafe by Tim Harding
  Recently a new book on the Ponziani opening turned up in my mailbox. It was written by two of America's leading correspondence players, Dave Taylor and Keith Hayward...
   

• (8/11)  The Instructor
  ChessCafe by Mark Dvoretsky
  In each of the examples we looked at in the June 2009 column, the center of gravity lay in the search for a hidden tactical resource for our opponent that was capable of upsetting our plans. In practice tactics are usually closely intertwined with strategy...
   

• (8/11)  YouTube: Tibor Károlyi discusses Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, which he coauthored with Nick Aplin. The book won The Guardian 2007 Chess Book of the Year award! The judges described it as "highly instructive and with games of superb quality, it deserves a place on every chess player's shelves."

• (8/11)  An Amazing Program
  Chesscafe By Stephen Kullas
  Review of Deep Fritz 12, by ChessBase.  Deep Fritz 12 is the newest incarnation of the extremely popular Fritz franchise of chess engines from ChessBase. Deep Fritz 12 is designed for multiprocessor use, not to be confused with Fritz 12, which utilizes a single processor...
   

• (8/10)  Hou Yifan bounces back, ready for final showdown
  ChessBase
  Due to illness the youngest participant in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix had to play her round eight game on the free day. Hou Yifan duely won it, drew the next and won in round ten...
   

• (8/10)  Has Black done the right thing?
  The Guardian by Ronan Bennett & Daniel King
  A game from chess's romantic era, with two of my favourite players, both of whom – in true tragic-romantic tradition – died in poverty. Schlechter's death in 1918...
   

• (8/10)  Marvelous Escapes!
  Chess.com by GM Julio_Becerra
  The late great chess player Reuben Fine wrote: “Drawn games are usually looked down upon by the chess public. The common attitude is that if anything is worthwhile it must have resulted in a clear-cut decision. This point of view compels editors to omit the scores of many really valuable games. And yet it is nothing but a prejudice nurtured by a long tradition...
   

• (8/10)  USCF Recognizes Leaders at Awards Luncheon
  USCF By Randy Hough
  The awards luncheon is always a highlight of the US Open, with individuals and institutions receiving (often overdue) recognition for their accomplishments and contributions to our royal game...
   

• (8/10)  Letter by Robert von Weizsäcker To European Federations and delegates
  Chessdom
  Dear Delegates, After the announcement of my ticket to run at the forthcoming ECU elections in Khanty-Mansiysk all my team members have contacted or met a lot of representatives of the European chess federations. We have received a lot of support and we have realised that there is a profound need for a real change in ECU as well as in FIDE.  Most of my ticket members are involved in Anatoly Karpov’s campaign for FIDE President...
   

• (8/10)  Arad Open - Round Six
  Chessdom
  Grandmasters George-Gabriel Grigore and Vlad-Cristian Jianu in joint lead.  The third edition of Arad Open, an international chess tournament, is taking place from August 6th to 12th in Arad, Romania. The tournament, which has a prize fund of 4000 euro, is played according to Swiss System over 9 rounds. This year the venue of the tournament is the Concert Hall of the Culture Palace...
   

• (8/10)  8th Gyorgy Marx Memorial 2010 (5)
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The 8th Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place 5th-16th August, 2010. Players: Almasi, Berkes, Laznicka, Acs, Timman and Robson play in the main GM group. See games, results and tables...
   

• (8/10)  Indians off to a flier in Negroponte International Chess
  The Times of India
  CHALKIDA (Greece): The 12-member Indian contingent got off to a flier in the first Negroponte International Chess tournament as everyone scored a victory in the opener...
   

• (8/10)  Making Chess a Professionally Marketed Sport
  By zalmayev
  World Chess Federation (FIDE) with Anatoly Karpov – the former world champion as its president – is committed to make Chess a commercially run mega-sport attractive for corporations and other sponsors. We are committed to implement the ...
   

• (8/10)  Kadyrov Elected Head of North Caucasus Chess Federation
  The Moscow Times
  Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov will get to add another sports position to his resume after a chess federation unanimously elected him as its head on ...
  

• (8/10)  Silvio Danailov to create Club of the Chess Journalists
  Chessdom
  The press release on his official site states, "Mr. Danailov and his team highly appreciate the knowledge, experience and point of view of the chess journalists and think that their opinion can be extremely useful for the improvement of...
   

• (8/10)  Blazers rout Chiefs to open NCAA chess 2nd round
  GMA news.tv
  College of St. Benilde opened the second round of the 86th NCAA seniors' chess tournament with a 4-0 crushing of Arellano University over the weekend at the...
   

• (8/10)  Chess mania in Mainz
  Telegraph.co.uk by Malcolm Pein
  I travelled to Mainz for the Chess Classic organised by the indefatigable Hans-Walter Schmitt who put together a superb event despite operating on a reduced...
   

• (8/10)  14th Hogeschool Zeeland 2010
  TWIC by Mark Crowther
  The 14th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place in Vlissingen August 7th-14th 2010. Leading entries are the GMs Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2679), Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR, 2665), Erwin L'Ami (NED, 2620), Viktor Erdos (HUN, 2592), Erik van den Doel (NED, 2591), Friso Nijboer (NED, 2582), Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (RUS, 2578), Stewart Haslinger (ENG, 2552) and Michael Hoffmann (GER, 2517)...
   

• (8/10)  Politiken Cup 2010: Eljanov reels it in
  ChessBase
  The Politiken Cup, held in Denmark, was dominated and won by an unexpected participant, Pavel Eljanov, rated 2755, who was not afraid to put his Elo on the line...
   

• (8/10)  Kobalia wins 5th Arctic Chess Challenge
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  Mikhail Kobalia won the 5th Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway. The Russian grandmaster beat Loek van Wely in the final round to edge out Manuel Leon Hoyos on tiebreak after both finished on 7.5/9. This report includes many photos and videos...
   

• (8/10)  NH Chess Tournament 2010 (Preview)
  TWIC - Mark Crowther
  The NH Chess Rising Stars vs Experience Tournament takes place in Amsterdam 12th-22nd August 2010. The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, PH Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic take on the Rising Stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell...
   

• (8/10)  All his pieces in play...
  ChessBase
  Parimarjan Negi had in his first game at the Young Grandmaster Tournament in Biel and here played 26...Rxd4 in order to force the exchange of the white rook d1.  How would you assess the situation after that...
   

• (8/10)  Seventh China-Russia match: Chinese beat Russians in slow games
  ChessBase
  The fifth and last round of slow games of the 7th China-Russia match ended in the strong victory for the Chinese. Led by captain Ni Hua, the men won convincingly, never losing a round, with Bu Xiangzhi scoring an incredible 2928 performance...
   

• (8/9)  2010 Chess Carnival: Sagalchik wins!
  Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  GM Gennadi Sagalchik of New York won the Caribbean Chess Carnival with a solid 7/9 score...
   

• (8/9)  Pavel Eljanov Winner of the Politiken Cup 2010
  Chessdom
  31st July to 8th August at the Lo-Skolen Center in Helsingør, Denmark.  One of the world's top rated players, Pavel Eljanov from Ukraine (2755), clinched a victory against the second-seeded GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND 2655) in the last round of the Politiken Cup 2010 and won the tournament...
   

• (8/9)  TWIC Magazine: Reports, Results and Games from last week by Mark Crowther
  For the Week in Chess Magazines visit http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.  TWIC 822 - 09/08/2010 - 3576 games - html  Zipped downloads: Text - CB old - PGN - CB 6
  

• (8/9)  World Junior Chess Championships
  Chessdom
  GM Dariusz Swiercz leading among Boys, four players together on top among Girls.  The 2010 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships is taking place from August 2 (arrival day) to 17 (departure day) at Chotowa, Municipality Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow in Poland...
   

• (8/9)  Feynman uses chess to explain science
  Byte Size Biology By Iddo
  YouTube is chock-a-block with vids of Richard Feynman. I love the way he uses analogies to explain science. Here is one of my favorites, the discovery of natural laws as viewing a chess game...

• (8/9)  Must-know: Openings
  Chess.com by WGM Natalia_Pogonina
  Starting from today, I will dedicate my next three columns to studying the opening, middlegame and endgame and provide you with tips on how to work on all the three stages. Let’s start with the opening...
   

• (8/9)  Negi to meet Swiercz in World Junior Chess Championship
  Times of India
  CHOTOWA CZARNA: Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi will take on Dariusz Swiercz of Poland in the sixth round of the World Junior Chess Championship. ...
   

• (8/9)  Taking on the champion
  Telegraph
  Michael Adams’ toughest game came after he had already secured victory at the British Chess Championships which concluded on Friday. ...
   

• (8/9)  Karpov Campaign responds to Nigel Freeman
  ChessBase
  As day follows night, a piece from one campaign follows another. In this case, the the Karpov campaign plays offense and defense in a reply to the interview with the FIDE treasurer we published several days ago...
   

• (8/9)  Chess tourney in Germany
  Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
  Dortmund 2010 in Germany is a six-player double round robin, generally regarded as one of the significant chess tourneys ...
   

• (8/9)  NH Chess Tournament starts Thursday
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  Next Thursday the NH Chess Tournament starts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  August 12-22 you can watch Gelfand, Svidler, Heine Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic (the Experience team) against Nakamura, Caruana, So, Giri and Howell (the Rising Stars)...
   

• (8/9)  Endgame Blunders at the Rapid World Championship
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  Two games from this weekend's Grenke Rapid World Championship caught my eye as examples of what can happen to a player who is pressing for the win and gets excited about his chances - so excited he loses his sense of danger...
   

• (8/9)  Tough final game for Adams
  TWIC by IM Malcolm Pein
  Michael Adams had already secured first place but he still had to play a tough final game against Peter Wells which ended in perpetual check...
   

• (8/9)  2010 British Chess Championships
  ChessBase
  In an event where he had over 150 Elo on his closest opponent, Michael Adams justified his favoritism with a crushing 9.5/11 score, undefeated and a point and a half over the second place finisher.
   

• (8/9)  GM Ramirez Coasts to Victory at the US Open
  USCF By Randy Hough
  As the 111th Annual U.S. Open ended at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California, GM Alejandro Ramirez maintained his lead and took the championship with a score of 8-1 ...
   

• (8/9)  FIDE elections update: Ilyumzhinov claims victory, Karpov doesn’t believe it
  Chess Vibes By Colin McGourty
  Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates might seem unlikely flashpoints in the current campaign for the FIDE Presidency, but in the last few days the two candidates have fought a fierce PR battle over their support....
   

• (8/8)  Chess
  Telegram.com by Stephen Dann
  Robert King of Worcester won the 25-player Harlow B. Daly Memorial, 4.5-0.5, at the Wachusett Chess Club. Leonard Arsenault of Leominster was clear second, and Tony Cesolini of Jaffrey, N.H., and Martin Laine of Lunenburg tied for third...
   

• (8/8)  India Swoons Over Its Chess Champ, and Even the Game
  New York Times By VIKAS BAJAJ
  NEW DELHI — The girls gathered in a school auditorium here on a recent Saturday were beaming with pride and nervous with anticipation. They would soon have a chance to meet the star of their dreams: Viswanathan Anand...
   

• (8/8)  Padmini in joint lead in World Junior Chess C'ship
  Times of India
  Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout continued with her winning ways and downed Khayala Mardan Abdulla of Azerbaijan to jointly lead with 4.5 points...
   

• (8/8)  Gruenfeld Exchange Sideline Fashion Sampler
  Chess.com by NM GreenLaser
  In my last article, I noted the passing of Zdenko Krnic and presented one of his games. His last completed issue of Chess Informant was #107. There he presented an article on the Gruenfeld Defense featuring the Exchange Variation...
   

• (8/8)  Chess: by Luke McShane
  Express.co.uk
  The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund is always one of the strongest super-tournaments around, and Vladimir Kramnik has a certain affinity for the German city, having won the tournament ...
   

• (8/8)  Arctic Chess Challenge 2010: Kobalia clinches it
  ChessBase
  The Arctic Chess Challenge, an open held in the Norwegian city, Tromsø, brought 164 players from all corners of the world, of which 25 GMs. The event was led by Loek van Wely until the last round, when Mikhail Kobalia clinched it with a dramatic last-round victory.
   

• (8/8)  US Champion Kamsky Wins Mainz Rapids!
  USCF By Eric Van Reem
  Gata Kamsky is the winner of the GRENKE Open in Mainz, Germany (August 6-8). After eleven hard fought rounds, the current United States Champion scored 10 points and remained unbeaten. The man with the cap played fighting chess, never just played for a draw, even with the black pieces...
   

• (8/8)  Weekly Endgame Study (181)
  Chess Vibes By Yochanan Afek
  Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published...
   

• (8/8)  Chess: A 31-month cliffhanger
  Los Angeles Times by IM Jack Peters
  Correspondence chess, formerly played by postcards, now uses an Internet server to eliminate delays in transmitting moves. However, players still get plenty ...
  

• (8/8)  Adams finishes 1.5 points clear at British
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  As expected, Michael Adams won the 2010 British Championship in Canterbury convincingly. The Englishman finished on 9.5/11, 1.5 points clear of Nicholas Pert...

• (8/8)  Kamsky wins Grenke Open in Mainz
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  Gata Kamsky today won the super strong Grenke Open rapid tournament in Mainz, Germany.  The reigning US Champion started with a stunning 9/9...
  

• (8/8)  Kamsky, Eljanov and Kobalia are Tournament Winners
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  (1) Mainz.  Gata Kamsky demonstrated his tremendous potential once again by winning the extremely strong Grenke Rapid world championship.  (2) Politiken Cup.  It took him the whole event to wind up in clear first, but since the finish line is what counts, the tournament was a success for top seed Pavel Eljanov.  (3) Arctic Circle Challenge.  Mikhail Kobalia defeated top seed Loek van Wely in the last round of this strong annual open in Tromsø, Norway, and came in first.  (4) U.S. Open. There's just one round to go and Alejandro Ramirez leads with 7.5/8, half a point ahead of Varuzhan Akobian, Julio Sadorra and Daniel Naroditsky...
   

• (8/8)  Emanuel Lasker, by Isaak and Vladimir Linder: A Review
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  Isaak and Vladimir Linder, Emanuel Lasker: 2nd World Chess Champion (Foreword by Andy Soltis, Game Annotations by Karsten Müller.  This is by the same authors as the recently reviewed Capablanca volume, but while the first book was a solid, workmanlike effort but not really so special, the Lasker volume makes a significant contribution to the chess world...
   

• (8/8)  2010 Chess Carnival: Colas’ upset highlights day
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  Eleven-year old Josh Colas’ upset win over FM Ryan Harper was the highlight of the round. While Colas has beaten a number of strong Masters in his short career, this win punctuated his international debut...
   

• (8/8)  17th Chess Classic Mainz 2010 (Day 2)
  The Week In Chess by Mark Crowther
  The 17th Chess Classic Mainz took place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown...
   

• (8/8)  Chess Classic Mainz – twelve players with a perfect score
  ChessBase
  701 chess players are taking part in this rapid chess world championship – 165 have international titles, and the average rating of the top ten is 2727! After five rounds 12 players still have a perfect 5/5 score...
   

• (8/8)  Grenke Open Started
  FIDE
  This year, the symbolic "700" barrier was cracked: despite the fantastic summer weather, 701 chess players came to Mainz to play the GRENKE OPEN. We counted no less than 165...
   

• (8/8)  Mainz day 1: twelve GMs on 5/5
  Chess Vibes
  The budget for this year’s Chess Classic in Mainz had to be cut considerably, and so this time just two simuls (by Anand and Kosteniuk) and one tournament is held. But what a tournament! A record 701 participants gathered...
   

• (8/8)  7th China-Russia match: Hard-fought draw in round three
  ChessBase
  After suffering a setback in the first round, and a disaster in the second, the Russian men finally drew against their Chinese opponents thanks to team captain Potkin's stylish victory...
   

• (8/7)  Habla Espanol?
  Chess.com by GM Gserper
  The summer of 1967 is known as the Summer of Love (The Beatles, hippies, Woodstock, etc). I think the summer of 2010 will be remembered as the Summer of Spain...
   

• (8/7)  Now Koneru Leads Women's Chess Grand Prix
  New York Times By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
  Over the last two days, the tournament has featured a number of decisive games that have shaped and reshaped the standings. ...
   

• (8/7)  Tommy He Golden in Brazil
  USCF
  Tommy He, Photo 2009 Elizabeth Vicary from the NYC US Chess School Results are in at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil (August 1-8)! Tommy He earned the Open Under 10 gold medal with 7.5/9 while Jonathan Chiang earned a bronze in the same section with 7/9. Evan Xiang tied for first with 8/9 in the Girls Under 12, taking silver on tiebreaks...
   

• (8/7)  Kavala Open 2010
  FIDE
  The 19th Kavala Open was held from 30th July to 7th August 2010, in Kavala, Greece. 94 players took participation in the main A group, among them were 29 Grandmasters.  Grandmasters Adam Tukhaev of Ukraine and the 2008 World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta of India shared the first place with 7.0 points each...
   

• (8/7)  Mickey Adams wins at a Canter(bury)
  John Saunders' Chess Blog
  This is the final moment of Mickey Adams' victorious progress at the 2010 British Championship in Canterbury on 6 August. He led from the off and never looked in any real difficulty. ...
  

• (8/7)  Ramirez & Shabalov Lead in Irvine
  USCF By Randy Hough
  As we reported the status of the 111th U.S. Open yesterday, GM Alejandro Ramirez of Costa Rica had scored 6-0 in the Traditional schedule and was guaranteed at least a share of the lead when the three schedules merged late Friday afternoon ...
   

• (8/7)  2010 Caribbean Carnival: Streaks Fall… New Leaders Emerge
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  On day four, fatigue may have started to catch up with some of the players as perfect scores fell in the under-20, under-14 and under-10...
   

• (8/7)  Michael Adams with crushing victory at the British Chess Championship
  Chessdom
  IM Jovanka Houska is British Womens Champion 2010.  England's No 1, Michael Adams, is the King of British Chess again. Adams gave a masterly performance, seeing off his Grandmaster and International Master rivals one after another...
   

• (8/7)  Himalayan Grand Masters International Chess Tournament
  Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information
  According to the organisers, players with more than 2200 rating points from Singapore and Thailand are also taking part in the tournament which is claimed to be Nepal's biggest ever cash prize chess event...
   

• (8/7)  Negi held again in World Junior Chess Championship
  The Times of India
  Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi was held to a draw by Spain's David Recuero Guerra in the fourth round of the World Junior Chess Championship...
   

• (8/7)  ON CHESS Young champion unafraid of battle
  Columbus Dispatch by Shelby Lyman
  Few question whether his World Chess Federation international rating, which ranks him a clear No.1, accurately reflects his actual playing strength. ...
   

• (8/7)  Womens Grand Prix: Humpy in the lead, Hou Yifan ill
  ChessBase
  The top ranked player GM Humpy Koneru of India lost a game against tenth seed Batkhuyag Munguntuul in round seven, which saw five decisive games...
   

• (8/7)  A web of wonder
  Telegraph by Malcolm Pein
  England number one Michael Adams secured the British Chess Championship title with a round to spare, with his eighth victory at Canterbury...
   

• (8/7)  Chess tradition continues in Curacao
  Chess Vibes By Robert Ris
  One of the many summer tournaments on the calendar is the Curacao Chess Festival. The tournament follows a tradition initiated almost five decades ago, when one of the most famous Candidates Tournaments ever played was held on the island...
   

• (8/7)  Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev
  Chess In Translation By mishanp
  Anatoly Karpov, former World Chess Champion and candidate for the post of FIDE President, is proposing switching the Candidates Matches from Kazan, Russia, to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev...
   

• (8/7)  Unanimous Division in Cyprus?
  ChessBase
  Two days ago we published a letter from the Cyprus chess federation that described "unanimous" support for the incumbent FIDE president. Now we have received a letter from Vassilis Aristotelous, Cyprus Chess Federation PR officer and Board member. He disputes that statement and questions the legitimacy of the letter of support for Ilyumzhinov...
   

• (8/7)  Jackson W. Showalter (1859-1935)
  Chess.com
  Jackson W. Showalter, Herman Steiner, and Diane Savereide are all being inducted to the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame this afternoon in Irvine, CA (USA)...
   

• (8/7)  Chess Notes
  Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
  Here is the game that Sam Shankland of California won against Parker Zhao of New York, in the first Armageddon playoff ...
   

• (8/7)  7th China-Russia match: Russian men almost whitewashed
  ChessBase
  If in the first round, the Chinese men won their encounter, nothing could have prepared one for the second round where they nearly whitewashed their Russian counterparts...
   

• (8/7)  Dzagnidze with a Deserved Victory - at the Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk
  Chess.com by GM dbojkov
  After the “white” day the players had their only free one. They enjoyed the beauties of the mountains, took the lift to view Jermuk from above, visited an art gallery and made pictures in front of the local waterfall. All that ended with an exuberant lunch from the hospitable mayor of the town...
   

• (8/6)  Yinzhou Cup the 7th China-Russia Chess Match
  FIDE
  Yinzhou Cup the 7th China-Russia Chess Match has just began at Ningbo New Century Grand Hotel, China from August 5, top level grandmasters such as Malakhov Vladimir (2732), Vitiugov Nikita (2722), Wang Hao (2724), Wang Yue (2716) participate in this event...
   

• (8/6)  GM Kaufman on Fischer Random & The Irvine Grind
  USCF By GM Larry Kaufman
  After six days at the US Open/Jerry Hanken Memorial, I've already played 15 tournament games...
   

• (8/6)  2010 Chess Carnival: Race Tightens on Day 3
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  IM Oladapo Adu will face his biggest test yet as he is poised to face the tournament’s top-seed in GM Gennadi Sagalchik...
   

• (8/6)  Pan-Am Nears Conclusion
  USCF
  After seven rounds of the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil (August 1-8), many of our players are in contention for first place and other medals ...
  

• (8/6)  Chess puzzle
  By Alexandra Kosteniuk
  Can you figure out the mating sequence? Hello Everyone,. Here is a nice puzzle that looks like a classic Queen sac for mate. White is to play. Can you work out the entire mating sequence of moves?
   

• (8/6)  Negroponte Open 2010
  Chessdom
  9th to 17th August, at Chalkis, Greece, 25.000 EUR prize fund
  The Chess Academy Chalkis "Palamedes Evia" is organising the 1st international chess tournament "Negroponte 2010", which will be held from 9th to 17th August, 2010, at the beautiful city of Chalkis, Greece...
   

• (8/6)  Ramirez Perfect as Merge Approaches
  USCF By Randy Hough
  GM Varuzhan Akobian Photo courtesy Monroi.com
  The turnout at the 111th Annual U.S. Open in Irvine has reached 470 players, and the number of Grandmaster entries increased dramatically as the 4-day schedule began...
   

• (8/6)  Fargère wins Open Dutch Championship
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  François Fargère became the convincing winner at the Open Dutch Championship in Dieren. The Frenchman, who changed the FM for a GM title within one year, gave all credits to his trainer Iosif Dorfman...
   

• (8/6)  Review: The Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 3: Test and Improve Your Defensive Skill
  The Chess Mind by Dennis Monokroussos.
  Book reviewed by Karsten Müller and Merijn van Delft.  Karsten Müller is well known in the chess world, especially for his endgame books, while Merijn van Delft's primary claim to fame at the moment is his work with the weekly e-newsletter ChessVibes Openings. The current work is primarily Müller's, but both authors are involved in this, the final book of the Chess Cafe Puzzle Book series...
   

• (8/6)  Zhao Xue leads, Humpy and Hou Yifan in hot pursuit
  ChessBase
  The youngest player, GM Hou Yifan, 16, won two games in succession, while the highest ranked participant, Indian GM Humpy Koneru, scored 1.5/2. Both are now half a point behind the leader Zhao Xue...
   

• (8/6)  “One of those things that distinguish us from the Neanderthals”
  Chess in Translation
  This is how Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow describes chess in his wide-ranging responses to reader questions at the Crestbook website.  Other topics include phoney titles, the “theorisation” of chess...
   

• (8/6)  Chess - with Leonard Barden
  London Evening Standard
  This would be a complex position even with sight of the board. Black is a knight ahead and also threatens f7-f5 forking rook and bishop. On the other hand, White (to play) has a choice of two piece captures. ...
   

• (8/6)  How to Safely Checkmate a Bully
  USCF By Lisa Suhay
  Bullyproof participants on the mat.  School can be harder than just passing tests, especially when you are busy trying to avoid a bully who’s making life miserable...
   

• (8/6)  The fighting French
  Telegraph by Malcom Pein
  International Master Adam Hunt completed what must surely be a nine-round grandmaster result as he held England number one Michael Adams to a draw at the British Chess Championships. ...
   

• (8/6)  Playing vs The Maroczy Bind II
  Chess.com Video by GM Melikset Khachiyan
  Grandmaster Khachiyan show us another example of how black can, and perhaps should, approach the modern Maroczy Bind -- Accelerated Dragon. Today's video lecture is instructive once again in terms of the ideas black can play for in the opening stage...
   

• (8/6)  Tough choice for chess players to turn pro
  Malaysia Star
  By all accounts, it can be safely assumed that Wong Zijing is no longer playing in chess competitions. As far as I can determine, he hasn't been playing ...
   

• (8/5)  Endgame Tragicomedies
  Chess.com by WIM energia
  When the most famous chess coach of all time Mark Dvoretsky writes a book about endgames his first chapter is usually dedicated to the endgame tragicomedies...
   

• (8/5)  Zhao Retakes Lead at Women's Chess Grand Prix
  New York Times By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
  Zhao Xue of China has once again taken the reins of the fifth Women's Grand Prix in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. ...
   

• (8/5)  Caribbean Chess Sub Zonal 2.3.5 – Nassau, Bahamas
  FIDE
  The Caribbean Chess Sub Zonal was held in Nassau, the Bahamas from June 25 to July 1, 2010. It was the first time in the tournament's history that it was held in the English speaking Caribbean...
   

• (8/5)  Campaign for FIDE President Heats up Middle East
  USCF By GM Maxim Dlugy
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Today a major FIDE Presidential campaign event took place in the United Arab Emirates. Anatoly Karpov met with UAE chess federation president Dr. Sulaiman Al Fahim to discuss the future of chess in the region...
   

• (8/5)  Statistics Competition: Chess ratings - Elo versus the Rest of the ...
  Kaggle
  This competition aims to discover whether other approaches can predict the outcome of chess games more accurately than the workhorse Elo rating system...
   

• (8/5)  Chess novel: The Eight
  chessblog.com - By Alexandra Kosteniuk
  The Eight is the story of the quest for a fabulous, gold-and-silver, bejewelled chess set that once belonged to Charlemagne. It has been buried for a thousand years. At the dawn of the French Revolution, when soldiers are looting the ...
   

• (8/5)  Chess Puzzles: French Aristocrat's Folly
  Huffington Post by GM Lubomir Kavalek
  In 1853, a French aristocrat, Barthelemy de Basterot (1800-1887) published in Paris Traite elementaire du jeu des echecs (Elementary Treatise on the Rules of Chess), which included chapters on chess history and literature...
   

• (8/5)  7th China-Russia match: Russian women save the day
  ChessBase
  In its seventh edition, the high-level team match between China and Russia got underway with both sides sporting very strong teams...
   

• (8/5)  FIDE treasurer Nigel Freeman - follow-up questions to his interview
  Chess Vibes
  An interview with Nigel Freeman was published this week, in which he talks about his achievements in four years as FIDE treasurer, and comments on allegations by the Karpov2010 campaign team.  Puzzled about a number of issues, we decided to send a few follow-up questions...
   

• (8/5)  BISD board rejects chess documentary bids
  Brownsville Herald
  At a previous meeting, trustees decided to solicit proposals for a documentary about BISD chess so that the district would be buying a product from a vendor ...
   

• (8/5)  Stefanova & Zhao Xue lead in Ulaanbaatar
  Chess Vibes
  In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Antoaneta Stefanova and Zhao Xue are sharing the lead after five rounds...
   

• (8/5)  Ramirez Still Perfect at the US Open as Six-Day Heats Up
  USCF By Randy Hough
  The winnowing-out process continues at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California, with two of the three schedules of the 111th Annual U.S. Open/Jerry Hanken Memorial now in full throttle.  GM Alejandro Ramirez is now alone atop the Traditional (nine-day) group after five rounds...
   

• (8/5)  FIDE Election: Karpov claims UAE, Ilyumzhinov Cyprus
  Chessbase
  FIDE Presidency candidate Anatoly Karpov has received the backing of the well-known businessman and sports patron Sulaiman Al Fahim, and the UAE Chess Federation...
   

• (8/5)  Chess - with Leonard Barden
  London Evening Standard
  Few London chess clubs can boast a long-standing master member, but former England international Whiteley is a stalwart at Kings Head, which meets for social chess ...
   

• (8/5)  Important Tips In Common Endgames
  Chess.com by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
  Today Roman provides us with another great video lecture on the endgame. The particular lessons of this video focus mainly on the bishops...
   

• (8/5)  The August Check is in the Mail
  USCF By Alex Dunne
  Laurence Bonsack of North Highlands, CA is a 58-year-old retired chemical engineer. Laurence plays CC because he finds it a great way to experiment with different openings and an excellent way to develop analytical abilities...
   

• (8/5)  Chess body backs Karpov's bid for FIDE presidency
  GulfNews
  Former world champion, Anatoly Karpov, with Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, president of the UAE Chess Federation, during their meeting. Dubai: The UAE Chess...
   

• (8/4)  The Daily Update: Tournaments Everywhere
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  It's crazy how much chess is going on - interesting events too, even without any super-GM tournaments underway...
   

• (8/4)  In the Burbs: Families — Chess effective gambit for family fun
  Suburban Life Publications
  Chess takes family game night up a notch as one of the oldest recreational pursuits involving skill, tracing its origins as least as far back as the sixth ...
   

• (8/4)  Brunei Invitational IM Tournaments a Big Success
  FIDE
  The Brunei Invitational IM Tournaments held from 25 July to 3 August 2010 at the Brunei Chess Centre in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei offered young local players a wonderful opportunity...
   

• (8/4)  Toby Boas, GMs Becerra & Paragua Share First at the Southern Open
  USCF By Harvey Lerman
  It's rare to have a tournament in Orlando in which Florida Champion GM Julio Becerra is not the top rated entrant, but at this year's Southern Open, GM Lars Hansen took that honor. ..
   

• (8/4)  2010 Chess Carnival: Favorites rule on day 1
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  The Caribbean Chess Festival got off to an auspicious start as the conditions are favorable and the competition is fierce.
   

• (8/4)  Norwegian Chess Championship 2010, Class 4 Game 9
  Gaute Ferstad Chess By Gaute Michel Ferstad
  I will be posting my tournament chess games, practice games, chess tutorials for beginners, book, video and chess site reviews, and maybe even some “how to” manuals on navigating your way through some chess sites...
   

• (8/4)  Six on 4/4 in Tromsø
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  Ivan Ivanisevic, Bartosz Socko, Loek van Wely, Chanda Sandipan, Emanuel Berg and Levon Babujian are currently sharing the lead at the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø...
   

• (8/4)  The Monokroussos Attack: It's Not Just Good Against the French
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  On Saturday I bequeathed to the world an unstoppable anti-French Defense weapon, guaranteed to win every time.* That line begins 1.e4 e6 2.Be2, but tonight, in a 1-minute game, I was faced with a terrible question...
   

• (8/4)  WHAT INVESTORS CAN LEARN FROM CHESS - MORNINGSTAR ANALYSIS NO SURPRISE AT ALL
  Emerginvest
  And black-white thinking provides us with a nce bridge to the game of Chess. And guess what: without often knowing it, top Chess bears quite a few ...
   

• (8/4)  Botswana hosts Zambia in chess friendly
  Mmegi Online
  Botswana will host Zambia in an international chess friendly in Mogoditshane over the weekend.   The two countries are preparing for the Chess Olympiad in Russia from September 19 to October 4...
   

• (8/4)  A call to arms
  Chess Vibes By Peter Doggers
  On Monday Leonard Barden’s chess column was discontinued in the London Evening Standard. It had appeared daily virtually continuously for over 50 years...
   

• (8/4)  The Thematic d5-break in the Queens Gambit Accepted by GM Magesh and GM Arun
  Chess.com by GM arunabi
  This week we shall study the thematic break d4-d5 in the Queen's Gambit Accepted System. This break is very important in all Isolated pawn structures...
   

• (8/4)  Seven down, four to go
  Telegraph By Malcolm Pein
  Four games remain and only defending champion Stuart Conquest looks minded to try and challenge the England number one. Conquest established a positional advantage against Danny Gormally ...
   

• (8/4)  Danailov on the Upcoming Candidates
  The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos
  Have a look.  He makes some good points there (e.g. why didn't FIDE re-open the bidding and why did Mamedyarov maintain his wildcard status after Baku was scrapped), and there's also the incredible possibility that neither Carlsen nor Topalov will play in the Candidates...
   

• (8/4)  World School Championship – Final pictorial report by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
  ChessBase
  The Sixth World School Championship in Kayseri, Turkey, ended with a lot of happy faces and a lot of interesting prizes...
   

• (8/4)  The Skittles Room
  ChessCafe
  C.J.S. Purdy: Once is Enough by Fritz Baumbach.  An excerpt from Who is the Champion of Champions?  Readers will learn a great deal about the World CC Champions and enjoy the many deeply analyzed games annotated by the champions themselves...
   

• (8/4)  Campaign for Chess Federation Presidency Becomes More Heated
  New York Times  By Dylan Loeb McClain
  Chess politics is proving to be every bit as nasty and competitive as politics in any other sphere.  Anatoly Karpov, the former world ...
   

• (8/4)  Book Review
  ChessCafe
  Deep Rybka 4 by Convekta.  Designed for digging deep into the finest details of a game, Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium is a complete and fully integrated chess program that operates on all Windows multi- and single-processor computers...
   

• (8/3)  Obituary - Boris Khropov
  FIDE
  Yesterday, August 2, after a hard illness at the age of 75, died a talented chess organizer and FIDE Master Boris Khropov - President (1993-1998), Vice-President (1998-2004) of St. Petersburg...
   

• (8/3)  Zhao Xue leads in Women's Grand Prix - Round four report
  ChessBase
  Her main rivals Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan played each other in round four in Ulaanbaatar. With a theoretically drawn ending on the board the gritty Indian tested the wits of the 16-year-old Hou for fifty moves before conceding the draw...
   

• (8/3)  The Anonymous Modenese
  Chess.com by GM Julio_Becerra
  Domenico Ercole del Rio (c. 1718 - c. 1802) was born in Guiglia, Italy, and was a lawyer and author. He published a legendary chess book in 1750 under the pseudonym "Anonymous Modenese” which was...
   

• (8/3)  In Europe, Chess Is King, but Not in the US
  New York Times  By Dylan Loeb McClain
  But, the difference in the tournaments is a stark reminder of how chess is more popular in Europe.  Two other opens that started Saturday reinforce that fact ...
   

• (8/3)  Kirsan Ilyumzhinov opens World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess Championships
  FIDE
  On Monday, August 2, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived to Poland to take part in the opening ceremony of the World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess Championships. About 200 chess players from 56 countries participate...
   

• (8/3)  Czech Open: Korobov remains king - illustrated report
  ChessBase
  The Czech Open is a huge event with literally dozens of tournaments, and brought 1314 players from 44 countries. It included events ranging from Blitz pairs to Fischer Random and bughouse...
   

• (8/3)  European Youth Chess Championship in Batumi
  FIDE
  About 1200 people - players, coaches, accompanying persons, arbiters - registered till now for the European Youth Chess Championship 2010...
   

• (8/3)  Elections: Nigel Freeman on FIDE finances - Interview
  ChessBase
  His main achievements in four years as FIDE treasurer are, Nigel Freeman from Bermuda says...
   

• (8/3)  Danailov: If we have to, then we’ll play
  ChessBase
  When FIDE decided to move the Candidates matches from Baku, Azerbaijan, there was a sharp protest by Veselin Topalov who threatened to withdraw...
   

• (8/3)  I wanna be your chess queen...
  Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG
  We found this anonymous lady (Or GeekQueenofDesire to be specific according to her YouTube handle) singing a love song (apparently self-composed) for her Dr. Sweetheart...
   

• (8/3)  Fressinet & Wojtaszek tie for first in Pamplona
  ChessVibes
  Radoslav Wojtaszek edged out Laurent Fressinet on tiebreak at the 4th Magistral Internacional de San Juan in Pamplona...
   

• (8/3)  A chess match, but with much bigger pieces
  BrooklynPapers.com
  The two local artists/chess lovers, Douglas Paulson and Santo Tolone, yanked their 32 fully costumed human chess pieces across the makeshift board in a ...
   

• (8/3)  All USCL teams have announced four players for their roster
  US Chess League
  Note that every team's complete roster will be announced on August 16th.  Click here to see the complete list of players so far and go to each team's individual page to see their Roster page and 2010 Schedule.  The complete 2010 Schedule has been released as well, so click here to see the matchups.
   

• (8/3)  Salcedo, Castro top Shell Naga chess
  Philippine Star
  ... junior division title in the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship Southern Luzon Leg at SM City Naga's Event Center in Naga City last Sunday. ...
   

• (8/2)  British Championship, Politiken Cup, Tromsø, Computers
  The Chess Mind Blog
  In the British Championship, super-GM Michael Adams resumed his winning ways, quickly defeating GM Stephen Gordon with the Black pieces.  Gordon had a small edge out of the opening, but his ...
   

• (8/2)  Titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010
  FIDE
  FIDE is publishing the list of titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010 which was held on July 23-26 in Tromso, Norway...
   

• (8/2)  Zhao Holds Small Lead in Women's Chess Grand Prix
  New York Times  By Dylan Loeb McClain
  In an interview on the tournament's Web site (Women’s Grand Prix), she mentions that she is a student at Tsinghua University and dividing her time between studying and chess. ...
  

• (8/2)  Viswanathan Anand on Chess and Mathematics
  By Susan Polgar
  I think in mathematics like in chess, there are many different areas. The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive and the same seems to be true of mathematics – if you can find links between different ...
   

• (8/2)  Seven winners at Contra Costa College Community Chess Tournament ...
  Richmond Confidential By Veronica Moscoso
  Lope and Alcaraz were two of the 28 participants of the fourth tournament organized by the West Coast Chess Alliance, a nonprofit community-based chess advocacy group. Co-directors, Trendell Ball and Will Delaney are promoting chess by ...
   

• (8/2)  Jamaicans warming up to chess
  Jamaica Observer
  Jamaican attitudes towards chess are changing quickly, and although not a traditional endeavour, chess is rapidly gaining traction as a popular and growing ...
   

• (8/2)  Automatic recapturing...
  ChessBase
  ... is a reflex which often is hard to resist. Here White following 24...bxc3 surprisingly played 25.Rh7 in order to target the point f7 after 25...cxb2 with 25.Qh5 How would you judge this continuation...
   

• (8/2)  The changing fortunes of Vassily Ivanchuk
  Boston Globe By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
  In chess careers there are towering highs and deep lows, great triumphant tournaments and utter disasters. ...
   

• (8/2)  FIDE Presidential Board Meeting in Tromso
  FIDE
  On July 24-25 the 3rd quarter FIDE Presidential Board meeting was held in Tromso, Norway.  At the meeting the candidacies for the Presidential tickets and Continental Presidents were tabled...
   

• (8/2)  Zhao Xue and Humpy lead in Women's Grand Prix - Rounds 2+3 report
  ChessBase
  With two wins and a draw top seed Humpy Koneru is performing 75 points over her 2600 FIDE rating. With the same result Chinese GM Zhao Xue is playing 246 points better than her 2462...
   

• (8/2)  Karpov on the attack: 'Can you believe Kirsan?'
  ChessBase
  "The match for FIDE President heats up," we titled a report in May.  That was just a warm breeze.  Anatoly Karpov, candidate for the presidency of the World Chess Organisation has published an ultra-sharp article on Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's record as FIDE President...
   

• (8/1)  Learning From Your Losses
  USCF By Matan Prilleltensky
  Chess is a psychologically taxing game. You sit in silence for hours, pouring mental energy into dozens of difficult decisions. Defeat is the direct result of making weaker moves than the opponent, and this is an unpleasant fact to face...
   

• (8/1)  Justus Williams headed to Pan-Ams in Brazil
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  Justus Williams recently participated in a U.S. Chess School program in Dallas along with nine other talented scholastic players. Williams will participate in the Pan-American Youth Championship in Bento Goncalves, Brazil from August 1st to August 11th...
   

• (8/1)  The Chess Drum beats in Trinidad!
  The Chess Drum by Daaim Shabazz
  Daaim Shabazz will attend the Caribbean Chess Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago beginning August 3rd and extending to August 8th. The tournament has been able to attract top players from Latin America and the Caribbean...
   

• (8/1)  Chess Daily News and Information: Final Chess Masters ...
  By Susan Polgar
  The only draw was against José Ramón Arrupe - a 80 years old chess player, who in the 1950s was 4 times champion of Spain. This is not the first time Arrupe draws against World Champions, he has done it twice against Anatoly Karpov and ...
   

• (8/1)  Chess: Ruslan Ponomariov wins in Dortmund
  Los Angeles Times by IM Jack Peters
  And in 2002, he won the World Chess Federation world championship in a controversial 128-player tournament that lacked the top stars. ...
   

• (8/1)  Two Tied for Lead in Women's Chess Grand Prix
  New York Times  By Dylan Loeb McClain
  Humpy Koneru of India, the top seed, was held to a draw by Betul Cemre Yildiz of Turkey, the lowest-ranked player, ...

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