15.12.2009– For a while it looked as though Magnus Carlsen was going to lose with the white pieces against Michael Adams, but the latter did not play the best continuation and let the Norwegian off the hook. Vladimir Kramnik won a scrappy game against Nigel Short to move within a point of Carlsen. Ni Hua won his first game, against Luke McShane. Illustrated report with analysis.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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15.12.2009– If you want to improve your understanding of a complex opening with a
huge history the best that can happen is to have a really strong player
with many years of experience teach it to you. That's exactly what GM Lubomir
Ftacnik offers you on his Sicilian
Scheveningen and GruenfeldDVDs.
Carsten Hansen from chesscafe.com tested the former thoroughly. Read his review with sampler.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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В рождественском концерте «Звучащая тишина» принимают участие популярная певица, любимица публики Анне Вески (на фото), лучший струнный квартет Эстонии — квартет виолончелистов C-Jam и один из лучших хоров Эстонии — камерный мужской хор Revalia под управлением дирижера Хирво Сурва.
В программе концерта — рождественские мелодии, песни из репертуара Анне Вески под аккомпанемент квартета C-Jam и саксофониста Лембита Саарсалу.
Концерт не только поможет создать рождественское настроение, но и удивит сюрпризами.
Так называется фильм-катастрофа, ставший лидером проката во многих странах. В центре киноповествования — конец света, запланированный, по некоторым сведениям, на 2012 год.
Жителям Таллинна, однако, следует опасаться не Апокалипсиса — подготовленный Министерством образования и науки проект нового Закона об основной школе и гимназии в случае его принятия фактически лишит Таллинн русских гимназий. В 2012 году.
14.12.2009– After drawing the regular games Ruslan Ponomariov and Boris Gelfand and into the tiebreaks. They won a rapid chess game each and drew two to proceed to the blitz, where again each won a game. Game three and four went to the Israeli, who thus won the World Cup. Gelfand is now part of the eight-player tournament to find a challenger for the World Champion. Final report and interview.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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