05.12.2009– A very important aspect of chess strength is the ability to "see"
things on the chessboard, and see them quickly. Our flagship program Fritz 12
has a number of function – probably unkown to many users – that
help you train your visualisation skills. In his latest ChessBase Workshop installment
Steven Lopez demonstrates one very useful training function in his streaming
video lecture.Sam Collins:
1.e4 Repertoire Grandmaster lines explained for club players Constructing an opening repertoire is one of the chess players most difficult and time-consuming tasks. Turned off by masses of theory, many players shy away from critical lines and concentrate on trappy lines, universal systems, or variations which concede the advantage of the first move in order to get a playable position.
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05.12.2009– It was not a protracted tiebreak, which can theoretically go over 15 games. It took just three for Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov to get into the semifinals. The Israeli GM beat Dmitry Jakovenko in two rapid games, and drew one; the Ukrainian took out Vugar Gashimov with the same result (that makes it 2:0 for Ukraine over Azerbaijan in the quarterfinals). Full illustrated report.Sam Collins:
1.e4 Repertoire Grandmaster lines explained for club players Constructing an opening repertoire is one of the chess players most difficult and time-consuming tasks. Turned off by masses of theory, many players shy away from critical lines and concentrate on trappy lines, universal systems, or variations which concede the advantage of the first move in order to get a playable position.
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05.12.2009– As we reported
some weeks ago, Marilyn young, Bobby Fischer's "Filipina live-in partner",
is claiming rights to the late champion's estate for their common daughter Jinky.
The claim has been filed with Icelandic courts, and during their visit
a blood sample was drawn from Jinky and submitted for DNA ananlysis. Marilyn's
lawyer Samuel Estimo sent us the following report from Reykjavik.Sam Collins:
1.e4 Repertoire Grandmaster lines explained for club players Constructing an opening repertoire is one of the chess players most difficult and time-consuming tasks. Turned off by masses of theory, many players shy away from critical lines and concentrate on trappy lines, universal systems, or variations which concede the advantage of the first move in order to get a playable position.
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На сайте стоял опрос. Потом на сайт поставил поиск от Гугла. Теперь когда в форму поиска пишешь запрос и нажимаешь поиск - появляется форма голосавания в отдельном окне. Как так получается?
04.12.2009– In two games the players were obviously quite content to leave everything to the tiebreaks: Jakovenko-Gelfand and Gashimov-Ponomariov were both drawn in 15 moves. Peter Svidler tried a King's Indian against Vladimir Malakhov but got nowhere; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov missed a clear chance against Sergey Karjakin, so he and Svidler were eliminated. Illustrated report.Sam Collins:
1.e4 Repertoire Grandmaster lines explained for club players Constructing an opening repertoire is one of the chess players most difficult and time-consuming tasks. Turned off by masses of theory, many players shy away from critical lines and concentrate on trappy lines, universal systems, or variations which concede the advantage of the first move in order to get a playable position.
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