11.12.2009– After his first-round loss Vladimir Kramnik is on a winning streak: today he beat Luke McShane with the black pieces. With two wins and one loss he has six points according the "football" scoring system used in London. Magnus Carlsen, who missed a clear win with black against David Howell, has seven points and is in the lead. Giant illustrated report with analysis by John Saunders.Adrian Mikhalchishin:
Winning Structures Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favourite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favourite pawn structures! And they immediately exploited the knowledge of others - Alekhine invented some interesting structures, which were copied by his opponent in that game (Rubinstein), and later exploited by Botvinnik and then by Kramnik!
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11.12.2009– After their games in round two of the London Chess Classic most of the players
once again congregated to the commentary room to explain what had just transpired
to the audience in London and visitors of the Playchess
server. This time it was Nigel Short, David Howell, Vladimir Kramnik, Magnus
Carlsen and Luke McShane who shared their impressions.
Report by John Saunders. Adrian Mikhalchishin:
Winning Structures Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favourite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favourite pawn structures! And they immediately exploited the knowledge of others - Alekhine invented some interesting structures, which were copied by his opponent in that game (Rubinstein), and later exploited by Botvinnik and then by Kramnik!
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11.12.2009– The four-game final of the 2009 World Cup has started, with Israeli GM Boris Gelfand playing a Petroff against Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine. The game ended after 37 moves in a draw. We use the opportunity to show you some of the art on display at the playing venue in Khanty-Mansiysk, and the fascination some people feel for the world cup trophies. Illustrated report.Adrian Mikhalchishin:
Winning Structures Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favourite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favourite pawn structures! And they immediately exploited the knowledge of others - Alekhine invented some interesting structures, which were copied by his opponent in that game (Rubinstein), and later exploited by Botvinnik and then by Kramnik!
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10.12.2009– The rampage of the top seed Magnus Carlsen continues. The 19-year-old Norwegian scored another convincing victory, this time over Luke McShane, to take the lead. Vladimir Kramnik came back from his first-round loss (to Carlsen) with a win over Chinese GM Ni Hua. The other two games were drawn. A report on the game will follow, here for now is Magnus' blog entry and
pictures from round two.Adrian Mikhalchishin:
Winning Structures Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favourite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favourite pawn structures! And they immediately exploited the knowledge of others - Alekhine invented some interesting structures, which were copied by his opponent in that game (Rubinstein), and later exploited by Botvinnik and then by Kramnik!
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Люди, нужна помощь опытных, ну, или просто шарящих людей.
Ситуация такова. Приобрел ВПС, начал переносить все сайты с многочисленных хостингов туда. Все перенес, все работает, но на одном из доменов, хоть убей не могу настроить почтовый ящик.
Перепробовал все настройки, развернул свои ДНС, но, хоть тресни, не могу сделать почту и все.