04.12.2009– ... usually means a strong positional trump. However, sometimes this alone is not enough to win the game. Here Black was facing the question whether closing the queenside with
20...b3 21.a3 (diagram) would be beneficial for him. What do you think? A) this enhances Black's spacial superiority, but doesn't yield anything concrete; B) it is a powerful continuation, considerably increasing his positional advantage; C) it's not good, White has one worry less and will be able to successfully defend himself in the centre and on the
kingside.
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.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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Здравствуйте.
В 2004 году оплатил хостинг www.hc.ua Для меня бесплатно зарегистрировали региональный украинский домен. Позже (по окончанию срока хостинга) сайт переехал к другому хостеру, в данных домена были изменены нс-сервера, но остался технический контакт XOCT-UANIC (первого регистратора). Административный контакт изначально был мой. Так как региональные украинские домены являются бесплатными и не требовалось их продление (пока на домене размещён сайт), до сих пор проблем не возникало. В этом году изменились правила делегирования региональных доменов, в следствии чего необходимо подтверждение продления домена техническим контактом. В результате мой домен изменил статус на HOLD-SINCE с вчерашнего дня, хотя сайт пока доступен.
Я обратился с проблемой к первоначальному регистратору (тех. контакту), на что мне ответили следующее:
Вы перестали оплачивать и обслуживать этот домен в нашей компании еще в 2005
году, если Вы сейчас хотите, чтобы мы возобновили обслуживание домена, Вам
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03.12.2009– Gelfand vs Jakovenko was a wholly uneventful 18-move draw; Ponomariov played well against Gashimov but was not able to clinch it when the opportunity came around; Shakh Mamediarov survived some shaky moments against Sergey Karjakin, only to blow it in the end; and Peter Svidler had a brilliant win against Vald Malakhov that was marred by a little point in the end. Full illustrated report.:
ChessBase Magazine 133 Four highlights and a new number one. That is the summary of the autumn of 2009 in chess. It ran from the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing with the triumphal success of Magnus Carlsen via the European Club and National Championships to the major high point of the year, the Tal Memorial in Moscow, which Vladimir Kramnik was able to take with half a point of a lead. The new (unofficial) number one in the FIDE world ranking list is now Magnus Carlsen, whose second place in Moscow was sufficient for him to push Topalov from the top spot.
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02.12.2009– The three youngest players the darlings of chess fans were knocked out in the tiebreaks in Khanty-Mansiysk. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 19, lost to Boris Gelfand, 41; Fabiano Caruana, 17, was eliminated by Vugar Gashimov, 23; and Wesley So, 15, lost all three games to Vladimir Malakhov, 29. Jakovenko knocked out Grischuk, and Ponomariov Bacrot. Interviews with Grischuk and Shirov.:
ChessBase Magazine 133 Four highlights and a new number one. That is the summary of the autumn of 2009 in chess. It ran from the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing with the triumphal success of Magnus Carlsen via the European Club and National Championships to the major high point of the year, the Tal Memorial in Moscow, which Vladimir Kramnik was able to take with half a point of a lead. The new (unofficial) number one in the FIDE world ranking list is now Magnus Carlsen, whose second place in Moscow was sufficient for him to push Topalov from the top spot.
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02.12.2009– Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924), nicknamed the Black Death, learned
the game late, at the age of 19, but just two years later defeated Wilhelm Steinitz
in a tournament game! In this week's Playchess
lecture by FM Dennis Monokroussos looks at a classical win against Emanuel
Lasker. Before that IM Merijn van Delft discusses current games. Be there and watch.:
ChessBase Magazine 133 Four highlights and a new number one. That is the summary of the autumn of 2009 in chess. It ran from the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing with the triumphal success of Magnus Carlsen via the European Club and National Championships to the major high point of the year, the Tal Memorial in Moscow, which Vladimir Kramnik was able to take with half a point of a lead. The new (unofficial) number one in the FIDE world ranking list is now Magnus Carlsen, whose second place in Moscow was sufficient for him to push Topalov from the top spot.
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