18.11.2009– Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess phenomenon, has won this event with 31.0 points from 42 games, three points ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who himself finished three points ahead of the next-closest rival (Sergey Karjakin). Carlsen's overall performance was 2894, Anand's 2835. In fourth place we find Vladimir Kramnik. Results, games and statistics.Nigel Davies:
A busy persons opening system Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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18.11.2009– Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess phenomenon, has won this event with 31.0 points from 42 games, three points ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who himself finshed three points ahead of the next-closest rival (Sergey Karjakin). Carlsen's overall performance was 2894, Anand's 2835. In fourth place we find Vladimir Kramnik. Results, games and statistics.
18.11.2009 – Three minutes for the entire game, two seconds increment per move this
fast version of chess produces its own brand of drama, with wonderful chances
and bitter tragodies going hand in hand. There was plenty of that at the World
Blitz Championship in Moscow you can watch it all unfold on the Playchess
server. Here
are some highlights from day two.
18.11.2009– Our electronic bimonthly has come a long way. "These days one gets approximately
three Gigabytes of high-quality content, and the twenty-four page booklet has
a sophisticated design worthy of standing next to other chess books in my bookshelf,"
writes Louis Lima. You can Order
CBM #132 now or first read the Chess
Cafe review, which is permanently archived in this
PDF file.Nigel Davies:
A busy persons opening system Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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18.11.2009– He has never been the world chess champion or the #1 ranked player (though
he has come close on both counts). But Vassily Ivanchuk is one of the world’s
greatest and most original players for the past 20 years. The Ukrainian GM is
the subject of the Playchess lecture
at 9 p.m. ET by FM Dennis Monokroussos. Before that IM Merijn van Delft discusses
current games. Schedule.Nigel Davies:
A busy persons opening system Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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