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Posted in ChessBase on Ноя 1, 2009
01.11.2009
– First there were 32-board simuls, against participants from the Corsica Masters. Reigning World Champion Anand won all his games, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov conceded one draw, against a 15-year-old. Then they faced each [...]
Posted in ChessBase on Окт 31, 2009
31.10.2009
– Daniel Stellwagen had fought bravely for 69 grueling moves. On move 70 the Dutch GM played the only rook move that lost him a drawn position. Azeri Vugar Gashimov seized the chance and won [...]
Posted in ChessBase on Окт 30, 2009
30.10.2009
– Puerto Madryn is a city on the east coast of southern Argentina, in a geographical region known as Patagonia. In this remote place, where right whales and dolphins congregate, 84 of the most talented [...]
Posted in ChessBase on Окт 30, 2009
30.10.2009
– With one round to go in the European Team Championship Russia and Azerbaijan
are leading, two match points ahead of five teams in the follow-up group. In
the women's section Russia and [...]
Posted in ChessBase on Окт 30, 2009
30.10.2009
– What usually happens is that extra forces help the besieging army storm fortresses. But there is also the opposite case, when the presence of extra material actually saves the defending side, as in the present situation. If he did not have his rook, Black would be totally lost in the duel between White's remaining rook and the black bishop. But White simply cannot force the exchange of rooks:
Position after 74.Rg6
