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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Brillancy by Shirov 2 days ago

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Nice attacking chess by untitled player

Under 2200 players can play very good attacking chess too! Have a look at this one.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bad surprise

() vs. ()
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Black just played 18...Rad8. Which tactical problem did he totally overlook ?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Grandmaster plan in N vs B endgame

This nice endgame was played some days ago in Bundesliga.

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Areshchenko: Scheveningen killer

Ukrainien strong GM Alexander Areshchenko won 2 Scheveningen sicilians in a row in Bundesliga (German team championship). You will find them commented below.
Do not miss the excellent live website.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Funny tactic

(2385) vs. (2330)
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Black just sacrificed with 14...Rxf5. How should white react?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Final results of chess olympiad

The last round was incredible. Ukraine couldn't win against Israel (2-2) whereas Russia wasn't able to overcome Spain (2-2)! Ukraine won again after 2004. No win for Russia since 2002.

Some big clashes of this last round:
Poland 1,5 - 2,5 Hungary
France 2 - 2 Armenia
Azerbaijan 2 - 2 Russia-3
Cuba 1,5 - 2,5 USA
England 2 - 2 Czech Republic
India 2,5 - 1,5 Georgia

Final ranking in the open section:
1.Ukraine 19
2.Russia 18
3.Israel 17
4.Hungary 17

Individual board gold medals: (with Rating Performance)
1st board: Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2890
2nd board: Emil Sutovsky ISR 2895
3rd board: Vitaly Teterev BLR 2853
4th board: Sergey Karjakin RUS 2859
5th board: Sebastien Feller FRA 2702

All results here