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Svidler, Zvjaginsev, Rublevsky – players to watch
21.12.2005
– Four decisive games today in the Russian Championship Superfinal in Moscow. Morozevich apparently lost because he overslept and did not appear in the tournament hall in time. But Peter Svidler, Sergey Rublevsky and Vadim Zvjaginsev (picture), the reserve player, scored clean, exciting victories. We bring you
games, results and pictures.
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Humans down but not out against computers
21.12.2005
– Chess grandmasters can still keep machines in check, says Veselin Topalov, the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion. "I find it fun playing computers. The only problem is that the psychological duel does not exist. You cannot bluff. You cannot count on unforced errors," he told Reuters.
Full story.
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GM Max Dlugy aquitted in $9 million embezzlement charge
21.12.2005
– For some time now American GM and former chess prodigy Max Dlugy has been languishing in a Russian prison. Yesterday the Solikamsk City Court acquitted him of all charges, which included attempts to embezzle $9 million from the Magnesium plant he had helped to run. Dlugy can now claim compensation for the time spent in prison.
Details...
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Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth
21.12.2005
– "For us chess players the language of artist is something natural," says classical chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik in this indepth interview with German artist Ugo Dossi. Their indepth dialog probes the creative processes that take place in each field, and the intersection points between
chess and art.
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New ChessBase trainings CDs
21.12.2005
– Two of our recent training CD offerings concern the opening and
middlegame: Knut Neven's Classical Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 and
Alexander Bangiev's Squares Strategy 3. If you've not seen either
of them yet you can get a preview of both in the latest
ChessBase Workshop.
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Kramnik, Zvjaginsev strike in round two
20.12.2005
– After his shock defeat in round one, the first classical chess loss to friend Peter Svidler ever, Vladimir Kramnik rebounded with a fine win against Sergey Volkov. Replacement Vadim Svjaginsev played the cheeky 1.e4 c5 2.Na3?! against former world champion Khalifman – and scored a full point.
Illustrated report.
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Players and performances in Khanty-Mansiysk
20.12.2005
– The FIDE World Cup is over, the players are mostly back home. Time to take a look back at the 128 players who battled it out in the Siberian winter, to check the statistics of the top players and provide pictures of the many lesser-known participants that dropped out of the limelight earlier in the event.
Big photo report.
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Svidler beats Kramnik in Russian Championship
20.12.2005
– The "Superfinal" stage of the 58th Russian Championship – 11 rounds all play all – began with a face-off between the two top seeds. Peter Svidler from St Petersburg demolished the iron Petroff of his friend and rival Vladimir Kramnik. Sergei Rublevsky did the same to the French Tarrash of Evgeny Bareev.
Report, games and results.
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Levon Aronian wins FIDE World Cup
18.12.2005
– This knockout tournament of 128 players would, a year ago, have been the FIDE world championship title. The 23-year-old Armenian Levon Aronian won it, following in the footsteps of Karpov, Khalifman, Anand, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov. In the final round, yet another exciting affair, he beat Ruslan Ponomariov to take the title. Big illustrated report with
analysis and statistics.
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Savielly Tartakower – the game's greatest aphorist
17.12.2005
– He was a real maverick in the opening, willing to essay romantic and especially
hypermodern ideas against even the strongest of players. Yet Tartakower, as
befits a world-class player, excelled in all parts of the game. In this week's
Playchess lecture Dennis Monokroussos
illustrates with a great victory over Geza Maroczy in 1922.
Come and watch.
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More excitement – Aronian-Ponomariov draw
17.12.2005
– The fight for first place goes on in the FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk. The two "youngsters" Levon Aronian and Ruslan Ponomariov played another super-sharp game which was a joy to watch. Gata Kamsky equalised against Magnus Carlsen, so it all comes down to the tiebreaks tomorrow.
Report, pictures and interviews.
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Enrico Paoli: 13.01.1908 – 15.12.2005
16.12.2005
– He was the strongest active (!) nonagenarian in the world, who won his last Italian championship title at the age of 60 and once beat Kotov with black. Enrico Paoli, GM honoris causa, was the initiator and organiser of the famous Reggio Emilia tournament. This week he passed away less than a month before his 98th birthday.
In memoriam.
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