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Bidding to play Garry Kasparov
20.04.2006
– Right, we know he has retired and is now concentrating on politics. But if you want to play a game of chess against him you still can, live and in person, at the New York Athletic Club. Tickets for participants, who can bring up to three guests each, can be obtained on eBay's nonprofit "Giving Works".
Bidding start on April 21st.
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Election 2006: could Topalov be excluded from the next cycle?
20.04.2006
– Recently FIDE announced a match between the classical chess and FIDE world champions Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. Presidential candidate Bessel Kok, who initiated the reunification process back in 2002, has directed a number of pertinent questions to FIDE, e.g. is this a FIDE or Kirsan match, and will Topalov be excluded from the next cycle
if he loses?
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Workshop: Hiarcs 10, Big and MegaDatase
20.04.2006
– The Big and Mega 2006 Databases are now available, as well as
programmer Mark Uniacke's brainchild Hiarcs 10. Get a sneak
peek at all of these DVD offerings in the new
Chessbase Workshop.
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Books, a dangerous Najdorf, et al.
19.04.2006
– Tonight on Playchess our host Andrew
Martin looks at three interesting new books, a dangerous line in the Najdorf,
a Nisipeanu loss in the Sicilian and a blistering win in the Centre-Counter.
There is also the weekly chess puzzle, to improve your endgame tactical skill.
See you on the server.
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European Champs, Santa Lucia on Playchess
18.04.2006
– Easter weekend was very special for our chess server. The European individual
champioships ended, and apart from being able to follow all important games
live on Playchess, visitors were treated
to special indepth interviews by both the winners. On Sunday the closing ceremony
was broadcast live, with a
baritone aria sung by chess legend Lajos Portisch.
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Election 2006: Karpov and Topalov speak out
17.04.2006
– Former world champion Anatoly has been recently quoted as saying incumbent FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has a 100% chances of winning the election. In a recent interview Karpov modified this statement. Meanwhile FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov is quoted as saying "I hope Kirsan will win again".
Election interviews.
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Almira Skripchenko: Discovering China – part four
17.04.2006
– Three weeks ago Xu Yuhua won the Women's World Championship. Since 1991 three Chinese players have held the title for a total of twelve years. What is the secret of their success and why this extraordinary boom in women's chess in China? Our roving correspondent Almira Skripchenko gives us an answer in part four of her
China pictorial.
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Chess and the laws of physics
16.04.2006
– Two years ago we told you about a book in which Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize winning physicist, used the rules of chess to illustrate the laws of physics. Feynman was famous for his ability to explain complex subjects to a lay audience in a sparkling, entertaining fashion. Now we have found a video of his
chess analogy lecture.
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Kirsan reveals details of Topalov-Kramnik match
16.04.2006
– FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has revealed further details on the reunification match planned for Elista in September. All contracts have been signed, the prize fund of one million dollars will be split, whatever the outcome of the match, and the loser will have to start in the next cycle from scratch.
Sport Express report.
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Must watch TV: Chess on CBS-2
16.04.2006
– "More than 45 million people in the US play chess," says anchor
Cindy Hsu of CBS-2, "and more than half are children." This is a
charming report on the Parent2Parent show, driven by former women's world champion
Susan Polgar, who is doing remarkable work to promote the game in the US. Click
to watch.
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Ekaterina Atalik and Zdenko Kozul European Champions
16.04.2006
– Croatia's top GM Zdenko Kozul won the men's section of the 2006 European Individual Championships in Kusadasi, ahead of top seed Vassily Ivanchuk. In the women's tournament WGM Ekaterina Atalik, who plays for Turkey, delighted her hosts by taking the title.
Report and games.
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The Velimirovic Correspondence Chess Attack
16.04.2006
– The realm of postcard and email chess tends to be wrongly neglected –
it is a treasure trove of great, theoretically significant games. Our Playchess
lecturer Dennis Monokroussos shows us a spectacular example. It's for people who love
sharp openings and wild tactics.
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