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ChessBase Magazine 115: Elista spectacularly revisited
11.12.2006
– The new issue, now being delivered, contains an incredible 16-part video wrap-up
of the Elista world championship by Yasser Seirawan. In addition GM Mihail
Marin provides indepth analysis of all the games. CBM 112 the magazine also
has special training sections, with the latest theory articles, tactics, strategy,
endgames, – all by great teacher and analysts. Order
now or find out more.
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Bilbao blindfold: Topalov beats Polgar 3½:2½
11.12.2006
– The six game blindfold rapid chess match between Veselin Topalov and Judit Polgar ended in victory for the former FIDE world champion, who won two games to Polgar's one. The rate of play was 25' + 10", the venue a theatre in the famous Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao.
Final report.
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The passing of David Bronstein
11.12.2006
– He was one of the greatest players of the middle third of the 20th century,
who consistently produced beautiful games for many decades, contributed mightily
to the theory of ancient, classical and trendy new openings alike. This week
and the next our Playchess lecturer
Dennis Monokroussos commemorates the
life and works of David Bronstein.
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Nigel Short wins Commonwealth Championship
10.12.2006
– For the second time. With an incredible 9/10 score in a strong field of 170 players, consisting of 12 GMs, 8 WGMs and more than 25 IMs/IWMs. So we must admit there is still a lot of milage left in British GM Nigel Short, who is also the President of the Commonwealth Chess Association. From the Championship in Mumbai, India, we bring you a
giant pictorial report.
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FIDE's new world championship format
09.12.2006
– Since 1998 the FIDE world championship has been a 128-player knockout event, which never really found acceptance amongst chess players and fans. In 2005 the format was changed to an eight-player double round robin, with the knockout transforming into a "World Cup". Now FIDE has tabled a plan to merge the two.
Interesting proposal.
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Russian Super Final under way
09.12.2006
– The Russian Championship Super Final is taking place from December 3rd to 15th 2006 in Moscow. After five rounds Dmitrij Jakovenko is in the lead, with 3.5 points. He is followed by six players with 3.0 points each, amongst them top seed Peter Svidler and 16-year-old Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Games, results and pictures.
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Ivancuk wins Capablanca Memorial
08.12.2006
– The XLI Capablanca Memorial took place as a six-player double round robin category 17 tournament in the hotel Habana Riviera, Cuba. Top seeds were Vassily Ivanchuk and Evgeny Bareev, who dutifully finished first and second. The three Cuban participants landed at the bottom of the table.
Games and results.
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Bilbao blindfold: Topalov vs Polgar 1½:½
08.12.2006
– The six game blindfold rapid chess match between former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov and the world's top female player Judit Polgar. The games are played at a speed of 25' + 10", with the rounds starting at 5:30 p.m. local time. The location is the Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao.
First round report.
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David Bronstein dies at 82
07.12.2006
– He came within one draw of becoming world champion, and was one of the strongest players in history to not win the title. David Ionovich Bronstein was a remarkable creative genius and a master of scintillating tactics that enthralled the chess world for many decades. He died on Tuesday in Minsk, in the arms of his wife Tatiana. Looking back,
with a video tribute by Yasser Seirawan.
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Kramnik vs Deep Fritz: Computer wins match by 4:2
05.12.2006
– World champion Vladimir Kramnik played a very spirited final game in his match
against Deep
Fritz in Bonn, Germany. It was a very double-edged encounter, with
the computer playing some highly unusual and deep ideas to gain the upper hand and
win the game on move 47. The final score was 4:2.
Annotated game and big photo report.
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Meanwhile in Florence: Radjabov vs Deep Junior
05.12.2006
– With the eyes of the world trained on the national Art Gallery in Bonn and
the match Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, the Festival della Creativita in Florence,
Italy, staged a rapid chess game
between GM Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and the Israeli program Deep Junior,
which you can buy in the ChessBase
Shop. The former annotated the game for us.
Guess who won.
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Ludwig – a synthesis of chess and music
04.12.2006
– Do chess and music have anything in common? Can Fritz compose musical arrangements? The surprising answer to these questions is "yes!" This was driven home by Matthias Wüllenweber of ChessBase in a remarkable lecture held in the National Art Gallery in Bonn, where he introduced our latest software development: Ludwig.
Da-da-da-daaa!
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