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Karpov to Ilyumzhinov: 'Show me the documents'
04.07.2010
– A month ago Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov revealed
that he was suing his challenger for the FIDE Presidency for libel. Now the
Karpov campaign is threatening legal action if FIDE does not submit the Ilyumzhinov
ticket's documents for examination ("by close of business on Tuesday, July
6th"). It looks as though the campaign for FIDE president may be
headed to a courtroom soon.
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Jermuk GP: Dzagnidze wins again, 2948 performance
03.07.2010
– GM Nana Dzagnidze has done it yet again: she beat her main rival Lilit Mkrtchian, with the black pieces, to maintain her 1.5 point lead, now ahead of Tatiana Kosentseva. Meanwhile an eerie silence has descended over Europe. The streets are empty. Everybody watching round nine in Jermuk? No, the football World Cup in South Africa. We have a 2024 star and
some soccer jests.
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Magnus' mighty rooks
03.07.2010
– In the Kings Tournament Magnus Carlsen was
once more very convincing, winning majestically with a lead of two points. The position Carlsen- Radjabov is taken
from their seventh round game. In this ending, Black, whose move it is, has to
be very careful about the safety of his king, because Carlsen's rooks
occupy threatening posts. At the same time the final black pawn is under
attack and the question is whether it should be defended with 45...Rg4 or
45...Ra2. Which of these two moves would you recommend Black to play? Analysis by GM Karsten Müller on
ChessBase Magazine Online.
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Jermuk GP: Dzagnidze leads with a 2923 performance
02.07.2010
– 23-year-old Nana Dzagnidze is unstoppable. In round seven of the Women's Grand Prix she won her sixth game, the fourth full point in succession. Her 6.5/7 score in this event would be normal for a player rated 2923. The Georgian GM now leads with 1.5 points (ahead of Mkrtchian and Kosintseva). We bring you games, results and beautiful free day
pictures by Arman Karakhanyan.
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Five-star chess tournament in Marrakech
02.07.2010
– The 1st International Tournament of Marrakech took place from June 25th to July 1st, and with a generous prize-fund, held in a five-star hotel, 140 players came from 25 countries to enjoy chess in utopic conditions. GM Andrei Shchekachev took home 4000 Euros after edging GM Georg Meier by tiebreak.
Complete illustrated report.
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FIDE ratings July 2010: Carlsen with record 2826
01.07.2010
– Magnus Carlsen, 19-year-old GM from Norway has gained 13 points and is now 23 points ahead of the field. Topalov, Anand, Kramnik and Aronian occupy the next four places. Only one player in history has ever been rated higher than Magnus: Garry Kasparov, who peaked at 2851 exactly eleven years ago. We bring you a historical list of top ratings together with the
July 2010 FIDE lists.
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Dzagnidze extends her leads in Jermuk
01.07.2010
– Georgian GM Nana Dzagnidze, 23 years old, has won three games in succession and now leads the field in the Women Grand Prix by a full point. Lilit Mrktchian of Armenia has taken second place, previously occupied by Tatiana Kosintseva. After losing her first two games top seed Hou Yifan has scored 3.5/4 to edge her way towards the top. The Chinese GM has
a magic potion.
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1st Danzhou Hainan Tournament 2010
01.07.2010
– In an example of the growing chess community in China, the 1st Danzhou Tournament was held in the city Danzhou, in Hainan province, China. The all-grandmaster event brought in a mix of top talent ranging from the experienced pros to the budding stars. Top pro Bu Xiangzhi outlasted his competition to take it by tie-break with 6.0/9 over Li Chao. 18-year-old Ding Liren
came in third.
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Karpov Announces FIDE Presidential Ticket
30.06.2010
– Three weeks ago we
reported on the electoral ticket of the FIDE President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov. Today we received
details on challenger Anatoly Karpov's ticket. "I think everyone will agree
that we have put together a very talented team," he wrote. In fact the
paperwork was submitted to the Athens office of FIDE by what must be the
strongest courier in chess history.
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Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (42)
30.06.2010
– Shockingly, there are chess writers and publishers who copy the work of others. As the Editor of Chess Notes shows, the copying may include large-scale reproduction of positions, plagiarism of text and, even, removing the real author’s name and putting someone else’s. Readers may have to rub their eyes, but in our beloved chess world all this
has really happened.
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Learning by viewing
30.06.2010
– Nigel Short's new DVD "Greatest Hits vol. 2" like his first
one is far more than a mere playback of the best games of his career. Other than
with classical opening or middlegame DVDs you will learn new strategies and
motifs en passant because it is "both instruction and fun", as Michael
Jeffrey put it in his review.
Buy Greatest Hits
vol. 2 now or read
more.
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Candidates for the forthcoming FIDE elections
29.06.2010
– The applications had to be in by June 28th, and two candidates met the deadline: the incumbent FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, nominated by Russia, Argentina and Mexico; and challenger Anatoly Karpov, nominated by France, Germany and Switzerland. On Tuesday FIDE published the list of candidates for Continental Presidents as well.
Announcement.
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