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Sergey Karjakin has a new sponsor (Alpari) and a new personal website
Sergey Karjakin: I can finally tell you about my main sponsor Alpari at sergey-karyakin.com
An unexpected tactical bite? Kasparov was cleared of charges Laios Portisch had 20 Chess Olympiad appearances; Eugenio Torre breaks the record How high were the stakes? Universal cure Anticipating the Chess Olympiad
Berik Balgabaev: Tomorrow the 40th World Chess Olympiad begins. 158 national federations are participating! The 83rd FIDE Congress will also take place there.
Congrats to the veterans! Oops, I did it again Man-up!
Results of the Junior European Chess Championship
Chess News: All the results of the Junior European Championship: eycc2012.eu
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Burper the brewer had just received an order for three barrels of beer, containing 16 litres, 10 litres, and 7 litres. Now he had the correct total quantity in three equal-sized barrels, however, the barrels were all half full. His problem was to produce the correct quantities in each barrel. To help him he had three measuring jugs having capacity three litres, two litres and one litre. Since Burper was clearly in a fix, he telephoned his mother on her cellphone who gave the following advice. Each measuring jug must be used once only to transfer a full jug of beer from one barrel to another. Furthermore, each barrel must be involved in at least two transfer operations so that on each occasion, there is either a gain or loss of beer. What operations are required?
A rare photo: Kramnik seems to be small Photo: klitschko.com
The Russian Chess Federation has very strict regulations regarding attending the training sessions before the Chess Olympiad. All the members of the men's and the women's team must be present. The only notable exception is the Russian #1 player, ex-World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik. He is in Austria, where he played a friendly game against his long-time friend, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. As far as we could understand, Vladimir offered a draw to his mighty opponent instead of checkmating him. Let's hope he won't be so gracious during the Olympiad! The event made Sergey Karjakin joke in an interview to the RCF website: "Maybe Vladimir is preparing for chess-boxing!".
Photo from the Kramnik-Leko WCC match in year 2004
Both Klitschko brothers have PhDs and generally like to associate themselves with intellectual activities, specifically, with playing chess
The main Russian chess event of the year started on August 2nd in Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel in Moscow. 10 male and 10 female chess players were to compete for the title of the Russian Chess Champion. In each section, the contestants were: three medalists from last years Superfinal, two by highest rating, five qualifiers from the Top League. For me it was my 7th Superfinal. Until this year my best result was tying for first in 2010 (I got the silver medal after a rapid two-game tie-break). As compared to the 2011 lineup, the Kosintseva sisters were back, but Alexandra Kosteniuk was absent.
Heres the result of the computer-generated tournament table (normally the participants used to draw the lots themselves, but this year for some unknown reason the procedure was modified): 1. Charochkina, 2353 2. Ovod, 2419 3. Pogonina, 2448 4. Galliamova, 2465 5. Girya, 2433 6. N. Kosintseva, 2524 7.Kovanova, 2408 8. Ubiennykh, 2367 9. T. Kosintseva, 2530 10. Gunina, 2507. Hence, I was to play 5 games as White and 4 as Black. In top-level mens chess an extra White is considered to be an advantage, so most people prefer to end up in the first half of the tournament table. In womens chess, however, the importance is milder. For example, I scored 3.5/4 with Black, which made some analysts make witty observations that I had a Black strategy for this tournament.
Here is a more detailed preview mens tournament; my previous results prizes, etc.
In the first round I missed a promising chance to win:
Round 2 was pleasant for me because I finally managed to defeat Tanya Kosintseva, my long-time nemesis:
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Sensational news about a chess legend
Alexander Ipatov is the new World Junior Chess Champion
Garry Kasparov detained and beaten by the police; accused of biting a policeman Quote of the week The Russian Women's Chess Champion interviewed by Chessdom
A taste of things to come? US Chess Champion earning his respect on the streets the hard way The World Mind Sports Games will be held later this year
Alexandra Kosteniuk: Vestu.ru: Chess: The Russian grandmasters will take part in the Mind Sports Games.
RIP Svetozar Gligoric Morozevich, Gashimov and also Korchnoi won't be able to attend the Chess Olympiaddue to health problems
Chess News: Another loss for the Olympiad: Viktor Korchnoi won't be able to play.
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Michael Phelps, a legendary swimmer from the USA, won 22 Olympic medals. By doing so, he broke a record that was held for an amazing 48 years by Larisa Latynina, a renowned Russian gymnast, winner of 18 Olympic medals. Interestingly enough, on the Louis Vuitton poster they are pictured drinking coffee and discussing a chess game. The slogan is "Two extraordinary journeys. Just one way to get there".
Boris Spassky says he had to escape from the hospital in France to avoid dying
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Friday, 17 August 2012
In a shocking interview for one of the leading Russian magazines "Komsomolskaya Pravda", Boris Spassky mentioned that he was mistreated in a French hospital after being diagnosed with a stroke in September 2010. The ex-World Champion says that for some reason he was given soporifics all the time and isolated from any communication means - no phone calls, no Internet, nothing. He had numerous ulcers on his body from the pharmacology and thinks that it is not a coincidence.
When he requested to be transferred to Russia, everyone was reluctant. The grandmaster claims he was on the verge of dying due to this pseudo-treatment and luckily escaped to Russia with the help of his friends. When asked about the motives of the people who did that to him in the hospital, Boris said that, while he is not a rich man, maybe they were interested in his money in the case of his death.
As of now, Boris Spassky is planning to continue his treatment in a Russian hospital and to work on his memoirs called "My Chess Way".
Garry Kasparov reportedly detained and beaten by the police
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Friday, 17 August 2012
RusNovosti.ru (translated by Pogonina.com):
Yes, I was detained, and in a bandit's fashion. They assaulted me without saying anything, grabbed me and dragged me over to the bus. When I tried to escape, one of them gave me a targeted kick in the groin. Inside of the vehicle they started twisting out my legs and hands. Summarizing, I got beaten. I and six other people are in OVD Khamovnicheskii now (one of the Moscow police departments - Pogonina.com), says Kasparov.
Interfax also reported that Garry Kasparov had bitten a police officer, who is now trying to get his injury officially registered. Update: the latest information is that the fact has been confirmed in a medical institution. Now the materials will be passed to the prosecutor's office for Kasparov's actions to be classified.
Photo of the policeman's hand
Kommersant FM 93.6: Garry Kasparov categorically refuted the information about him having bitten a policeman
"I want to see that warrant officer. Saying that I had bitten someone is horseshit. Of course, I tried to buck like I could, but my teeth were tightly closed" - says Kasparov. "Maybe he got bitten by a police dog? Then let them have an examination" - suggested he.
Dmitry Ragozin, Russian Vice-Prime Minister: "Kasparov had bitten a policeman (link). I would have to ask the Head of the Office of Internal Affairs to vaccinize the victim against rabies"
