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Chess Tactics
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Ribli (2584) - Spoelman (2578), 2013
White to move

White, an experienced GM, played Bh7. How would you assess this move?

a) White wins material and has a better position
b) Black has a counter-attack. The position is rather balanced
c) Bh7 is a blunder. Black is winning
d) None of the above

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Svidler & Gunina win Russian Superfinal
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Monday, 14 October 2013

Left to right: Peter Svidler (gold), Ian Nepomniatchi (silver), Nikita Vitiugov (bronze)
Photo: Russiachess.org

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Vladimir Kramnik, who hasn't yet won a single Russian Superfinal medal in his career, had a highly unfortunate day: by losing to Ian Nepomniatchi he ended up at the 4th place.  Bronze went to Nikita Vitiugov, who defeated last year's winner Dmitry Andreikin and had a better tie-breaker than the ex-World Chess Champion.

Peter Svidler claimed his 7th Russian Champion title after winning a rapid play-off (1-0, 1/2-1/2 - Black agreed to a draw in a commanding position) against Ian Nepomniatchi.

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Final standings in the men's tournament:

1. Peter Svidler (2740) - 6.5/9
2. Ian Nepomniatchi (2702) - 6.5
3. Nikita Vitiugov (2729) - 5.5
4. Vladimir Kramnik (2796) - 5.5
5. Dmitry Andreikin (2706) - 5
6.Sergey  Karjakin (2762) - 4.5
7. Ernesto Inarkiev  (2695) - 4.5
8. Alexey Goganov (2575) - 3.5
9. Alexander Motylev (2676) - 2.5
10. Anton Shomoev (2579) - 1

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The England Chess Team & Jack Wilshire
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Monday, 14 October 2013
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By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2504

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It's good news that the England chess team for the European team championships, will be the strongest we've had for a while.

With Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke Mcshane, David Howell and Gawain Jones all taking part, it's the first time for a while, that there are no weak points in the team.

Incidentally the two times I played for England, once in the European championships in Gothenberg, which was a total success, and the other time (and likely to be the last I'm afraid) in Turin, which by contrast was a total disaster both from the playing and personal perspective, teams actually had six players (four boards and two reserves).

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Chess Tactics
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Sunday, 13 October 2013
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Cheparinov (2672) - Salgado (2614), 2013
White to move

How does White develop the attack?

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Russian Superfinal, Round 8
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Sunday, 13 October 2013

The heavyweight match between Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin ended in a draw
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Round 8 results:

Andreikin (2706) - Inarkiev (2695) 1/2-1/2
Kramnik (2796) - Karjakin (2762) 1/2-1/2
Svidler (2740) - Vitiugov (2729) 1/2-1/2
Shomoev (2579) - Nepomniatchi (2702) 0-1
Goganov (2575) - Motylev (2676) 1-0

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Current tournament standings:
1. Svidler - 6/8
2-3. Kramnik, Nepomniatchi - 5.5
4. Andreikin- 5
5. Vitiugov - 4.5
6. Karjakin - 4
7-8. Goganov, Inarkiev - 3.5
9. Motylev - 1.5
10. Shomoev - 1

Final round pairings:

Motylev - Shomoev
Inarkiev - Goganov
Vitiugov - Andreikin
Karjakin - Svidler
Nepomniatchi - Kramnik

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How studying chess excessively is like trying to get laid
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Sunday, 13 October 2013

By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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 After having blitzed for a couple of hours I got disgusted with the quality of my play and started pondering why I am still not a FIDE master.


A funny thought occurred to me: studying chess obsessively is just like trying to get laid. Did you get the analogy?

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Russian Superfinal, Round 7
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Saturday, 12 October 2013

Goganov defeated Shomoev in R7, while the other games were drawn. One can either say that the top standings haven't changed, or that Peter Svidler is one step closer to victory. Photo: Russiachess.org

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Round 7 result:

Karjakin (2762) - Nepomniatchi (2702) 1/2-1/2
Vitiugov (2729) - Kramnik (2796) 1/2-1/2
Inarkiev (2695) - Svidler (2740) 1/2-1/2
Motylev (2676) - Andreikin (2706) 1/2-1/2
Goganov (2575) - Shomoev (2579) 1-0

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Current tournament standings:
1. Svidler - 5.5/7
2. Kramnik - 5
3-4. Andreikin, Nepomniatchi - 4.5
5. Vitiugov - 4
6. Karjakin - 3.5
7. Inarkiev - 3
8. Goganov - 2.5
9. Motylev - 1.5
10. Shomoev - 1

Women's Superfinal:

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Chess Tactics
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Matlakov (2682) - Eljanov (2729), 2013
Black to move

Can you find Black's spectacular combination?

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GM Ivanchuk - GM Grischuk annotated by GM Naiditsch
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Friday, 11 October 2013

By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, FIDE 2724

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We will see a strange game where White very quickly got into trouble and finally lost the game to a beautiful regrouping of the black pieces.

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Russian Superfinal, Round 6
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Friday, 11 October 2013

4 minutes to go
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 Round 6 results in the men's section (all decisive!):

Shomoev (2579) - Karjakin (2762) 0-1
Nepomniatchi (2702) - Vitiugov (2729) 1-0
Kramnik (2796) - Inarkiev (2695) 1-0
Svidler (2740) - Motylev (2676) 1-0
Andreikin (2706) - Goganov (2575) 1-0

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Current tournament standings:
1. Svidler - 5/6
2. Kramnik - 4.5
3-4. Andreikin, Nepomniatchi - 4
5. Vitiugov - 3.5
6. Karjakin - 3
7. Inarkiev - 2.5
8. Goganov - 1.5
9-10. Motylev, Shomoev - 1

Women's Superfinal:

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