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Russian Superfinal, Round 2

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Sunday, 06 October 2013
Ian Nepomniatchi (Russian Superfinal'10 winner) defeated the defending champion Dmitry Andreikin Photo: Russiachess.org Round 2 results in the men's section: Shomoev (2579) - Inarkiev (2695) 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov (2729) - Motylev (2676) 1-0 Karjakin (2762) - Goganov (2575) 1/2-1/2 Nepomniatchi (2702) - Andreikin (2706) - 1-0 Kramnik (2796) - Svidler (2740) 1/2-1/2 View the games Women's Superfinal: Comments (2)
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Sunday Puzzle-54

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Sunday, 06 October 2013
Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert Check out his new book "Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities" on Amazon Colored Order Bigmouth Bertha had been given a bag of gobstoppers by her mother to stop her wittering. The bag contained nine colored sweets: three red, three yellow and three green. Bertha removed three sweets from the bag, one at a time. Her brother, Boring Bernard, who was a collector of insignificant detail, noted the following four facts in his diary. (a) A yellow sweet was not taken out later than a green one and vice-versa. (b) Only if a yellow was removed later than a red one was a green taken earlier than a red. (c) A green was not taken earlier than a red and vice-versa. (d) The first colour was different from both the second and third colours. What were the three colors in order of removal? Related reading: Comments (2)
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Rain. Wind. Cold

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Sunday, 06 October 2013
By WGM Irina Bulmaga October 2 Autumn has come very unexpectedly this year- from the more or less sunny Turkey to the very rainy and windy Moldova. It is the kind of weather when one doesn't want to do anything but staying under a blanket with a cup of hot tea in one hand and with an interesting book in the other one. Actually- I like this weather and it goes very well with the way I feel now, so I can't complain too much Be first to comment this article
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Russian Superfinal, Round 1

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Sunday, 06 October 2013
Vladimir Kramnik gambled against Anton Shomoev and was down a rook for two pawns at some point Photo: Russiachess.org All the games in the men's tournament were decisive: Kramnik (2796) - Shomoev (2579) 1-0 Svidler (2740) - Nepomniatchi (2702) 1-0 Andreikin (2706) - Karjakin (2762) 1-0 Goganov (2575) - Vitiugov (2729) 0-1 Motylev (2676) - Inarkiev (2695) 0-1 View the games Women's results: Comments (1)
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Caruana & Gelfand win Paris Grand Prix

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Friday, 04 October 2013

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Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand shared 1st place at FIDE Grand Prix in Paris
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Round 11 results:

GM	Wang Hao	2736	½ - ½	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2708
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2723	½ - ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2785
GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2757	½ - ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2779
GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2703	½ - ½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2731
GM	Giri Anish	2737	½ - ½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2772
GM	Gelfand Boris	2764	½ - ½	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2756

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Final standings:
1-2. Caruana, Gelfand - 7/11
3-4. Nakamura, Bacrot - 6.5
5-6. Grischuk, Dominguez - 5.5
7-10. Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Tomashevsky - 5
11. Fressinet - 4.5
12. Giri - 3.5

Results of FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013:

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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 October 2013 )

Time controls, Frank Marshall and Nuremberg 1906

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Friday, 04 October 2013
By GM Kevin Spraggett Kevin's blog (parental advisory) While there is still debate today about the optimum time-control for official FIDE chess tournaments and matches, we take it for granted that there MUST be a time control. However, this was not always the case. The use of time-controls , and especially a chess-timer, was a rather late development in our ancient and noble game. Up until the mid-19th century, players were free to think as long as they wished, and as a result–despite misgivings– the average game could last for hours on end. Comments (1)
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Caruana & Gelfand Grab Lead at FIDE Grand Prix in Paris

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Thursday, 03 October 2013

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Fabiano Caruana was the first person to defeat Evgeny Tomashevsky in Paris
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Round 10 results:

GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2756	½ - ½	GM	Wang Hao	2736
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2708	0 - 1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2723
GM	Grischuk Alexander	2785	½ - ½	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2757
GM	Caruana Fabiano	2779	1 - 0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2703
GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2731	½ - ½	GM	Giri Anish	2737
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2772	0 - 1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2764

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Current standings:
1-2. Caruana, Gelfand - 6.5/10
3-4. Nakamura, Bacrot - 6
5-6. Grischuk, Dominguez - 5
7-10. Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Tomashevsky - 4.5
11. Fressinet - 4
12. Giri - 3

Pairings and odds for the final round:

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 October 2013 )

Russian Superfinal-2013: Preview

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Thursday, 03 October 2013
Venue: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Schedule: October 4-15, rest day on October 10 Format: round robin, 9 rounds Prize fund: appr. $185,000 total and $132k in the men's event ($34k for 1st); $53k in the women's event ($14k for 1st place) Meet the players: Be first to comment this article
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Caruana-Ivanchuk Annotated by GM Naiditsch

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Thursday, 03 October 2013
By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, FIDE 2724 Before the game it was clear that this game was going to be very interesting. Caruana needs to win the Grand Prix to take the qualification place for the Candidates and with Ivanchuk, as we all know all too well, anything can happen. Be first to comment this article
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Chess Tactics

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Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Agdestein (2603) - Adhiban (2587), 2013 White to move A tragicomic endgame where both sides kept making one mistake after another, shifting the evaluation back and forth. For example, here White had a forced win, but went for a drawish continuation instead. Moreover, the position has been repeated 9 moves later. At this point White has found the correct way. What would you play? View the game Comments (1)
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Six Draws in Round 9 of FIDE Grand Prix

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