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Gelfand wins in Round 1 of FIDE Grand Prix in Paris

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Sunday, 22 September 2013

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Boris Gelfand (in the center) was the only winner in R1
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Round 1 results:

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

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 September 2013 )

Capablanca's Final Advice

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Sunday, 22 September 2013
By GM Kevin Spraggett Kevin's blog (parental advisory) Capablanca’s ”My Chess Career” was written in English and published shortly before the Cuban won the world title against Lasker in (1921). I read the book while in high school back in Montreal. Capablanca intended the book as a sort of manual on chess and its fundamental principles. Those were the good old days when there were no computer engines and every chess player had to rely on his own brain to do his own thinking…those were the days when a bit of sound advice could go a long way. Comments (1)
Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 September 2013 )
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Chess Tactics

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Saturday, 21 September 2013
Alekseev (2710) - Krush (2489), 2013 White to move Move 11. The game is basically over. Why? Solution Comments (2)
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FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Tashkent, Round 4

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Saturday, 21 September 2013

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Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) and Olga Girya won their R4 games
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Round 4 results:

12	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495	1 - 0	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514	8
9	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307	½ - ½	GM	Zhao Xue	2579	7
10	WGM	Girya Olga	2439	1 - 0	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293	6
11	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535	½ - ½	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475	5
1	GM	Danielian Elina	2470	½ - ½	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496	4
2	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	½ - ½	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532	3

Current standings:
1. Koneru - 3.5/4
2. Dronavalli - 3
3-4. Lagno, Zhao Xue - 2.5
5-8. Girya, Ju Wenjun, Khotenashvili , Stefanova - 2
9. Kosteniuk - 1.5
10-12. Danielian, Muminova, Nakhbayeva -1

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 September 2013 )

Chinese Wall

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Saturday, 21 September 2013
By WGM Irina Bulmaga September 19 Seven rounds have already passed and we have a free day tomorrow. The tournament is very tough- as I expected. I've got 6p/7- a nice score, though the real fight is still to come. The distance is very long- 13 rounds- anything can happen. I am happy with my games so far and I hope to keep playing decent chess. Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 September 2013 )
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Chess Tactics

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Friday, 20 September 2013
Naiditsch (2710) - Stevic (2626), 2013 White to move What is the best continuation for White? Comments (6)
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Humpy Koneru is leading FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent

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Friday, 20 September 2013

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Humpy Koneru
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Round 3 results (all the games were decisive!):

GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	1 - 0	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495
GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532	1 - 0	GM	Danielian Elina	2470
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496	0 - 1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535
GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475	1 - 0	WGM	Girya Olga	2439
WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293	1 - 0	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307
GM	Zhao Xue	2579	0 - 1	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514

Current standings:
1. Koneru - 3/3
2. Dronavalli - 2.5
3-5. Khotenashvili, Lagno, Zhao Xue - 2
6-7. Ju Wenjun, Stefanova - 1.5
8-9. Girya, Muminova -1
10-12. Danielian, Kosteniuk, Nakhbayeva - 0.5

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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 September 2013 )

Magnus Carlsen Interviewed by Chess TV

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Friday, 20 September 2013
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Hou Yifan Regained Women's World Chess Champion Title

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Friday, 20 September 2013
Hou Yifan, China, 19, has become Women's World Chess Champion again! Photo from the official website Hou Yifan demolished Anna Ushenina in the World Women’s Chess Championship match in just 7 games instead of the scheduled 10: 4 victories, 3 draws. Poor calculation, getting into time trouble in most of the games, losing control over her nerves – the Ukrainian GM was far from the merciless cold-blooded shape which she had during the last year’s knock-out event. Thus, Hou Yifan became the 3rd woman in the history of the game to regain her WWCC title (after Elisabeth Bykova and Xie Jun). Congratulations! As far as we understand, she will be keeping the crown at least until next year's knock-out event. In terms of ratings, Hou Yifan will be up to 2621 FIDE, while Anna Ushenina has been knocked out of the 2500-club. Hou Yifan will receive a prize of ˆ114,000 for winning the event, while Anna will get ˆ76,000 for being runner-up and ˆ10,000 (5% of the total prize fund) for agreeing to play in China. Hence, as you can see, the women's prizes in the WC matches are still about 10 times lower than in the men's clashes. View all the games of the match Expert predictions Women's live chess ratings Comments (6)
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 September 2013 )

Is Being a Chess Pro Worth It?

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Friday, 20 September 2013
By GM Daniel Gormally I once taught in a primary school in London, back in the days when I used to do a lot of coaching. There wasn't a lot of kids in this class. Maybe 6/7. One of the kids could get a bit rowdy, although he was one of the better ones in there. When he'd get a bit out of hand, I'd say something like "if you pay attention, you can be a chess professional like me one day." Half-jokingly. He'd reply with utter conviction, "but I don't want to be a chess professional!" Looking back, I'm starting to see he might have had a point. Comments (10)
Last Updated ( Monday, 23 September 2013 )
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