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Andreikin-Svidler annotated by GM Naiditsch

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Thursday, 05 September 2013
By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, FIDE 2710 Andreikin had an "easy" plan for the World Cup. Make 2 draws in normal chess and then win in rapid or blitz, which has been working just excellently. In 1/4 finals he won a very important and nice game against his countryman Peter Svidler. Let us take a closer look at what happened. Be first to comment this article
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Does Hard Work in Chess Pay Off?

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Wednesday, 04 September 2013
By GM Daniel Gormally I recall once being told by this French guy I knew about a series of Big Brother they had in France. Apparently there was a guy in it who used to sit around sleeping all day, basically he did absolutely nothing. Everyone else on the show was trying really hard to be liked by the viewers, the usual reality T.V. desperation for fame, but he couldn't give a toss. He just stayed in bed. Anyway the upshot of all this was that despite this sloth like inactivity, he ended up winning the show. The reason I relate this story was that it illustrates that doing very little is often perceived as being very cool, whereas working your socks off isn't. But can the same formula be applied to chess? Comments (7)
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Chess Week on Twitter

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Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative chess tweets from last week. A digest of the most important chess news in one short post: Be first to comment this article
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Chess Tactics

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Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Manolache (2503) - Filip (2453), 2013 White to move FEN: 3rr1k1/p5pp/1p3p2/3nb1B1/N7/PP5P/2RR1PP1/6K1 In this position Be3, a clearly unpleasant move to make, was the lesser of two evils. But why not Bh4 (this move was actually played in the game by the GM). Can you find Black's tricky trap? Comments (5)
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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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Tuesday, 03 September 2013
By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com In this special weekly column we are looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary. Comments (2)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 September 2013 )
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Vladimir Kramnik won World Chess Cup

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Monday, 02 September 2013
In an all-Russian final the leader of the national team Vladimir Kramnik defeated the current Russian Champ Dmitry Andreikin 2.5-1.5 and added another prestigious victory to his amazing chess resume. Moreover, the ex-World Chess Champion hasn't lost a single game in any time control at the event! The total prize of the tournament was $1,600,000 with $120,000 ($96,000 net) going to the winner. Vladimir Kramnik and Dmitry Andreikin have earned spots in the next Candidates tournament. Sergey Karjakin has also received such a spot, which has been passed on to him due to Kramnik's double qualification. Congratulations to all the three GMs! Final World Chess Cup table Related materials: Kramnik facts (humor) More Kramnik facts (humor) Kramnik facts-3 Comments (2)
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World Chess Cup LIVE

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Monday, 02 September 2013
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US Champion vs. Russian Champion

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Sunday, 01 September 2013
A clash between two of the world's very best online blitz players - Hikaru Nakamura vs. Dmitry Andreikin! Be first to comment this article
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5-second Tactics

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Sunday, 01 September 2013
By GM Kevin Spraggett Kevin's blog (parental advisory) Time to move! Be first to comment this article
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Sunday Puzzle-51

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Sunday, 01 September 2013

Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert
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Strange Signs

	to A	to B	to C	to D
Sign A	X	20	19	17
Sign B	19	X	18	15
Sign C	19	18	X	20
Sign D	17	19	20	X

The table shows the distances (km) given on signposts at four villages A,B,C,D to their three neighboring villages. For example, at village B the signpost gives a distance of 19 km to village A. Each signpost has exactly three numbers on it. The trouble is, the signposts have been vandalized so that only one sign gives exactly three correct distances, one gives precisely two correct, one has exactly one correct and one has no correct distances. When the signpost is corrected, no distance between two villages is repeated between another pair of villages.

Can you state the number of correct distances on each sign?

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 September 2013 )