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News

FIDE September 2013 Rating List

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Saturday, 31 August 2013


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There are 48 players in the world rated 2700+ and 11 more in the 2690-2699 range. Michael Adams (2761), Ding Liren (2722), Pentala Harikrishna (2709) have broken their personal records.

Updated list of all-time rating records

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Russia vs. the World

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Friday, 30 August 2013
In 1970 the USSR defeated the World with a 20.5-19.5 score.
In 1984 the USSR won 21-19.
In 2002 Russia suffered a shocking defeat due to its very top players being in a terrible shape: 48-52.
You can learn more about the history of the event on Wikipedia.

How would Russia vs. the rest of the World match-up look today? For the sake of fairness, ex-USSR (or Russian) players are not listed on the World team:

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12 boards, 2 games (White and Black) each. What do you think would be the score? Would you be interested in such a match?

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Greatest Female Chess Players. Maia Chiburdanidze

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By International Master Alexander Gelman

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Pogonina.com & IM Alexander Gelman are producing a special series of videos dedicated to the highest-rated women in the history of chess. Episode 11 features a legendary Soviet (Georgian) Women's World Chess Champion - Maia Chiburdanidze.

Previous episodes:
Zhao Xue
Nana Dzagnidze
Xie Jun
Nadezhda Kosintseva
Susan Polgar
Tatiana Kosintseva
Anna Muzychuk

Koneru Humpy
Hou Yifan
Judit Polgar

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World Cup Final Preview

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By GM Daniel Gormally

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Ok, the World Cup in Tromso is finally coming to a conclusion with the final to take place tomorrow between Vladimir Kramnik and Dimitry Andrekin. Here's my preview:

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Ivanchuk-Kramnik annotated by Chess Evolution

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(15) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2731) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2784) [D37]

FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (4.1), 20.08.2013

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31.fxe5
The position looks like it is close to being equal, but Black still has some practical chances. The question is, how to make use of it?! Kramnik will show us how to push your opponent to the limit!

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Missed Chess Tactics

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Cheparinov (2678) - Laznicka (2677), 2013
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This game has been played today at the Poikovsky tournament and ended in a draw. Can you suggest a winning line for Black?

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FIDE World Chess Cup: Root for Your Country!

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There will be just one winner standing in the end, but so far most of us can root for our favorite players and our countries. The table will be updated regularly:

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1/64-final

1/32-final

1/16-final

1/8-final

¼-final

½-final

Final

Russia 25

 

16

 11

 6

 4

 Kramnik, Tomashevsky,
Andreikin

 Kramnik
Andreikin

Ukraine  - 11

 

7

 6

 2

 Korobov

 -

 

USA - 9

4

 2

 2

 Kamsky

 -

 

China - 8

4

 Wei Yi

 -

 

 

 

Armenia - 4

Aronian

 Aronian

 -

 

 

 

Azerbaijan - 4

3

 2

 Mamedyarov

 -

 

 

France - 4

3

 Vachier-Lagrave

 Vachier-Lagrave

 Vachier-Lagrave

 Vachier-Lagrave

 

India - 4

2

 Adhiban

 -

 

 

 

Egypt - 4

-

 

 

 

 

 

Norway - 4

Hammer

 Hammer

 -

 

 

 

Poland 3

 

Swiercz

 -

 

 

 

 

Cuba - 3

3

 Dominguez

 -

 

 

 

Philippines - 3

So

 -

 

 

 

 

Peru - 3

Granda Zuniga

 Granda Zuniga

 Granda Zuniga

 -

 

 

Argentina - 3 Felgaer  -        

Italy - 2

Caruana

 Caruana

 Caruana

 Caruana

 -

 

Israel - 2

Gelfand

 Gelfand

 Gelfand

 -

 

 

Hungary - 2

Leko

 -

 

 

 

 

England - 2

Adams

 -

 

 

 

 

Netherlands - 2

Giri

 Giri

 -

 

 

 

Czech Republic -2

Navara

 -

 

 

 

 

Vietnam - 2

2

 Quang Liem

 Quang Liem

 -

 

 

Canada - 2

-

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil - 2

2

 -

 

 

 

 

Turkey - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Latvia - 1

Shirov

 -

 

 

 

 

Moldova - 1

Bologan

 -

 

 

 

 

Spain - 1

Vallejo Pons

 -

 

 

 

 

Georgia - 1

Jobava

 -

 

 

 

 

Slovenia - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Romania -1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Austria - 1

Ragger

 -

 

 

 

 

Venezuela - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Belarus -          

UAE - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Australia - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Iran - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Uzbekistan - 1

Filippov

 -

 

 

 

 

Kyrgyzstan - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Morocco - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 

Zambia - 1

-

 

 

 

 

 


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Patterns & Biases

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By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA

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How does the chess mind work? How do chess players spot strong and surprising moves and why do oversights and mistakes happen?

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Blitz Chess Tactics

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Black  to move


What is the best way to finish the game in Black's favor?

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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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In this special weekly column we are reviewing 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.

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