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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won Biel-2013

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Friday, 02 August 2013
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the 1st place In the semi-final of the playoffs Alexander Moiseenko defeated Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave prevailed over Ding Liren. The French GM went on to win the final match. Hence, the final standings is as follows: 1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2. Alexander Moiseenko 3. Etienne Bacrot 4. Ding Liren 5. Ian Nepomniatchi 6. Richard Rapport View all the games Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Friday, 02 August 2013 )

Thinking in Schemes

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Friday, 02 August 2013
By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA A good approach to strategic endgames is to first think schematically and only then specifically. In such endgames, you should try to consider what you are ideally want to achieve in broad terms and only then move on to calculating specific moves. Be first to comment this article
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Chess Tactics

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Thursday, 01 August 2013
Kramnik (2784) - Fridman (2629), 2013 White to move What would you play in this position? Be first to comment this article
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Hoang Thanh Trang Retains Lead at EIWCC

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Thursday, 01 August 2013
Natalia Pogonina (2478) drew Meri Arabidze (2320) on Board 5 Hoang Thanh Trang (2467) is still leading EIWCC by half a point with two more rounds to go. Replay the games View the key results: Be first to comment this article
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Kramnik & Adams Unstoppable at Dortmund

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Thursday, 01 August 2013
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Daniel Fridman Photo from the official website Vladimir Kramnik employed a brave exchange sacrifice against Daniel Fridman and succeeded in outplaying his opponent. Arkadij Naiditsch self-destructed as White against Michael Adams. Georg Meier made a short draw with Dmitry Andreikin. Igor Khenkin came close to beating Fabiano Caruana, but didn't convert his advantage. Similarly, Peter Leko had a very promising position in the middlegame against Wang Hao, but the game ended in a draw. View the games Standings and odds for Round 7 (August 1, 15:00 local time): Be first to comment this article
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Vachier-Lagrave, Moiseenko, Bacrot and Ding Liren are heading for play-off at Biel

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Thursday, 01 August 2013

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave didn't convert a couple of promising positions, but still managed to share 1st place

The 10th round turned out to be truly dramatic: Maxim Vachier-Lagrave had Ding Liren under pressure most of the time, but at some points it seemed like a draw was inevitable. Nevertheless, the #1 French player won and tied his opponent, Alexander Moiseenko and Bacrot Fressinet for first place.

Etienne Bacrot	-	Alexander Moiseenko	½ - ½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	-	Ding Liren	1 - 0
Ian Nepomniachtchi	-	Richard Rapport	½ - ½

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According to the Regulations:

If four players finish with the same amount of points after the last round, there will be semi-finals in blitz (two games with 5’+2’’; if 1-1, one Armageddon game). The semi-finals will be Player 1- Player 4 and Player 2- Player 3 (according to Sonnenborn-Berger), with 1 and 2 having the priority to choose the colour. Then, the winners make the final, according to Point 2 (rapid and if necessary blitz games):

The tie-break: two rapid games with 15 minutes, with increase of 10’’/move. If 1-1, two games with 5’+2”. If again 1-1, one Armageddon game with 5’ for white (has to win) and 4’ for black

Standings after R10:

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 August 2013 )

Ghent and now the British!

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Thursday, 01 August 2013
by GM Danny Gormally I just finished playing a tournament in the lovely Belgian city of Ghent, which is part of the famous festival there which takes place over ten days, and attracts around two million people. Comments (2)
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FIDE August 2013 Rating List

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Thursday, 01 August 2013
46 active players have a rating of 2700+. Alexander Grischuk, Shahriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Ding Liren and Wesley So have broken their personal records this month. Notably, Alexander is now rated 2785, which is also known as "Fischer's record". Updated list of all-time rating records Be first to comment this article
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Hoang Thanh Trang is in sole lead at European Women's Chess Championship

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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Natalia Pogonina (2478) drew the #1 seed of the tournament Anna Muzychuk (2594) on Board 2 Hoang Thanh Trang (2467) managed to beat Valentina Gunina (2507) as Black and grab lead at the EIWCC. With three rounds to go, she is one of the main favorites to win the event. Replay the games View the key results: Be first to comment this article
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Ding Liren is leading Biel going into the final round

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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

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Ding Liren is leading Biel by just one point. Etienne Bacrot and Alexander Moiseenko are now also in contention for 1st place. Everything will be decided in the ultimate round.

Richard Rapport	-	Etienne Bacrot	½ - ½
Ding Liren	-	Ian Nepomniachtchi	½ - ½
Alexander Moiseenko	-	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1 - 0

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Standings & odds for Round 10 (August 1, 14:00 local time):

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 July 2013 )