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Khotenashvili, Melia, Goryachkina and Gaponenko are leading EIWCC-2013

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Thursday, 25 July 2013
Photo from the official website After a dramatic round 3 only 4 players out of 24 managed to keep a perfect score: Bela Khotenashvili (2512, Georgia), Salome Melia (2428, Georgia), Aleksandra Goryachkina (2401, Russia), Inna Gaponenko (2393, Ukraine). View the games View the key results: Be first to comment this article
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Thursday, 25 July 2013

Ding Liren (featured above) was the only person to win a game on Day 4:

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Standings & odds for Round 5 (July 26, 14:00 local time):

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Thursday, 25 July 2013
by GM Danny Gormally I went down the gym earlier today to try and burn off some calories, picked up during all the drinking and eating I did during the Scottish champs. The gym lights are extremely harsh and I was somewhat disgusted by the sight of this huge gut staring back at me and these unmistakable moobs. Admittedly I've lost quite a lot of weight since last year's nadir, where I was touching 16 stones, but at 14 and a half I'm still about 2 stones heavier than I'd like to be. Ironically I do a lot more exercise than I did when I was in my early twenties, but a slower metabolism rate means I'm nearly five stones heavier than I was then. Comments (1)
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Geller (2549) - Meissner (2285), 2013 White to move White played 28.Na6 here. How would you evaluate this move? Why? Comments (1)
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Photo from the official website The underdogs have put up quite a fight on Day 2. The reigning European Champion Valentina Gunina (2507) blundered a piece against Laura Rogule (2329) and lost. Gulnar Mammadova (2322) defeated ex-Women's Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (2489). 11 more games out of 20 ended in draws: Lagno (2542) - Purtseladze (2349), Gvetadze (2341) - Kosintseva T (2528), Cra mling (2523) - Kashlinskaya (2334), Kochetkova (2328) - Cmilyte (2497), Zhukova (2471) - Galojan (2320), Arabidze (2320) - Hoanh Thanh Trang (2467), Javakhishvili (2465) - Videnova (2301), Tarasova (2300) - Khurtsidze (2443), Bodnaruk (2440) - Molchanova (2296), Sedina (2313) - Mkrtchian (2454), Ozturk (2293) - Socko (2435). Replay the games View the key results: Be first to comment this article
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Just like on Day 1, all the three games were drawn again:

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Odds for Round 4 (July 25, 14:00 local time):

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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA Modern chess differs in many ways from how chess was played just a generation or two ago. The main reason is obviously the influence of computers. Powerful analysis engines allow players to delve much deeper into positions in preparation than in times past. This potentially has serious implications for how to approach the game. Be first to comment this article
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Kosintseva T (2528) - Kaps (2235), 2013 Black to move The task is to find at least two different winning lines for Black. In the game Darja tried to simplify the position and play for a draw, which has predictably led to a loss. Comments (6)
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Photo from the official website The results of Round 1 can hardly be called sensational, although a few upsets have still occurred. Nana Dzagnidze (2558) lost to Sandu Mihaela (2237) & Dina Belenkaya (2191) defeated Elizabeth Paehtz (2454). Abdulla Khalaya (2241) drew Anna Muzychuk (2594), while Lanita Stetsko earned 0.5 points against Mariya Muzychuk (2484). Replay the games View the key results: Be first to comment this article
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
On Day 2 all the three games were very exciting and fighting. Nepomniatchi employed a very rare move (5.h4) in the Gruenfeld against Vachier-Lagrave. The experiment looked successful at first sight, but then Ian lost control over the position and Maxime managed to grind him down in an endgame with an extra pawn. A double-edged King's Indian struggle between Bacrot and Ding Liren ended in the Frenchmen's favor. Richard Rapport had a commanding advantage as White in the Rossolimo, but then he decided to give away a pawn for some reason, and Alexander Moiseenko prevailed. View the games Odds for Round 3 (July 23, 14:00 local time): Be first to comment this article
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