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Alexandra Kosteniuk is the New Swiss Chess Champion
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For the first time in the history of the Swiss Chess Championship the ultimate title went to a woman - ex-Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, who has a dual citizenship (Russian and Swiss) and represents the Russian chess federation.

She earned the title by scoring 6.5/9 in the Swiss open tournament and beating IM Ralph Buss in a play-off with a 2-0 score. Our congratulations!

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As you can see, a few players had better scores, but they aren't Swiss citizens and hence were out of contention for the title of the Swiss Chess Champion. Also, only 1 GM out of the 6 active Swiss GMs took part.

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Help WIM Vesna Rozic Fight Cancer!
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WIM Vesna Rozic (26 y.o.) is one of the strongest Slovenian players and is always among the favorites in beauty contests. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with metastatic peritoneal cancer. You can find more details about the situation in an article by ChessBase.

Please help Vesna by donating and/or sharing the news.

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Tactical Workout
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By GM Kevin Spraggett
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GM Spraggett offers 5 tactical problems from you to solve. All of them come from recently played games.


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Lessons Learnt!
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We congratulate GM Daniel Gormally on having shared first place at the Scottish Chess Championship. What lessons has he learnt along the way?


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What it Feels Like to be a Pawn in Someone's Game
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Chess Tactics
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Sethuraman (2560) - Slingerland (2350), 2013
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Calculation training: try to find two different winning tactical continuations for White.

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Women's European Chess Championship-2013: Preview
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Venue: Belgrade, Serbia
Dates: July 22 - August 4
Format: Swiss, 11 rounds
14 top finishers will qualify for the next Women's World Chess Championship
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34 federations, 137 titled players: 13 GMs, 42 WGMs, 25 IMs, 33 WIMs, 1 FM, 19 WFMs, 4 WCMs.

Let's take a look at the list of the main rating favorites:


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Boris Gelfand & Maintaining a Strong Center
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By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA

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This week GM Hansen reminds us how beneficial it is to study top GMs' games (offering Boris Gelfand as an example) and talks about the benefits/drawbacks of maintaining a strong pawn center.


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Blitz Chess Tactics
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Black to move. Blitz game

Not flashy, but must-know pattern.

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A Duet
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