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Mamedyarov Won Bejing FIDE Grand Prix, Topalov Won the Grand Prix Series

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Tuesday, 16 July 2013

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World Rapid Chess Championship, Geneva, now Bejing FIDE Grand Prix - Shahriyar Mamedyarov is on the rise
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Round 11 results:

GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2733	UKR	½ - ½	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2776	RUS
GM	Wang Hao	2752	CHN	1 - 0	GM	Kamsky Gata	2763	USA
GM	Grischuk Alexander	2780	RUS	½ - ½	GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	AZE	½ - ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2773	ISR
GM	Topalov Veselin	2767	BUL	1 - 0	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2736	RUS
GM	Wang Yue	2705	CHN	½ - ½	GM	Giri Anish	2734	NED

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Final standings & FIDE Grand Prix standings after 5 stages:

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Missed Chess Tactics

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Monday, 15 July 2013
Nigalidze (2497) - Tomczak (2564), 2013 White to move Black has just desperately sacrificed a rook on f4. Tip: White has a winning position. However, in the game a drawing move was played, and eventually White has even lost. What is the best continuation? Comments (6)
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FIDE Grand Prix in Bejing, Round 10 Results

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Monday, 15 July 2013

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US Chess Champion Gata Kamsky won his first game @ Bejing FIDE Grand Prix
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Round 10 results (both leaders - Mamedyarov and Grischuk - suffered defeats as Black):

GM	Karjakin Sergey	2776	RUS	½ - ½	GM	Wang Yue	2705	CHN
GM	Giri Anish	2734	NED	1 - 0	GM	Topalov Veselin	2767	BUL
GM	Morozevich Alexander	2736	RUS	1 - 0	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	AZE
GM	Gelfand Boris	2773	ISR	1 - 0	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2780	RUS
GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN	½ - ½	GM	Wang Hao	2752	CHN
GM	Kamsky Gata	2763	USA	1 - 0	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2733	UKR

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Ex-Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan as a spectator

Standings before the final round:

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Chess Week on Twitter

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Monday, 15 July 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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Sunday Puzzle-45

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Sunday, 14 July 2013
Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert In a wood-cutting factory, four large sawing machines stand in a windowless room. Each machine has an on/off switch attached, there being no doubt as to which switch controls which machine. Outside the door to the room are four back-up on/off switches, one for each machine inside. The power for each machine must first pass through the back-up switch, and then the machine switch before reaching the saw. The problem is, the new manager cannot decide how these back-up switches match with the machines inside the room. One day, the manager's brother visits. The manager takes him inside the sawing room where all four machines are at work and explains the problem. The brother announces that he intends to leave the room and that when he returns he will be able to match correctly the four switches outside the room to the four machines inside. The brother works alone, cannot see the machines from outside the room and solves the problem purely by operating switches. How is it possible? Related reading: Comments (1)
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FIDE Grand Prix in Bejing, Round 9 Results

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Sunday, 14 July 2013

World Rapid Chess Champion Shahriyar Mamedyarov delivered yet another knock-out punch: 1-0 in 28 moves against Anish Giri
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Round 9 results:

GM	Kamsky Gata	2763	USA	½ - ½	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2776	RUS
GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2733	UKR	½ - ½	GM	Leko Peter	2737	HUN
GM	Wang Hao	2752	CHN	½ - ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2773	ISR
GM	Grischuk Alexander	2780	RUS	½ - ½	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2736	RUS
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	AZE	1 - 0	GM	Giri Anish	2734	NED
GM	Topalov Veselin	2767	BUL	½ - ½	GM	Wang Yue	2705	CHN

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Look who's here! Ex-Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan attended the round

Current standings:

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Greatest Female Chess Players. Tatiana Kosintseva

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Sunday, 14 July 2013
By International Master Alexander Gelman Pogonina.com & IM Alexander Gelman are producing a special series of videos dedicated to the highest-rated women in the history of chess. Episode 5 features ten remarkable combinations of the top-rated Russian player of all time Tatiana Kosintseva. Previous episodes: Comments (1)
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Chess Tactics

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Saturday, 13 July 2013
Hovhannisyan (2620) - Georgescu (2396), 2013 White to move Black has just captured a piece on d4. What should White do? Comments (1)
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FIDE on Chess Rating Inflation

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Saturday, 13 July 2013
A few interesting proposals have been made by the QC Council of FIDE regarding rating coefficients of the players and the chess rating system in general. The popular topic of "rating inflation" in chess has also been addressed. Be first to comment this article
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Universiade in Kazan

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Saturday, 13 July 2013
by WGM Irina Bulmaga WGM Irina Bulmaga blogs from the Summer Universiade taking place in Kazan, Russia. Check out her colorful report. Comments (3)
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