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Monday, 24 June 2013 |
by GM Kevin Spraggett
Warning: his blog is great, but some of the content is parental advisory
Johannes Hermann Zukertort ,7 September 1842 20 June 1888, was an extraordinary human being. He spoke 14 languages! He filled his relatively short life with a wide range of other achievements : as a soldier, musician, linguist, journalist and political activist.
He fought for Prussia against Austria, Denmark, and France; was once left for dead on the battlefield; and was decorated for gallantry 9 times; and he was noted as a swordsman and marksman. He was an accomplished pianist and, for a while, a music critic. He even found time for political activity, as editor of a political paper, a writer for Bismarcks newspaper, the Allgemeine Zeitung, and as a leading spokesman for prison reform.- Wikipedia
Zukertort died at age 46 of a cerebral hemorrhage, after just finishing a chess game. Undoubtedly one of the most brilliant players in the history of chess.
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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Dilijan, Round 8
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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Dilijan, Round 7
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Sunday, 23 June 2013 |
Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert
Scatterbrain the Treasurer was a bit of a ... well, scatterbrain, and he had forgotten how many gold, silver and bronze coins were kept in the town vaults. So he decided to ask the three guards, each of whom guarded one type of coin, how many coins were in his charge. However, the guards were uncooperative, and the best that Scatterbrain could get from each was a statement about the numbers of coins in the other two vaults. Dimwit, who was guarding the gold, said there were 3000 silver and 5000 bronze coins; Thickplank, who was in charge of the silver, said there were 3000 gold and 5000 bronze; while Beefbrain, who was protecting the bronze, said there were 4000 gold and 3000 silver. Unfortunately, only one guard was being truthful, each of the other two stating at least one false amount. If there were 12000 coins altogether, how many of each type were there?
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Boris Gelfand won Tal Memorial-2013
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Sunday, 23 June 2013 |
Boris Gelfand. Photo by Eteri Kublashvili, Russiachess.org
Tal Memorial, an annual tournament held in Russia, Moscow, is one of the strongest and most prestigious chess events in the world. Here are the final standings of this year's memorial, including a brief commentary about each player's participation:
1. Boris Gelfand (2755) - 6/9, +3 -0 =6. Fantastic result for the runner-up of the previous World Chess Championship cycle. Boris turns 45 on June 24, and it looks like his play is still improving!
2. Magnus Carlsen (2864) - 5.5/9, +3 -1 =5. A solid result, although the #1 player on the rating list is expected to win every tournament. Like he himself commented during a press conference, with so many mistakes there was no chance for him to take the first place. Alert: Magnus lost a theoretically drawn rook endgame against Fabiano Caruana, which was very similar to the endgame he has recently lost to Wang Hao. Food for thought before the match with Viswanathan Anand.
3-5. Fabiano Caruana (2774) - +3 -2 =4. Fabiano is on a roll: he is #3 in the world now on the live ratings.
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