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Chess Tactics
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Dimitrov (2429) - Parligras (2562), 2013
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Can you find White's instructive combination?

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Golden Sands, Round 6 Results
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Natalia Pogonina (2488) defeated FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. (2328) with White.

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Good news for 'old' chess players
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by GM Kevin Spraggett
Warning: his blog is great, but some of the content is parental advisory

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SOME BRAIN CELLS CONTINUALLY RE-GENERATE THEMSELVES!

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The hippocampus is a small but important part of our brain, necessary for processing memories (short-term  and long-term)  and intricately related to the learning process.  Scientists have recently discovered that an area within this vital brain region actually regenerates up to 700 neurons a day, even as we get older.  This is going to change the way scientists look at the aging process.

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Tal Memorial, Round 3 Odds
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Round 3 starts on June 15 at 15:00 Moscow time:




Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model

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Current standings: 1-3. Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Gelfand-1.5/2; 4-8. Karjakin, Caruana, Morozevich, Andreikin, Nakamura-1; 9. Anand-0.5; 10. Kramnik-0

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Missed Chess Tactics
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Kramnik (2803) - Nakamura (2784), 2013
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Can you find the winning line missed by the ex-World Chess Champion?

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Navara ties Hou Yifan in Prague: 2-2; loses tie-break
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The highest-rated Czech player David Navara (2707) faced ex-Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan (2595) in a 4-game match in Prague. All the games were drawn.

UPDATE: After exchanging blows in blitz (1-1), Hou Yifan won the decisive Armageddon game.

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Hou Yifan will be challenging the reigning Women's World Chess Champion in a match in September 2013, so this can be regarded as a good way to prepare. David has faced many other notable GMs in such matches, namely:

2005: Anatoly Karpov, 1-1, draw
2006: Boris Gelfand, 2-2, draw
2007: Nigel Short, 7-3, rapid+Fischer Random, win
2008: Vladimir Kramnik, 2.5-5,5, rapid, loss
2009: Vassily Ivanchuk, 2.5-5.5, rapid, loss
2010: Judit Polgar: 2-6, rapid, loss
2011: Sergey Movsesian, 3.5-2.5, win
2012: Peter Svidler, 1-3, loss

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Hou Yifan also gave a simul and won with a 19-1 score (two draws)

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Golden Sands, Round 5 Results
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Natalia Pogonina (2488) drew IM Nakar Eylon (2390) as Black.

Complete Round 5 results

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Nurturing a Chess Prodigy
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by GM Daniel Gormally

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Did anyone watch the child genius programme the other night?

It featured the chess prodigy Josh Altman, who took part in a competition for young kids assessing overall intelligence. He didn't do very well.

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Tal Memorial, Round 2 Odds
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Round 2 starts on June 14 at 15:00 Moscow time:





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Current standings: 1-3. Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Caruana - 1; 4-7. Karjakin, Morozevich, Gelfand, Andreikin - 0.5; 8-10. Anand, Kramnik, Nakamura - 0

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Golden Sands, Round 4 Results
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Natalia Pogonina (2488) defeated IM Evgeny Matorin (2099) with White.

Complete Round 4 results

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