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Top-10 American Presidents Who Played/Play Chess

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Monday, 29 April 2013
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Blitz Chess Tactics

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Monday, 29 April 2013
Black to move Note: the White king is on c1 An instructive puzzle from a recent blitz game. How should Black proceed? Comments (2)
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FIDE Grand Prix, Zug, Round 10 Odds

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Monday, 29 April 2013
Round 10 starts on April 29, 4 p.m. Moscow time: Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model Current standings: 1. Topalov - 6/9 2. Caruana - 5.5 3-5. Ponomariov, Karjakin, Nakamura - 5 6-11. Kamsky, Morozevich, Radjabov, Giri, Leko, Mamedyarov - 4 12. Kasimdzhdanov - 3.5 Be first to comment this article
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Your Questions Answered by Natalia Pogonina-41

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Monday, 29 April 2013
Every week grandmaster Natalia Pogonina chooses the 7 most popular and interesting questions addressed to her and answers them publicly. The rules are simple - send us your questions and see them featured in Natalia's Q&As column! Comments (1)
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Chess Tactics

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Sunday, 28 April 2013
Aronian (2809) - Adams (2727), 2013 White to move Black still has an extra piece, but something is wrong about his position now. Does White have any tricks up his sleeve? Comments (4)
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FIDE Grand Prix, Zug, Round 9 Odds

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Sunday, 28 April 2013
Round 9 starts on April 28, 4 p.m. Moscow time: Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model Current standings: 1. Topalov - 5.5/8 2. Ponomariov - 5 3-4. Caruana, Karjakin - 4.5 5-7. Kamsky, Morozevich, Nakamura - 4 8-10. Giri, Leko Mamedyarov - 3.5 11-12. Kasimdzhanov, Radjabov - 3 Be first to comment this article
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Sunday Puzzle-36

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Sunday, 28 April 2013
Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert At the livestock market, the sheep were secured in 36 pens arranged in a 6x6 grid, the number in each pen shown left. "I want to make a tidy sum out of it," said the farmer. So, in line with the farmer's wishes, the buyer bought all of the sheep in 12 of the pens. Delete 12 of the 36 numbers to leave four numbers in each row and column, so that each of the six horizontal lines and each of the six vertical lines totals 20. Related reading: Comments (3)
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Blitz Chess Tactics

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Saturday, 27 April 2013
White to move This position is from a blitz game. However, it is rather complicated. Can you find the best continuation for White? Comments (2)
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Wang Yue and Ding Yixin win Chinese Chess Championships

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Saturday, 27 April 2013

China is ranked #3 on the list of top chess countries. Hence, it is not surprising that their national championships are very strong round robin events. However, some of the key players have been absent this year.

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Wang Yue, an extremely solid GM rated 2700+, who used to be the leader of the Chinese team, won the event 1.5 points of the nearest competitor! A fantastic achievement, although had the Chinese #1 Wang Hao and the 2012 champion Ding Liren (who is currently playing in Alekhine Memorial) participated, the challenge would have certainly been greater for Wang Yue. The winner's losses came from relatively unknown GMs Zhao Jun and Ma Qun, the latter of whom earned the silver medal. Ex- member of the 2700+ club Li Chao finished at third place. Hou Yifan, the world's #2 female player, also took part in the open event and performed at more or less her rating level. 13-year old Wei Yi deserves a special mention: being the world's #1 player U14, he has already applied for a GM title! How does it feel to be rated 2530 at his age?

Final Standings

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	GM	Wang Yue	2706	CHN	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	7.5
2	GM	Ma Qun	2559	CHN	1	*	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	1	6.0
3	GM	Li Chao B	2686	CHN	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	0	½	1	1	½	6.0
4	GM	Hou Yifan	2617	CHN	0	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	0	½	1	5.5
5	GM	Xiu Deshun	2534	CHN	0	½	0	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	5.5
6	IM	Wei Yi	2530	CHN	½	½	1	½	1	*	½	0	½	½	½	0	5.5
7	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2662	CHN	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
8	GM	Zhao Jun	2589	CHN	1	½	1	0	0	1	½	*	½	½	0	½	5.5
9	GM	Yu Yangyi	2675	CHN	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	5.5
10	GM	Zhou Weiqi	2590	CHN	0	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	5.0
11	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2607	CHN	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	*	½	5.0
12	GM	Li Shilong	2558	CHN	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	3.5

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Tribute to Women's Chess

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