Top GM Secrets Issue #170

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What should Natalia do to make Pogonina.com more interesting for you?

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Who is your favorite active top player?

Poker or chess: what do you like more?

	Chess
	Poker
	Equally attractive/unattractive
	Don't know

What's the largest monetary chess prize you ever won?

How much time per day do you spend on chess-related activities?

Do you have a special chess mascot (pen, badge, toy, etc.)?

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	I used to have one, but now I don't

Which time control do you prefer for over-the-board tournaments?

	Blitz (5 minutes/game or less)
	Rapid (about 30 min/game)
	Standard (2 hours/game or more)
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	Chinese
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What is the strongest national chess team in the world?

Will Magnus Carlsen's rating reach FIDE 2900?

	Yes
	No

Do you think you can become a GM?

	Yes
	No
	Theoretically - yes, practically - no
	I am a GM already
	What is a GM?

Written by Administrator

Sunday, 31 May 2015

Issue #170 of the weekly chess newsletter "Top GM Secrets" has been released.
It is delivered by e-mail on weekends in both pdf and pgn formats.

Table of Contents

Editorial Preface. FIDE Grand Prix. Chinese Championship. American Continental Championship. Women's European Chess Championship. French Top-12. By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, best FIDE rating - 2737 and GM Csaba Balogh, best FIDE rating - 2672.
Two Best Games of the Week. GM Alexander Grischuk (2780) - GM Anish Giri (2776), FIDE Grand Prix, 1/2-1/2 annotated by GM Arkadij Naiditsch. GM Yu Yangyi (2723) - GM Ding Liren (2757), Chinese Championship, 0-1 annotated by GM Csaba Balogh.
David vs. Goliath David vs. Goliath. 15 upsets of the week by Peter Zhdanov, Chief Editor of Pogonina.com.
Young & Talented. IM Jeffery Xiong (2497)- GM Lazaro Batista (2684), Chicago Open, 1-0 annotated by GM Etienne Bacrot, best FIDE rating - 2749.
10 Tactical Puzzles from Recent Games. By the Chess Evolution Team.
Endgame Section. GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2749) - GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2734), FIDE Grand Prix, 1/2-1/2 annotated by GM Arkadij Naiditsch. GM Baadur Jobava (2699) - GM Hikaru Nakamura (2799), FIDE Grand Prix, 0-1 annotated by GM Csaba Balogh.
Chess and the City. "Good, better, Georgia - Part II". WGM Elisabeth Paehtz, best FIDE rating - 2493, on the Women's European Chess Champion.
Clash of the Titans. Edward Lasker - Frank James Marshall, New York 1941, 1-0 annotated by GM Kamil Miton, best FIDE rating - 2655.
Surprise Section/Study. By the Chess Evolution Team.
Solutions to the puzzles from Top GM Secrets #169.

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