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Kavalek in Huffington: The Road to Chess Mastery - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - March 26, 2012 - 2:00am
Kavalek in Huffington: The Road to Chess Mastery  Chessbase News

Siegbert Tarrasch, one of the world's finest players from 1890 till World War One, taught chess in his book Three Hundred Chess Games. Vassily Panov ...

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Kasparov – picking games for the Chess Informant - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - March 26, 2012 - 2:00am
Kasparov – picking games for the Chess Informant  Chessbase News

The Chess Informant is a periodical publication with a survey of topical games, annotated by experts. Now, as the publishers proudly inform us, they have a ...

Chess history: Nineteen Hours with Bobby Fischer – Part 2 - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - February 29, 2012 - 2:00am
Chess history: Nineteen Hours with Bobby Fischer – Part 2  Chessbase News

In 1981 the Film Board of Canada approached Bobby Fischer, hoping for his participation in a feature-length documentary on the game of chess. Last week we ...

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A history of cheating in chess (4) - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - February 28, 2012 - 2:00am
A history of cheating in chess (4)  Chessbase News

Las Palmas 1996: Garry Kasparov is agonizing over his 20th move against Vishy Anand. He calculates and calculates but cannot make a very tempting pawn ...

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Mozart of Chess: Magnus Carlsen - CBS News

London Chess Classic News - February 19, 2012 - 2:00am
Mozart of Chess: Magnus Carlsen  CBS News

At age 21, chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is the number one player in the world and says he loves to see his opponents squirm.

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Aronian to FIDE: I cannot play in Azerbaijan - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - February 2, 2012 - 2:00am
Aronian to FIDE: I cannot play in Azerbaijan  Chessbase News

The first two bids to stage the next Candidates Tournament for the World Championship received by FIDE are from Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. But one of the two ...

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Family who are hoping to show young people how much fun chess can be - WalesOnline

London Chess Classic News - January 3, 2012 - 2:00am
Family who are hoping to show young people how much fun chess can be  WalesOnline

You don't need to be an intellectual genius to play chess, Cathy Owen meets one Cardiff family hoping to show young people how it can be both fun and ...

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Magnus Carlsen – 'I don't quite fit into the usual schemes' - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - December 22, 2011 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen – 'I don't quite fit into the usual schemes'  Chessbase News

He is by his own admission a chess genius, weaned on computers, a supreme expert on openings, and the hardest worker amongst the top players. Actually ...

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The Great London Chess Debate - Huffington Post

London Chess Classic News - December 20, 2011 - 2:00am
The Great London Chess Debate  Huffington Post

The former world champion Vladimir Kramnik won the London Chess Classic, a tournament that brought the English capital close to its former glory. London was ...

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Rogoff on chess addiction and why he had to give up the game - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - December 16, 2011 - 2:00am
Rogoff on chess addiction and why he had to give up the game  Chessbase News

One of the highlights of the London Chess Classic has been the visits of a large number of important and interesting people. One of them, the Professor and ...

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London R9: Vlad All Over - Chess News | ChessBase

London Chess Classic News - December 13, 2011 - 2:00am
London R9: Vlad All Over  Chess News | ChessBase
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