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Kavalek in Huffington: What Is the Best Age for Chess? - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - November 9, 2012 - 2:00am
Kavalek in Huffington: What Is the Best Age for Chess?  Chessbase News

A football player survives in the NFL on the average only three years. The careers of top chess players last 25 years or even longer. They can challenge the ...

2012 Chess Olympiad: teams and players - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 26, 2012 - 2:00am
2012 Chess Olympiad: teams and players  Chessbase News

8/26/2012 – The biggest chess event of the year is just two days away, with teams arriving and preparing for round one on Tuesday. The top seeds are Russia, ...

Who needs stalemate? Readers weigh in - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - July 22, 2012 - 2:00am
Who needs stalemate? Readers weigh in  Chessbase News

We recently published an article on stalemate in chess. Was is really necessary to finish the game one move earlier than the clear-cut goal of the game: the ...

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 ...

The Delhi Interview with Viswanathan Anand – Part two - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 11, 2010 - 2:00am
The Delhi Interview with Viswanathan Anand – Part two  Chessbase News

In December 2009 Jaideep Unudurti conducted an indepth interview with Viswanathan Anand. Some of it was published in Mint – a collaboration between the ...

Bulgaria's Topalov Faces Anand in World Chess Championship - Novinite.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 24, 2010 - 2:00am
Bulgaria's Topalov Faces Anand in World Chess Championship  Novinite.com

The first game of the World Chess Title Match between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India kicked off in Sofia on Saturday afternoon ...

Russian Chess Champion Renews Sofia Match Venue Attack - Novinite.com

Grand Chess Tour News - March 23, 2010 - 2:00am
Russian Chess Champion Renews Sofia Match Venue Attack  Novinite.com

The former chess world champion, Vladimir Kranmik, has spoken out in support of Indian player Viswanathan Anand for his forthcoming match against Bulgarian ...

Magnus Carlsen on his chess career - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - March 15, 2010 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen on his chess career  Chessbase News

3/15/2010 – The German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel is the largest and most influential in Europe. At irregular intervals it turns its spotlight on chess.

Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - September 15, 2009 - 2:00am
Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization  Chessbase News

"I would like to explain the recent incident," writes Vladislav Tkachiev, who caused an international stir by appearing in a near-comatose state for a game at the ...

Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - July 31, 2009 - 2:00am
Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship  Chessbase News

7/31/2009 – On the first day of the Chess960 World Rapid Chess Championship in Mainz Levon Aronian had dominated, winning all three of his games. On the ...

Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - July 29, 2008 - 2:00am
Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record  Chessbase News

7/29/2008 – Simultaneous events are chess spectacles. Only a few games make it to the textbooks, and the atmosphere is informal and noisy. But Vishy Anand ...

Bisik-Bisik with Viktor Moskalenko - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - December 15, 2007 - 2:00am
Bisik-Bisik with Viktor Moskalenko  Chessbase News

Bisik-Bisik is a word from the Malay Archipelago, and means the act of “whispering” from one person to another. Starting with this inaugural article Edwin Lam ...

Computer analysis of world champions - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - November 2, 2006 - 2:00am
Computer analysis of world champions  Chessbase News

The recent article on computers picking strong players brought on some strong reactions. Does the method used by the computer scientists make sense, is it ...

Man vs Machine – the endless fascination - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - November 9, 2003 - 2:00am
Man vs Machine – the endless fascination  Chessbase News

Chess matches between humans and machines are enthralling. They attract large numbers of specators – next week it will be millions on ESPN – while most ...

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