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Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women's Chess - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - October 13, 2009 - 2:00am
Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women's Chess  Chessbase News

Born in Poti, Georgia (USSR), Nana learned chess at the age of four. At ten she started formal lessons and within six months became the girls' champion of ...

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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

London Chess Classic 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 ...

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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 ...

Watch the man behind the new Philidor Defence - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - July 16, 2009 - 2:00am
Watch the man behind the new Philidor Defence  Chessbase News

Just a couple of years ago the shocking pawn sacrifice 5.g4 entered the theory of the dignified Philidor Defence. If you check with the ChessBase online ...

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Ghaem Maghami beats Karpov in 'Mate of the King' - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - February 5, 2009 - 2:00am
Ghaem Maghami beats Karpov in 'Mate of the King'  Chessbase News

The event was staged in Teheran to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Four classical, four rapid and four blitz games between ...

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Alexei Shirov: 'Let us ban FIDE!' - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - December 2, 2008 - 2:00am
Alexei Shirov: 'Let us ban FIDE!'  Chessbase News

12/2/2008 – "I don't know how many times I have said to myself," says the world class GM and world championship runner-up, "that it makes no sense at all to ...

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Olympiad in Dresden: Closing ceremony and prize giving - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - November 29, 2008 - 2:00am
Olympiad in Dresden: Closing ceremony and prize giving  Chessbase News

1270 players took part in the event, hailing from 141 different countries. 722 men and 548 women played a total of 6050 games. In the end Armenia and Georgia ...

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WCC Bonn: Aronian's take and impressions - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - October 19, 2008 - 2:00am
WCC Bonn: Aronian's take and impressions  Chessbase News

Sunday, a free day at the World Championship in Bonn, Germany – and our chess expert, Levon Aronian, was stuck without Internet access at the European ...

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Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup 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 ...

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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 ...

The modern way to master the Modern Benoni - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - June 10, 2008 - 2:00am
The modern way to master the Modern Benoni  Chessbase News

The Modern Benoni is one of the sharpest openings against 1 d4. Black is ready for active counterplay, especially with his pawn majority on the queenside.

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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 ...

Solutions to chess problems and astronomical dilemmas - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - November 9, 2007 - 2:00am
Solutions to chess problems and astronomical dilemmas  Chessbase News

11/9/2007 – Recently John Nunn, retired world-class grandmaster, won the 31st World Championship for problem solvers. In our report we showed you some ...

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Blunders in chess – Kramnik wasn't the first - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - December 1, 2006 - 2:00am
Blunders in chess – Kramnik wasn't the first  Chessbase News

Still mystified by Vladimir Kramnik's blunder in game two of his match against Deep Fritz? After our attempts at an explanation of this extraordinary blackout we ...

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