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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #1: Zukertort v. Blackburne

20. May 2008

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Do you like candy? Well, here is some chess candy for you. I’ve decided to start a series of videos on famous chess combinations. This installment we’ll take a look at the famous game between Zukertort and Blackburne (no, not Rovers;-)) which was played in London 1883. Enjoy!

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[video] Chess News #7: Ivanchuk beats Cheparinov and wins M-Tel Masters Chess Tournament

18. May 2008

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Ivanchuk has won the M-Tel masters Chess Tournament in Sofia Bulgaria, 2008 with the fantastic score of 8 out of 10. Whilst winning all of his five games during the first leg of the tournament, Ivanchuk was on the defensive in the second leg but he never cracked and remained undefeated. In the tenth and final round [...]

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[video] Chess News #6: Radjabov’s amazing kingmarch

17. May 2008

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During the 7th round of the M-Tel Masters Chess Tournament Teimour Radjabov managed to win in a very nice and instructive way against Bu Xianghzhi. Check out the video!

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6 tips on how to calculate candidate moves in chess

15. May 2008

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Are you experiencing difficulties calculating moves? Would you like to improve your analytical process? Then use C.A.S.A!

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6 tips on how to find candidate moves in chess

14. May 2008

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Are you missing moves? Are you having trouble finding the right moves? This article contains tips on how to improve the first part of your analytical process: finding candidate moves that will do the job!

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[video] Chess News #2-5: The Amazing Mr. Ivanchuk!

13. May 2008

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As we speak it is the rest day of the M-tel Masters Chess Tournament in Sofia Bulgaria. What happened thus far in the first half of the tournament is quite amazing: Vassily Ivanchuk scored an incredible 5 out of 5! His TPR sofar is an unprecedented 3537!

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6 tips on how to improve your chess

11. May 2008

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Would you like some tips on how to approach the game of chess? This article is about appreciation, honesty en cheating in the game of chess and the different ways the chess player can sabotage him self in this respect

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[video] Chess News #1: My First Post!

8. May 2008

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Hello and welcome to my first post! Let’s hope it will not be my “Last Post”, this is when they do the trumpet-thing in Ieper and Kortrijk, Belgium to commemorate the casualties of the First World War.

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