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Experiment! Live Commentary On Harikrishna - Morozevich v.v., Odessa 2007

28. April 2009

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Hi all, Today I did an experiment live commenting two blitz games from the 2007 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa. It concerns Harikrishna - Morozevich & Morozevich - Harikrishna. The first video is of bad quality, the second one is already better ;-) Enjoy! Waldemar Experimenting Game #1: Harikrishna - Morozevich : Game #2: Morozevich - Harikrishna:

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[video] Chess Puzzle #4: Solution!

27. April 2009

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Last week I posted Chess Puzzle #4. Below you will find the solution! Enjoy!

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How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land

25. April 2009

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Introduction Are you struggling to define a good opening repertoire for yourself? Then continue reading. Probably one of the most discussed topics in chess is that of having a good, solid, attacking, defensive, broad, specialized, surprising or otherwise useful opening repertoire. I must admit it has always been a challenge for me to construct an opening repertoire. In [...]

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Survey On Digital Chess Products: The Results

24. April 2009

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Hi all, In March I conducted an online survey. I asked you, The Chess People, what kind of digital products you would buy from Chessedelic. No less than 27 people filled out the survey for which I am very grateful. The most important results are quite clear and I will list them below: 78% of you preferes videos over e-books 81% [...]

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[video] Chess News #35: Karjakin - Aronian, Nalchyk 2009 (playing time: 9 min.)

18. April 2009

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Hi all, Yesterday Sergey Karjakin managed to win an interesting game against big gun Levon Aronian. Normally Aronian is very solid, but this time he was a bit too vulnerable and must have been baffled by the young Ukrainian’s play. Download PGN-file.

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[video] Chess Puzzle #4: What Would You Play?

17. April 2009

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Hi all, Recently I played a game on chess.com against a member nicknamed “Davutuysal”. In the position below I played sub-optimally, but managed to win in the end. Can you find White’s best move? Please leave your comments. I will post the solution in a week or so. Good luck solving! Waldemar

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #11: Beliavsky - Kasparov, Belfort 1988

9. April 2009

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During the 1988 World Cup in Belfort Kasparov managed to win a very nice game against Beliavsky. In his favorite Gruenfeld he seemed to be in problems but corked up some tremendous defence! Enjoy the video. Download PGN-file.

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[video] How To Make A Mistake In Chess

5. April 2009

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Hi all, In this video I want to share some of the peculiarities of mistakes in chess with you. I think there were some psychological and technical elements involved and it goes to show that you should try and maximize your own chances and minimize those of your opponent. Enjoy! Waldemar Punishing mistakes

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