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[video] Chess News #30:
Moscow Shocker: Morozevich Loses Two In A Row!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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Only the day before yesterday the enigmatic Alexander Morozevich was the virtual no. 1 in the world. Yesterday he lost a somewhat silly game against Ivanchuk, taking too much risks and never seeing back his sacrificed pawns. Today he fought a fierce battle with the American revival Gata Kamsky and lost again after an interesting [...]

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[video] Chess News #29: Moro Inflicts Poena On Pono

Monday, August 25, 2008

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During the sixth round of the Tal Memorial Tournament in Moscow, Alexander Morozevich managed to beat Ruslan Ponomariov in a Nimzo-Indian game. The Muscovite played the surprising 7.c6!? and from there on both players were on their own. Not long thereafter Ponomariov played carelessly, allowing his knights to be bottled up and losing one of [...]

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[video] Chess News #28: Morozevich - Kramnik, Moscow 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

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Alex the Great beats Big Vlad in an exiting game!

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[video] Chess News #8: Morozevich - Sokolov, Sarajevo 2008

Friday, June 6, 2008

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During this year’s Bosna Chess Tournament Alexander Morozevich managed another one of his impressive tournament victories. But in the process he was also reaching very high ELO levels. There was a lot of speculation whether he would overtake Kramnik or even Anand in the FIDE rankings! But during the last three rounds he took it [...]

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