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[video] Chess News #34:
Kramnik - Anand, Bonn 2008, Game #8

Hi all, I’m doing an extensive video series on the Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match that was recently held in Bonn, Germany. As we all know Vishy has retained the title in convincing style. Congratulations to him! The individual analysis videos for games 1 - 7 are avalaible from my Chessedelic Shop. Below you will find a [...]

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[video] Chess News #33: Morozevich - Svidler, Moscow 2008 (Game Fragment)

An instructive fragment from the game Morozevich - Svidler, Moscow 2008

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[video] Chess News #32:
Topalov - Carlsen, Bilbao 2008

Hi all, apologies for being away a bit longer. I have accepted a new position as a student coach and that has taken up some of my time. But don’t worry I will also remain chess coach! Back to chess now. Bilbao has provided us with a number of interesting games and this time I’m [...]

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[video] Chess News #31: Anand - Ivanchuk, Bilbao 2008

Yesterday was the first round of the new Grand Slam Chess Final. it is being held in Bilbao, Spain. Magnus Carlsen got of to a great start as he defeated Levon Aronian with black. It reminded me of the candidates matches they played in Elista earlier. There Carlsen put up a tremendous fight to constantly [...]

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

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

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

Alex the Great beats Big Vlad in an exiting game!

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[video] Chess News #27: Tal Memorial Starts Nicely, Shaky and Steady

The first round of the Tal Memorial Chess Tournament in Moscow, Russia, saw three wins and two draws. Kramnik beat Shirov in a Slav Meran when the latter surprised with 19…Ra5?, a weak move i.m.h.o. More coverage in the video below.

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[video] Chess News #26: Timman - Werle, London 2008

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[video] Chess News #25: Aronian - Grischuk, Sochi 2008

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