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Chess prodigy unveils giant set in central London

August 6, 2013, 2:31 pm
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Newbury Park chess prodigy unveils giant set in central London
Lizzie Dearden, Reporter 
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
11:23 AM

A young chess prodigy from Newbury Park has been playing his biggest game yet with a giant outdoor chess set in central London.

Devdoot Barman, of Brook Road, is the current junior champion of both the Ilford Chess Club and the Wanstead Chess Club and had numerous titles under his belt before he even hit his teens.

As a member of the Pimlico Chess Club, the 14-year-old was invited to unveil the first of Westminster City Council’s new outdoor chess sets in Soho on Thursday.

He was joined by Samir Samadov, 11, who represented England in the European Schools Chess Championships in June, and Cllr Frixos Tombolis.

Cllr Tombolis, member for transport and environment, said chess will be a “focus for people to come together, enjoy the fresh air and exercise their minds as well as their bodies”.


Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk
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Spectacular performance by Mickey Adams

August 6, 2013, 2:37 pm
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The 2013 edition of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting saw the comeback of a great player, England’s number one Michael Adams. He obtained clear first place thanks to a 7/9 score with a rating performance of 2925. The live ratings already have the Englishman in the twelfth position with 2761 points. This was Adam’s greatest tournament performance ever.

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2013 preview / Replay games / Play online at Chess Arena

Second place went to ten times winner of this event Vladimir Kramnik. The Russian could have taken first place with a win over his direct rival in the last round. It is worth noting that these two players faced each other in the last rounds of both the 2012 London Chess Classic and the 2013 Alekhine Memorial. Kramnik, who needed to win, used the Sicilian but had to settle for a draw in no more than 14 moves, given the variation chosen by Adams, which forced the draw or left him with a superior position.

Kramnik’s performance was not bad at all, however. He obtained a 2866 rating performance and recovered the third position in the world ranking. Six out of his nine games finished decisively and his defeat against Adreikin was the key factor for him not taking his eleventh title.


Adams – Kramnik

Peter Leko and Arkadij Naiditsch shared third place with an even score. This fact shows that the two first positioned players clearly dominated the tournament. Leko actually lost four rating points with his performance, while Naiditsch kept his 2710 rating.

Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao had a rather disappointing tournament, where they lost some rating points due to losses against the nominally weaker German players.

Final Standings:

1 Adams, Michael ENG 2740 7

2 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2784 6½

3 Leko, Peter HUN 2737 4½
4 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2710 4½

5 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2727 4
6 Meier, Georg GER 2610 4
7 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2796 4
8 Wang, Hao CHN 2752 4

9 Khenkin, Igor GER 2605 3½

10 Fridman, Daniel GER 2629 3
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Solodovnichenko first on tiebreaks at the 2nd Fano on the Sea

August 6, 2013, 7:17 pm
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Ukrainian Yuri Solodovnichenko got his second straight win at the Fano on the Sea Chess Master Tournament. The event took place from 29th July to 4th August in Fano, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.

The first edition was also won by Solodvnichenko, who was able to celebrate again after the tiebreaks calculation put him in first place over two other players that arrived at the same 6.5/9 score.

Axel Rombaldoni and Peter Prohaszka arrived to the last round as leaders with 6 points each. The Italian drew his game against Vladimir Burmakin and finished second on tiebreaks, while the Hungarian lost against Ivan Ivanisevic, who incidentally was third on tiebreaks.

The tournament was organized by the Fano Chess Club 1988 and Dario Pedini. The club celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2013.

Official website

Final Standings (top finishers):

1 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri 2555 UKR 6.5
2 IM Rombaldoni Axel 2494 ITA 6.5
3 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2649 SRB 6.5

4 GM Prohaszka Peter 2554 HUN 6
5 GM Burmakin Vladimir 2559 RUS 6
6 IM Shytaj Luca 2456 ITA 6

7 GM Banusz Tamas 2588 HUN 5.5
8 IM Stella Andrea 2447 ITA 5.5
9 FM Rindlisbacher Lars 2315 SUI 5.5
10 IM Caprio Guido 2415 ITA 5.5
11 WGM Ambartsumova Karina 2306 RUS 5.5
12 FM Bonafede Alessandro 2380 ITA 5.5
13 GM Drazic Sinisa 2464 SRB 5.5
14 – Bonagura Stefano 2165 ITA 5.5

15 FM Costantini Roberto 2290 ITA 5
16 FM Zakharov Aleksej 2331 RUS 5
17 – Persson Andreas 2167 SWE 5
18 – Klimentov Roman 2219 RUS 5

19 – Angelini Marco 2265 ITA 4.5
20 FM Rossi Aldo A 2260 ITA 4.5
21 WGM Csonkics Tunde 2205 HUN 4.5
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Garza wins XXV San Lorenzo Rapid in Huesca

August 6, 2013, 7:28 pm
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The 25th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez “San Lorenzo” was be played on Saturday 3rd August at the Círculo Oscense, Pza. Navarra, 4 – Huesca, Spain.

The registered players amounted to 128, all coming from different communities of Spain and foreign countries. The tournament was hard-fought and had a lot of changes at the top, but finally, IM Sergio Garza Marco took first place with 7.5 points and the best tiebreak score.

Second place, also with 7.5 points, went to Argentine IM Pablo Glavina Rossi. The third place at the podium was given to the current champion of Aragon, David Lana Rodriguez, who obtained 7 points.

The highlight of this year’s edition was the big amount of participants, a lot of them very young but experienced. Some champions of Spain were among them: Ainhoa Ortin Blanco (Cat. U-12); María Eizaguerri Floris (Cat. U-10) and Marta Roldán Marques (Cat. U-8).

The prize fund was 3150 EUR, with 500 EUR reserved for the winner.

Final Standings (top finishers):

1 IM Garza Marco Sergio ESP 2453 7.5
2 IM Glavina Pablo ARG 2437 7.5

3 FM Lana Rodriguez David ESP 2309 7
4 IM Barria Zuniga Daniel CHI 2435 7
5 FM Lopez Gracia Fernando ESP 2375 7
6 FM Fontana Sotomayor Luis Javier ESP 2323 7

7 Diaz Velandia Jose Manuel VEN 2284 6.5
8 FM Moreno Gracia Daniel ESP 2345 6.5
9 IM Forcen Esteban Daniel ESP 2503 6.5
10 GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2530 6.5
11 Galvan Jesus PER 2241 6.5
12 Gella Lopez Angel ESP 2084 6.5

13 Accattato Martin Mario ESP 2222 6
14 FM Pena Riasco Alexander COL 2121 6
15 Buch Prades Joan ESP 2096 6
16 IM Garcia Vicente Nieves ESP 2227 6
17 Maza Broto Pablo ESP 2033 6
18 NM Hernando Garcia Antonio ESP 2185 6
19 Fabre Perez Jose Maria ESP 2082 6
20 Palomar Ramon Santiago ESP 1995 6
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Washington International

August 6, 2013, 7:34 pm
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The 2nd Annual Washington International is taking place on 6-11th August at the Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Maryland, United States.

The tournament is being played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with the time control 40/90, SD/30 30/inc.

Among the registered players, we find 11 Grandmasters and 16 International Masters with a wide range of nationalities; players from Colombia, Georgia, Israel, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cuba, Germany, India, among others, are enlisted. Naturally, an important amount of Americans are also participating.

Strong GMs such as American Alex Lenderman, recent winner of the Southern Open Yuniesky Quesada, Dortmund participant Daniel Fridman and Israeli Ilya Smirin are registered. Full list below.

The A Section (Minimum 2100 FIDE or 2200 USCF) has a guaranteed prize fund of $22,000: 1st $5000, 2nd $3000, 3rd $2000, 4th $1000, 5th $900, 6th $800, 7th $700, 8th $600 etc

The B Section (Under 2201 USCF and Under 2200 FIDE, FIDE rated) offers a guaranteed prize fund of $4,000: 1st $1500, 2nd $700, 3rd $400, 1st Under 2000 $600, 2nd Under 2000 $300, 1st Under 1800 $500.

Tournament website

Registered players (top seeds):

Alex Lenderman GM USA
Mikheil Kekelidze GM GEO
Gildardo Garcia GM COL
Daniel Fridman GM GER
Ioan-Cristian Chirila GM ROM
Kidambi Sundararajan GM IND
Ilya Smirin GM ISR
Nicolay Legky GM FRA
Larry Kaufman GM USA
Fidel Jimenez GM CUB
Yuniesky Perez GM CUB
Farai Mandizha IM ZIM
Nazi Paikidze IM GEO
Vitaly Neimer IM ISR
Adam Hunt IM ENG
Kayden Troff IM USA
Leon Piasetski IM CAN
Tegshsuren Enkhbaht IM USA
Alfonso Almeida IM MEX
Daniel Ludwig IM USA
Roberto Marin del Campo IM MEX
Mackenzie Molner IM USA
Oladalpo Adu IM NGR
Olape Bunmi IM NGR
Michael Mulyar IM USA
Darwin Yang IM USA
Justin Sakar IM USA
Katerina Rohonyan WGM USA
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The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 System with GM Perelshteyn ... and more

August 6, 2013, 10:01 pm
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The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 System with GM Perelshteyn



The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 System with GM Perelshteyn
Posted on August 05,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Grand Prix Attack is one of the most popular sidelines for white against the Sicilian Defense, sidestepping the main lines in favor of a more narrowly targeted battle in the opening. The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 systems are highly regarded by many leading Grandmasters as the positional ideas behind his early bishop maneuver are fundamentally very solid - white plays to exchange his light-squared bishop early in the game, and then strives to plac[...]

Carlsen vs Nakamura - Insane Tactics in the Queen's Gambit
Posted on July 31,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Carlsen opens with 1. d4 and Nakamura responds with the Slav Defense. Carlsen plays an early exchange on d5 and play steers towards the Charousek Variation of the Queen's Gambit. I was not extremely impressed with Nakamura's choice of opening with black as Carlsen was able to gain an extremely rapid lead in development followed by a very solid position and finally mobile pawns in the center. Carlsen skillfully exploited a superior position by emb[...]

Stonewall Defense with GM Perelshteyn
Posted on July 29,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Stonewall Defense is an exceptionally solid choice for black against 1. d4, based on strong positional ideas that are very tough to crack! The Stonewall Defense involves placing your pawns on the light squares (..d5, e6, and f5) - granting black an iron grip on the center and making it extremely difficult for white to achieve thematic breaks involving an e4 push. While black does have problems with developing his light-squared bishop on c8, i[...]

The Accelerated Dragon with GM Perelshteyn
Posted on July 22,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Accelerated Dragon is one of the most aggressive chess opening systems that black can employ against the King Pawn set-ups. The Accelerated Dragon is an exceptionally versatile weapon for the black player as it can be easily transposed to from a variety of Sicilian Defense variations. The follow chess video is an excerpt from the 2.5+ hour chess DVD ¨Destroy White with the Accelerated Dragon¨ by renown Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn, who intr[...]

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Arctic Chess with 5,000 Euros prize funds

August 6, 2013, 10:20 pm
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Arctic Chess NGPin Tromsø (during World Cup so for those who get knocked out early can participate)

August 16 - 18 : 7 rounds swiss (3 rounds 20 5 + 4 rounds 90 30)

Prize Fund: 5.000 EURO!

A Main: 1000-600-400 Elo -2300: 500-300-200 Elo –2000: 250-150-100
B Main: 500-300-200 Elo -1500: 250 150 100

Group A Elo 1750+ Start fee: NOK 700,- Free:All participants in the FIDE World Cup
Group B: Elo -1750 Start fee: NOK 350,-

Players with -1750 can apply to the organizer to participate in Group A.

=> Registration

Playing schedule:

August 16: (Rapid 20 5)
Round 1: 19.30 Round 2: 20.45 Round 3: 22.00

August 17: (Classical chess 90 30)
Round 4: 10.00 Round 5: 18.00

August 18: (Classical chess 90 30)
Round 6: 10.00 Round 7: 15.00

=> Registration

Chief Arbiter: Trond Romsdal
Arbiter: Øyvind Pedersen
Organizer: Jan Sigmund Berglund (+47 992 79 489)

Other side events: http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/tromso/side-events
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LIVE from Tromsø every day!

August 6, 2013, 11:30 pm
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I will be in Tromsø for the next month to do commentary and LIVE updates at the 2013 World Cup. Be sure to follow @SusanPolgar and @Tromso2014 for all the exclusive tidbits, information, updates, and photos right from the playing venue.

Don't miss out this spectacular event with the top Superstars such as Aronian, Kramnik, Caruana, Karjakin, Nakamura, Morozevich, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Ponomariov, Gelfand, Dominguez, Mamedyarov, Kamsky, and many more...
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Blitz tactic

August 7, 2013, 12:00 am
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Black to move. What is the best continuation for Black?

8/8/4pBP1/3kP3/3b4/p7/1rRK4/8 b - - 0 83

Kosteniuk - Karpov (World Blitz Championship 2009)
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British Championship LIVE!

August 7, 2013, 7:00 am
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Radjabov 1st to arrive at Tromsø World Cup

August 7, 2013, 9:40 am
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Azeri super GM Teimour Radjabov is the first among the 128 participants of the 2013 World Cup in Tromsø to arrive. Tomashevsky will arrive later today. Most players will arrive in the next two days.

Update: Egyptian GM A. Adly will likely forfeit his match against Moiseenko because he could not get clearance from the Egyptian military (source: thechessdrum).

Follow @susanpolgar and @tromso2014 for LIVE updates. 
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8th Bone Blitz Tournament in Cuprija

August 7, 2013, 10:40 am
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The 8th Bone Blitz tournament was played on 4th August in Cuprija, Serbia.

The tournament was organized to honor Miroslav Milenkovic Bone, retired French teacher and Serbian chess legend, who won many competitions in France, Italy and Bulgaria, including twice the Championship of Paris in the mid 50′s.

At the age of 80, Bone is still actively playing for the local club Radnicki in the Central Serbia League.

After 11 rounds of play, FIDE Masters Boroljub Zlatanovic (Chess Club Vodovod, Kragujevac) and Dejan Brankovic (OSK Paracin) shared the first place with 9,5 points each.

Zlatanovic took the winner’s trophy and top prize on better tie-break score. This is his third victory in the traditional tournament, while Brankovic also has two trophies from the past. Standings below.

Final standings (FIDE blitz ratings):

1 FM Zlatanovic Boroljub SRB 2464 – 9.5
2 FM Brankovic Dejan SRB 2357 – 9.5

3 IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2301 – 8.5

4 MK Stefanovic Vladimir SRB 2249 – 7.5

5 CM Cvetanovic Uros SRB 2290 – 7
6 IM Novoselski Zoran SRB 2392 – 7
7 FM Dinic Dragan SRB 2194 – 6

8 FM Popovic Djordje D SRB 2141 – 6
9 FM Radosavljevic Slobodan D SRB 2278 – 6
10 MK Ivic Matija SRB 2043 – 6
11 MK Grujic Nebojsa SRB 2153 – 6

12 MK Blagojevic Vladan SRB 2156 – 5.5
13 MK Petrovic Dragoslav SRB 2048 – 5.5
14 I Manic Veljko SRB 0 – 5.5

15 MK Urosevic Goran SRB 2239 – 5
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Adly was denied permission to travel to World Cup

August 7, 2013, 12:39 pm
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One of the few African representatives – and one of the strongest – Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly will not take part in the upcoming event to be held in Tromso, informed Daaim Shabazz.

Adly was prevented from traveling due to an obligatory service to the Egyptian Army.

There was apparently no way to delay the filing of military application for service. Adly told The Chess Drum that he had exhausted all efforts including the submission of an official letter from the Ministry of Sports. After trying various channels, today’s deadline to receive a concession for travel has passed.

The other Egyptian players (GM Bassem Amin, GM Essam El-Gindy and IM Samy Shoker) were not affected.

Adly graduated from Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime in February and is required to submit papers to report for military service on next Sunday. The service would be one year if selected.

We will be expecting more news regarding the possible replacement of GM Adly.
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XI Miguel Najdorf Open in Warsaw

August 7, 2013, 1:32 pm
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The XI Miguel Najdorf Open is taking place on 5th – 13th August at the Warsaw Sports and Recreation Centre in Poland.

It is a 9 round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game and 30 seconds increments from move one.

Tournament A is reserved for players with an Elo rating of at least 2000. It has a prize fund of 16.000 PLN (approx. 5.000 US dollars), with 4.000 PLN reserved for the winner.

50 players are registered in the main section. Polish GM Kacper Piorun is the first seed.

Tournament website

Participants (top seeds):

1 GM Piorun, Kacper POL 2552
2 GM Jakubowski, Krzysztof POL 2507
3 IM Warakomski, Tomasz POL 2503
4 GM Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2494
5 IM Stachowiak, Kamil POL 2470
6 IM Kanarek, Marcel POL 2463
7 GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas LTU 2455
8 IM Sadzikowski, Daniel POL 2455
9 IM Strzemiecki, Zbigniew POL 2437
10 IM Staniszewski, Piotr POL 2432

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Zambian star heads to Tromsø to face Kramnik

August 7, 2013, 1:59 pm
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Chess star leaves for Norway tourney
Posted August 7, 2013 by mitia in Sports
By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE -

FIDE Master (FM) Gillian Bwalya is this evening scheduled to leave for Norway ahead of the World Chess Championship slated for August 10 to September 5 in Tromso.

Bwalya, the International Master (IM) who qualified to the World Championship after emerging victorious at the Zone 4.3 championship in Botswana in May this year, would be among 128 players who would be competing for the $120,000 (about K660,000) first prize, with a total prize fund of $1.6 million (about K8.8 million).

The lucrative Chess World Cup 2013, is a 128-player single-elimination tournament which would see the first-round losers pocket $6,000 (K33,000).

Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) deputy secretary Richard Mwansa said in an interview yesterday that Zambia’s sole representative at the games would be accompanied by tournament coordinator, Aaron Banda.

He said Bwalya had prepared adequately for the tournament and that he was ready to produce positive results for Zambia.

“I can confirm that all is set for Gillian’s trip to Norway for the Chess World Cup and he is leaving tomorrow (today) in the evening. As a federation we are confident that our representative would put up a good performance and reach greater heights,” he said.

And Bwalya who was bubbling with confidence said though he expected stiff competition, he was determined to stun his opponents.

Bwalya said in an interview that he was aiming for a top flight finish and refused to be cowed by big names at the tournament.

“I am prepared to face my opponents at the World Cup, and my target is to achieve something positive for the country,” he said.

Bwalya kicks off the championship a clash against former world champion Grand Master (GM) Vladimir Kramnik of Russia who is ranked third in the world.

The Swedish embassy in June sponsored Bwalya with $3000 (about K16,500) to enable him attend the 2013 World Chess Cup.

Source: http://www.times.co.zm 
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Howell still at the top in British Championship

August 7, 2013, 2:41 pm
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David Howell retains lead
Malcolm Pein reports on the 100th British Chess Championships
By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent
6:26PM BST 07 Aug 2013

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk 

David Howell was held to a draw by Mark Hebden but still retained a half-point lead after the seventh round of the 100th British Championships was over. Howell has 6/7 with Hebden, GM Simon Williams, GM Keith Arkell and IM Ameet Ghasi on 5.5.

The players seemed invigorated by Sunday’s rest day and a large proportion of the games were won by Black. Arkell won quickly against Peter Wells and Ghasi played a nice combination to defeat Jonathan Hawkins, but this was the game of the day:

S. Gordon - S. Williams
King’s Indian 

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.h3 a6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.c5 (A very interesting novelty. c4-c5 is usual if Black has also played c7-c6, as b6 is weak) 8...b5 9.Qc2 (9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 is good for White, or 9...Ne8 10.Ng5!?) 9...Bb7 10.a3 Qe8 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.0–0 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Rad1 f5!? 17.Rxd6 Ne5 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Be2 f4 20.Bd4?! f3!

Position after 20...f3!

21.Bxf3 Rxf3 22.Re6 (22.gxf3 Nxf3+ 23.Kh1 Nxd4) 22...Qf7 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.gxf3 


Position after 24.gxf3 

24...Bc8!! (The rook is pinned to the queen 24...Qf4 25.Rxe5 wins) 25.Qd5 Qxe6 26.Qxa8 Qxh3 27.Rd1 


Position after 27.Rd1
Black to play and mate in three

Two junior players again performed well. Ravi Haria followed his defeat of David Eggleston with a draw against Simon Knott and Matthew Wadsworth held GM John Emms to a draw.

Answer:

27...Bh2+ 28.Kh1 Bg3+ 29.Kg1 Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Qxf2# 0–1
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Cuban superstar aiming for the World Cup

August 7, 2013, 2:56 pm
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Havana, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Great Master Leinier Dominguez, best Cuban player and of Latin America, nowadays, will take part in the World Tromso Cup in Norway from September 3 to 10, said Cuban weekly Jit. 

"This tournament is always difficult, but I will do my best so I can go as forward as I can. To reach the top is my goal," said Dominguez, the owner of the 12th place in the world ranking, with 2,757 ELO points. 

If Leinier Dominguez reaches the finals, he would win a ticket for the Tournament for Candidates to the world title.

Dominguez concluded his training for the competition in his natal town in Guines, and his first match in the tournament will be against Egyptian Essam El Gindy (2,487 Elo points), in his fifth try in this kind of tournament.

"I have seen some matches by my first contender, but I have preferred to rest these days, because it will be much important to get to the competition with enough energy," he said.

Cuba will also compete in Norway with Lazaro Bruzon (2,698 points) and National Champion Isam Ortiz (2,609).

Source: http://www.plenglish.com
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FIDE Calendar 2013 to 2015

August 7, 2013, 3:07 pm
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FIDE Calendar 2013 to 2015

2013-2014

2014-2015

Corrections & Updates are to be notified directly to FIDE General Secretary & Calendar Administrator Ignatius Leong : fideleong@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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FIDE President in Latvia

August 7, 2013, 3:19 pm
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A Chess Festival "Liepajas Rokade" was held in Liepaja, Latvia for the 20th time. It included Open, Youth, Team competition and a super-tournament. 12 well-known Grandmasters and 4 players qualified from the Open section were taking part in the super-tournament. 

Among the invited GMs were ex-World Champion Alexander Khalifman, ex-Europe Champion Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Latvian Champion Igor Kovalenko, President of the Georgian Chess Federation Giorgi Giorgadze, famous Baltic players - Alexander Shabalov, Jaan Ehlvest, Eduardas Rozentalis, Kaido Kulaots, Normunds Miezis and others. Zone 1.7 President, Aris Ozolins is the main organiser and soul of the festival all these years. The prize fund 15 000 Euro was provided this year by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The next day FIDE President took part in the opening ceremony of the 3rd Chess Tournament of Riga Technical University. 300 chess players with 30 GMs are playing in Sections A and B. It was mentioned at the opening ceremony that this tournament is the strongest one at the Baltic coast by the list of participants. A welcome speech was delivered by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Zone 1.7 President Aris Ozolins, President of the Latvian Chess Federation Peteris Smidre, Rector of the RTU and Prof. Leonids Ribickis. 

www.fide.com
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2013 SPICE Cup Open - $11,000 guaranteed

August 7, 2013, 4:41 pm
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2013 SPICE Cup Open
Sponsored by Webster University
and the Susan Polgar Foundation

St. Louis, Missouri
October 15-19, 2013

GM/IM norm opportunity - Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100
Limited to first 50 entries
4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

PRIZES: $11,000 guaranteed

$4,000-$2,000-$1,500-$1,000-$500
U/2400 FIDE $500-$250-$125
U/2300 FIDE $500-$250-$125
top female $250

October 2013 rating will be used

Limited FREE hotel accommodation (double occupancy) at the Crown Plaza available to foreign GMs.

ENTRY FEES:

Free to all GMs, IMs, WGMs and all FIDE rated players over 2300 (must complete all 9 rounds), if registered by September 30, 2013. $50 later or on site.

$100 to others if received by September 30, 2013. $150 later or on site.

VENUE:
Crown Plaza Clayton Hotel 7750 Carondelet Ave, St Louis, MO 63105 (FREE shuttle from the Lambert–St. Louis International Airport) $109/night, FREE Breakfast/Internet

For reservations guests can call directly to 314-726-5400 or 1-800-439-5719
Group Name is SPICE Cup or on line at www.cpclayton.com
Group Code is WQZ

Send entries to

Webster University - SPICE
470 E. Lockwood Ave
St. Louis, MO 63119
 
Questions or registration for titled players: Email: spice@webster.edu or call 314-246-8075

Schedule

Tuesday, October 15
5:00 pm - Round 1

Wednesday, October 16
10:00 am - Round 2
5:00 pm - Round 3

Thursday, October 17
10:00 am - Round 4
5:00 pm - Round 5

Friday, October 18
10:00 am - Round 6
5:00 pm - Round 7

Saturday, October 19
10:00 am - Round 8
5:00 pm - Round 9

All Rounds played at the Crown Plaza Clayton Hotel
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