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Ups and Downs in World Cup Part 2

                The World Cup is still continuing in Siberia. There are only eight players left. There are no Americans left as Gata Kamsky was eliminated in Round 3 by the young Filipino superstar Wesley So, whose exploits include a Round ...Read more »

VIDEO: Live Sessions; One Move at a Time 4

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Charles is at it again, beating up on lower rated players for the enjoyment of the chess.com audience. Actually, he'll teach you some important concepts about the importance of establishing control in Watch Video »

Gelfand And Ponomariov Into Semis

The quarter final tie-breaks of the 2009 World Cup are over, and Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov (pictured) are through to the semi-finals, joining Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Malakhov. Both Gelfand and Ponomariov both made the tiebreaks look easy, w...Read more »

Week 1 Assignment

Week One's Assignment.   In the Becerra-Ramirez game (USCL 09),   (257) Becerra,Julio (2615) - Ramirez,Alejandro (2601) [B04] USCL Miami vs Arizona Internet Chess Club (10), 04.11.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.Nf3 g6 ...Read more »