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How to Play a Tournament

Once again, I will deviate from the topic of my chess column – exchanges. In this column I will present some thoughts on practical tournament strategies based on my own experience. There is much advice of what to do when one does not do well in the tour...Read more »

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VIDEO: Typical Plans with Opposite side Castling

by GM Gregory Kaidanov

Grandmaster Kaidanov's debut on chess.com! He goes over an extremely instructive virtuoso performance by Boris Spassky from the match against Petrosian that brought him the World Championship title. Y Watch Video »

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Chess World Cup 2009

The Chess World Cup gets underway on the 21 November in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.  The opening ceremony is being held today. In recent years, the Chess World Cup has become a regular qualifying event in the WCC cycle, even though the cycle itself has freq...Read more »

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Old school vs new school

Hi guys, this is one interested game which I played against one friend of mine, who is 65years old, so he is kind of old school:). Game was interesting and very short. I played against him 4 games, and won all 4, we also played lot of times before this en...Read more »

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