Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:00am.
While most of us prefer to be on the attacking side, quite often we end up under the opponent’s pressure. In fact, the nature of the pressure can lie in the chess realm and/or in the field of psychology. By chess pressure we mean a long-last... Read more »
5259 reads | 33 comments | 5 votes:
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WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:00am.
The final part of the report about the Women’s World Team Chess Championship features the last three rounds. These are especially important in terms of the tournament’s results. Usually by that point everyone is tired, and the cost of making a... Read more »
3616 reads | 25 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:00am.
From the battles of the early rounds to the middlegame of the tournament. Our team had to face two tough competitors – Georgia and China.
Lately we have scored well against Georgia, but this time that wasn’t the case. The match was a really c... Read more »
5458 reads | 14 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Mon Jan 9, 2012 12:00am.
ChessBase Magazine 143(DVD+Booklet)
August 2011
www.chessbase.com
“Promise that you would not bore me writing on Kazan matches again,”my friend Max demanded on seeing this issue of ChessBase Magazine.... Read more »
1261 reads | 2 comments | 0 votes:
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chessbibliophileon Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:00am.
ChessBase Magazine 142(DVD+Booklet)
June 2011
http://www.chessbase.com/
“Never saw this fellow before. Who is he?”
My friend Max asked, seeing this issue of ChessBase Magazine.
“... Read more »
2103 reads | 2 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:00am.
The World Team Chess Championship is one of the most prestigious team events, although women’s championships have a very short history. This year’s edition in Mardin, Turkey was only the third. The previous two tournaments ended in the same wa... Read more »
3790 reads | 21 comments | 5 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:00am.
If you missed it, the first half of this tournament report is here. And now for the decisive moment in the match--
The 5th round failed our expectations, and the Oldhands won again. Hort defeated Kulovana, who was fighting rather desperately in ... Read more »
4649 reads | 26 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:00am.
24th December, 1868.A star was born in Berlinchen, East Brandenburg, Germany. His name was Emanuel Lasker. In the years to come he was to dominate the chess scene as no other player did. He had the longest reign as the world champion for 27 ye... Read more »
1780 reads | 6 comments | 1 vote:
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chessbibliophileon Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:00am.
Kingpin No.41,
Summer 2011,
Softcover, 64 pages
http://www.kingpinchess.net/
"Kingpin 41 is a must-read for everyone who doesn’t take chess too seriously; it’s especially a must-read for everyone who does take chess seriously!"- Chess ... Read more »
1862 reads | 6 comments | 1 vote:
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WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:00am.
The Snowdrops vs Oldhands match has been taking place in the Czech resort Marianski Lazne for fourt years in a row. The name of the event is connected with a movie which was quite popular in that country. There are two teams of 4 players each: mal... Read more »
5865 reads | 35 comments | 9 votes:
Submitted by
GM dbojkovon Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:00am.
During my studies in the National Sports Academy we had many other subjects besides chess. Anatomy, psychology, biochemistry, sports medicine, etc. Some of them were not really related to chess, some very close to the aspect of our game. We also h... Read more »
6432 reads | 37 comments | 8 votes:
Submitted by
benwson Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:00am.
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian is currently one of the United States' highest ranked chess players. He became an IM at the age of 16 and a GM at the age of 20. Akobian has won three World Opens, played for the U.S. in two Chess Olympiads, and qualif... Read more »
2075 reads | 9 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:00am.
The European Team Chess Championship finished quite recently, on November 11th. This was my debut year. Generally speaking, this event is held once every two years, and attracts nearly all the top grandmasters from Europe. Exciting and fighting ga... Read more »
5033 reads | 23 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:00am.
My Career:Volume 2
by Viswanathan Anand
ChessBase DVD.2008
www.chessbase.com
http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i
http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-ii
The second vo... Read more »
2122 reads | 18 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:00am.
My Career:Volume 1
by Viswanathan Anand
ChessBase DVD.2008
www.chessbase.com
http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i
In this part of the review I shall deal with the chess content of the D... Read more »
1656 reads | 2 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:00am.
My Career:Volume 1
by Viswanathan Anand
ChessBase DVD.2008
www.chessbase.com
Tal Chess Club, Madras 1976.
A tiny tot has just entered the tournament hall and ... Read more »
2468 reads | 9 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Sun Nov 6, 2011 12:00am.
Genius in the background
by Tibor Károlyi and Nick Aplin
Softcover, 382 pages
QualityChess. 2009
www.qualitychess.co.uk
The title of this book begs the more fundamental question, ... Read more »
2339 reads | 12 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:00am.
Every year in Europe the strongest chess club among men and women is determined. This event is rather short, but very exciting. Among the participants you can see both elite grandmasters and pure amateurs. The main prize is a cup that the team get... Read more »
3939 reads | 27 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Wed Oct 5, 2011 12:00am.
http://webcast.chessclub.com/preview/Watson/2009_10_20/Watson_preview.html
http://www.kingpinchess.net/
www.chesscenter.com/kingpin/Kingpin
Kingpin magazine is the enfant terrible of the chess world. In terms of satire it is similar to th... Read more »
2737 reads | 2 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Oct 4, 2011 12:00am.
We often hear or say ourselves that “I got tired, and my brain went dead”; “I was tired and blundered”, “I didn’t have enough energy left for the last few rounds”. Standard time control tournaments are especially demanding, as they l... Read more »
5517 reads | 37 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
WGM Natalia_Pogoninaon Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:00am.
I have been playing chess professionally from my childhood, and most of my friends are also pros. Quite often amateurs send me emotional messages stating they are willing to start training intensively in order to become a grandmaster, and even mov... Read more »
11231 reads | 70 comments | 8 votes:
Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerraon Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:00am.
Semyon Abramovich Furman was born in Moscow, Russia (formerly USSR). He was a factory worker in Leningrad, who developed his chess skills in his spare time, and was a late bloomer by chess standards, not reaching National Master until adulthood. F... Read more »
6397 reads | 27 comments | 6 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:00am.
San Luis 2005
by Alik Gershon and Igor Nor
Softcover.443 pages
Quality Chess.2007
www.qualitychessbooks.com
When I was young I was enamoured of tournament books. I was, especially, enc... Read more »
1194 reads | 8 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerraon Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:00am.
The 1969 U.S. Championship was also a zonal qualifier, with the top three finishers advancing to the Interzonal. Fischer however, did not play, because of disagreements about the tournament's format and prize fund. Benko, one of the three qualifie... Read more »
9103 reads | 49 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophileon Thu Sep 8, 2011 12:00am.
Vladimir Kramnik:My Path to The Top (DVD)
ChessBase.2007
http://www.chessbase.com/
Tuapse is a small town by the Black Sea in Russia.
Here a young man who has just bec... Read more »
1688 reads | 4 comments | 1 vote:
