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Here I'll give a quick review of the important events of rounds 1-4 of Wijk aan Zee, along with a few cool chess moments explained.
Round 1
To me the big story here was Aronian failing to convert a good position against Van Wely.
I would r... | Read More
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Hey Chess-heads!
We've got some exciting news.... in about 9 hours the first ceremonial moves of the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be played... and then mass chess excitement will be experienced for a full 17 days!! The traditional Wijk ... | Read More
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Philadelphia and Seattle Brace for Chess Championship
by David Pruess, man-about-chess
reprinted with permission of The Chess Onion*
This Saturday, at 4 pm Eastern, the Philadelphia Inventors and Seattle Sluggers clash in 4-player match that... | Read More
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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to briefly check-in and let people know some of what we've got going on these days, and some of what goes on in my job.
Over the past 3 weeks, Danny and I have been working as chess consultants on a feature film in ... | Read More
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As some of you know, Danny and I have been working as chess consultants on a movie the past 2 weeks. It's been a really fun experience!
This coming weekend, they are shooting tournament scenes... and they need real chess tournament players to ma... | Read More
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Magnus Carlsen, world #1 chess player, G-star Model... and Music Video star! His manager just sent along this video, and I'm sure most of you will be very interested to check it out :-)
What's next for Magnus? | Read More
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So Danny (IM Rensch) and I, in order to spice up the Fantasy US Chess League competition, decided to each week elect a couple games as the "Clutch Performance of the Week" and the "Choke of the Week." (For those who have never seen sports in ... | Read More
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I did an interview the other day, with the excellent journalist Mike Klein. He was online at midnight in Istanbul (covering the olympiad), and I was in between appointments at the Mechanics in SF. The quality of the skype call wasn't amazing, but ... | Read More
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Hey friends!
So, obviously I'm very excited about the US Chess League coming to Chess.com this year. I believe this is one of the two most marketable U.S. chess events there is, and I'm hoping (and expecting) that we will see great growth in the... | Read More
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We are now seven (of 11) rounds into the Biel International, and so far my results have gone:
White v. lower rated: Win
Black v. higher rated: Loss
W v. lower: W
B v. higher: L
W v. lower: W
B v. higher: L
W v. lower: W
7-0 for whi... | Read More