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Chess.com - Play. Learn. Share. Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com FIDE Rating List July 2009 Veselin Topalov (pictured) is still ranked the world's number 1 player on the latest quarterly official FIDE ratings list, gaining a single point to stand at 2813 Elo.Â World Champion Viswanathan Anand is second on 2788 Elo and Magnus Carlsen is ... http://www.chess.com/news/fide-rating-list-july-2009-5876 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:26 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/fide-rating-list-july-2009-5876 Bobby Fischer Film Trailer We reported back in February that the first Bobby Fischer biopic 'Bobby Fischer Live', was in production.Â Now a trailer for the film has been released by Amamdeus Pictures. The whole project is very much the work of one man, Damian Chapa (pictu... http://www.chess.com/news/bobby-fischer-film-trailer-3589 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:07:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/bobby-fischer-film-trailer-3589 TOP 3 SEEDS, RISING STAR, SIT ATOP U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS May 15, 2009 The Los Angeles ChronicleÂ St. Louis, Mo. - The leaderboard flipped Thursday in the seventh of nine rounds of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. At the end of the day, the... http://www.chess.com/news/top-3-seeds-rising-star-sit-atop-us-chess-championship-standings Fri, 15 May 2009 15:32:26 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/top-3-seeds-rising-star-sit-atop-us-chess-championship-standings High school football player is on chess tourney's leader board ByÂ Joe Holleman ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 05/15/2009 The leader board at the U.S. Chess Championship, being held this year in St. Louis, is occupied by the pre-tournament favorites -- and a high-school football player.As of Friday, a rest day for ... http://www.chess.com/news/high-school-football-player-is-on-chess-tourneys-leader-board Fri, 15 May 2009 15:26:59 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/high-school-football-player-is-on-chess-tourneys-leader-board Chess elite check in for 7th round Chess elite check in for 7th round ByÂ Joe Holleman ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 05/14/2009 After six of nine rounds in the U.S. Chess Championship, defending champion Yury Shulman of Chicago is tied for the lead with fellow grandmaster Varuzhan Akobi... http://www.chess.com/news/chess-elite-check-in-for-7th-round Thu, 14 May 2009 14:45:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/chess-elite-check-in-for-7th-round SHULMAN AND AKOBIAN HOLD LEAD AT U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Contact: John Henderson847-347-9593 For immediate release: SHULMAN AND AKOBIAN HOLD LEAD AT U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP St. Louis, Mo., May 13, 2009 -- Defending champion Yury Shulman, of Barrington, Ill., and Varuzhan Akobian, of North Hollywood,... http://www.chess.com/news/shulman-and-akobian-hold-lead-at-us-chess-championship Thu, 14 May 2009 12:51:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/shulman-and-akobian-hold-lead-at-us-chess-championship Chess Club Delivers Major League, All-Pro Sports Opening for St. Louis By Travis H. Brown They called him one of the best closers of all time in St. Louis Cardinals history.Â But today, his opening game was hard enough âАУ on the chess board. Over his major league baseball career as a hard-throwing reliever,Â Tod... http://www.chess.com/news/chess-club-delivers-major-league-all-pro-sports-opening-for-st-louis Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:08 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/chess-club-delivers-major-league-all-pro-sports-opening-for-st-louis MISSOURIAN BROOKS CONTINUES TO SHINE AT CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP For more information contact:Laura Slay, Slay and Associates314-504-0081 orÂ lslay@slayandassociates.comorJack Naudi, Slay and Associates636-751-4965 orÂ jnaudi@slayandassociates.comFor immediate release:Â MISSOURIAN BROOKS CONTINUES TO SHINE AT ... http://www.chess.com/news/missourian-brooks-continues-to-shine-at-chess-championship Wed, 13 May 2009 14:18:35 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/missourian-brooks-continues-to-shine-at-chess-championship ALL PARTICIPANTS AT U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP NOW OFFICIALLY INELIGIBLE FOR $64,000 FISCHER MEMORIAL P For more information contact:Laura Slay, Slay & AssociatesÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 314-504-0081Â orÂ Â lslay@slayandassociates.com Mark Bretz, Slay & Associates314-838-9371 orÂ mbretz@slaya... http://www.chess.com/news/all-participants-at-us-chess-championship-now-officially-ineligible-for-64000-fischer-memorial-p Wed, 13 May 2009 11:35:58 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/all-participants-at-us-chess-championship-now-officially-ineligible-for-64000-fischer-memorial-p Students to Compete on Off-Day at U.S. Chess Championships For more information contact:Laura Slay, Slay & Associates314-504-0081 orÂ lslay@slayandassociates.comÂ Mark Bretz, Slay & Associates314-838-9371 orÂ mbretz@slayandassociates.comÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â For Immediate Release:Â Â... http://www.chess.com/news/students-to-compete-on-off-day-at-us-chess-championships Wed, 13 May 2009 11:19:47 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/students-to-compete-on-off-day-at-us-chess-championships SHULMAN AND AKOBIAN MAKE THEIR MOVE FOR TITLE Immediate ReleaseContact: John Henderson847-347-9593Â SHULMAN AND AKOBIAN MAKE THEIR MOVE FOR TITLE Â St. Louis, MO, May 12, 2009 -- Defending champion Yury Shulman, of Barrington, Ill., and Varuzhan Akobian, of North Hollywood, Calif., broke fro... http://www.chess.com/news/shulman-and-akobian-make-their-move-for-title Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/shulman-and-akobian-make-their-move-for-title Philippines Introduce Chess To School Curriculum Many studies have claimed that the introduction of chess tuition to young children helps them achieve better progress in their academic and personal development. Now the government of the Philippines has taken the plunge and agreed to introduce ch... http://www.chess.com/news/philippines-introduce-chess-to-school-curriculum-3925 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:11:34 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/philippines-introduce-chess-to-school-curriculum-3925 IBM Swaps Chess For Jeopardy In 1997 IBM's custom built chess supercomputer Deep Blue beat the reigning world chess champion, Garry Kasparov in a 6-game match and IBM's share price rocketed. Now in 2009, IBM has announced plans to unleash it's latest experiment in artificial... http://www.chess.com/news/ibm-swaps-chess-for-jeopardy-3694 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:48:07 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/ibm-swaps-chess-for-jeopardy-3694 FIDE April 2009 Rating List The latest official FIDE quarterly rating list has been published today, with Veselin Topalov (pictured) maintaining his #1 spot and surpassing the magic 2800 Elo barrier once more.Â World champion Vishy Anand is a clear #2 and Magnus Carlsen is ... http://www.chess.com/news/fide-april-2009-rating-list-5729 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:38:58 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/fide-april-2009-rating-list-5729 Google Solves Chess! Chess will never be the same again.  Until now, many mathematicians claimed it wasn’t possible to ‘solve’ chess due to the exponentially large number of possible games (10^120).  However, in a dramatic development today... http://www.chess.com/news/google-solves-chess-1779 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:59:26 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/google-solves-chess-1779 White pieces had better win-rate in last year's shogi events Second mover's winning percentage has exceeded that of First mover for the professional Japanese chess games of the fiscal year 2008(April 2008 through March 2009). It's the first time since Japan Shogi Association started stats since 1967. Here i... http://www.chess.com/news/white-pieces-had-better-win-rate-in-last-years-shogi-events-7702 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:22:21 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/white-pieces-had-better-win-rate-in-last-years-shogi-events-7702 Emory Tate at HHCF event in SF I have written up the HHCF event from the perspective of one of my strudents (and chess.com member). It is at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/1/175050/5056/366/703416. (because I wanted to post at a site that isn't just chess) There will ... http://www.chess.com/news/emory-tate-at-hhcf-event-in-sf-1306 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:49:40 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/emory-tate-at-hhcf-event-in-sf-1306 Fischer Film In Pre-Production Possible films about Bobby Fischer's life have been mooted for a long time, but following his death just over a year ago, the time is now ripe for it to happen at last. Producer Damian Chapa is due to start filming an Amadeus Pictures biopic of B... http://www.chess.com/news/fischer-film-in-pre-production-2152 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:04:52 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/fischer-film-in-pre-production-2152 What Deep Blue Did Next In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer won a 6-game match against the legendary Garry Kasparov and made headlines around the world.Â The match was billed in some quarters as humanity's last stand against the machines. Was this proof that computers wou... http://www.chess.com/news/what-deep-blue-did-next-4530 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:38:38 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/what-deep-blue-did-next-4530 Building Chess.com: Part 14 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly I feel compelled to write today about the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I'm going to break form though and start with the ugly and end with the good! The Bad Sometimes things are outside of our control. There are weeks where everything on Chess... http://www.chess.com/news/building-chesscom-part-14---the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-3411 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:23:08 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/building-chesscom-part-14---the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-3411