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Sonas: Overall review of the FIDE rating system 22 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
22.8.2013 - Statistician Jeff Sonas has done comprehensive work on the chess rating system, showing us how optimizing various factors and parameters can yield more (or less) accurate values. Now he em...
World Cup 4.2: Caruana, Kramnik, Kamsky through 22 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
21.8.2013 - But the big news was that Hikaru Nakamura lost his game to Anton Korobov and was eliminated after four rounds. Kramnik and Caruana had no serious problems settling matters, the former with...
Ask the pieces by Becker and Mueller 21 Aug 2013 | 10:58 am
21.8.2013 - When a new product on chess instruction stands out, it is usually based on quality and clarity, but rarely originality or humor. However, the latest "Ask the pieces" does just that, by dis...
World Cup 4.1: Kamsky, Kramnik, Caruana victorious 21 Aug 2013 | 01:34 am
20.8.2013 - The round of sixteen started with a bang as many games were wild and interesting. Kamsky played a dazzling piece sacrifice that shocked Mamedyarov, who didn't respond in the best way and l...
Magnus in Chennai – with 2000 screaming girls 20 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
20.8.2013 - "Among wizards and geeks, Magnus Carlsen is a pleasant variance. He is surreally cool, boyishly handsome, has sponsors queuing up for endorsements and smudgy eyed teens thronging for autog...
Summer Chess Festival in the City of Fortune (2/2) 20 Aug 2013 | 12:54 pm
20.8.2013 - The international chess festival, ‘Mare di Fano’ took place from 29 July to 5 August. This chess festival at the peak of summer was a tournament with a splash in the sea, fresh fish, and a...
World Cup 3.3: Grischuk and Giri out 20 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
19.8.2013 - The stakes are higher and the pressure is increasing - a fact that is noticeable especially in tiebreak situations. Many blunders decided the fate of today's matches, but at the end most o...
Summer Chess Festival in the City of Fortune (1/2) 20 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
19.8.2013 - In Italy, numerous smaller cities hide great beauty as well as historical and cultural treasures but remain obscured by the world fame of their grander counterparts like Rome, Florence or ...
ChessBase Magazine #154 – Never write off Gelfand 19 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
19.8.2013 - His form had reached its peak with his world championship duel with Anand last year, but missed his opportunity. Perhaps it’s time for the veteran to retire? Not yet. Boris Gelfand staged ...
ChessBase Magazine #155 – Never write off Gelfand 19 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
19.8.2013 - His form had reached its peak with his world championship duel with Anand last year, but missed his opportunity. Perhaps it’s time for the veteran to retire? Not yet. Boris Gelfand staged ...
