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Chess.FM India's weekly Saturday Show at 7.00 PM IST, 14th July 2007, presents an Interview with World Under-18 Champion WGM Dronavalli Harika. Sixteen year old Harika who hails from Andhra Pradesh has also moved to the 15th spot in the World Women rankings.The weekly Saturday show is hosted by the Indian Chess critic Arvind Aaron features also includes "India this Week", "Hot Events" and Up

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The newKerala.com reports that there may soon be an online chess academy, and they will be able to get lessons from world champion Vishwanathan Anand. Great news for Chess enthusiasts in India.Technorati Tags: Online Chess Academy

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I have started reading again, Paul Keres and Alexander Kotov's chess book - The Art of the Middle Game. As you all know, 'Pawn Play' ie. your handling of the Pawns, is one of the keys to success in the middle game. To supplement my study, I studied this excellent game between Peter Potemkin (white) and Alexander Alekhine (black) played in St. Petersburg 1912. [Event "St Petersburg"] [Site "St

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David Shenk, whose great-great-grandfather was a celebrated player in 19th-century Paris, has spent the past few years penning The Immortal Game, an investigation of chess's enduring influence. He talks with Nextbook's Sara Ivry about its evolution and its often overlooked role in Jewish life.PODCAST: http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=431Technorati Tags: The Immortal Game Blogs

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The MONSTER VS. HUNTER Chess Set is a limited numbered edition of 750 sets. The 32 pieces are constructed from cold cast marble, ranging in height from approximately 4 1/2 inches down to 2 5/8 inches. The marble coloring of each set is unique, as each is sculpted, cast, and sanded by hand. Do have a look.Technorati Tags: MONSTER VS. HUNTER Chess Set Blogs linking to this article

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The Online Chess Blog now hosts a Chess Search Engine, powered by Google. It is on the right-hand side panel for you to search anything related to Chess. You can use it as a quick, reliable way to pin down the Chess information you need. For example type chessboards in this Chess Search Engine and see the results for your self. So far there are 10+ sites in the search engine, including the main

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Start a School Chess ClubA Squidoo lens devoted to information and resources for anyone interested in starting an elementary school chess club. Joanne Marcinek had no clue what she was doing, but muddled her way through, to start a chess club at her son's (3rd grade) elementary school. You will be pleased and surprised at what she came up with.Technorati Tags: How to start an Elementary School

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The Challenger Chess Academy (Recognised by the Bombay Chess Association) has been organising Chess festivals in Bombay for the past couple of years. They have already started planning and working for the 3rd CCA CHESS FESTIVAL 2007 to be held in Bombay between 1st and 31st May 2007. Those interested and for more details contact Sharad Vaze.Technorati Tags: 3rd CCA CHESS FESTIVAL 2007 Blogs

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Family and Business commitments make it impossible for me to continue with the De La Maza's Program. As such, I have decided to drop out of it but would continue blogging on chess, as and when time permits. During the period that I was actively involved in the program, I benefited from the suggestions, remarks and comments of other fellow members of the program. A big thank you, to you

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The game of chess provides many interesting diversions that are independent of the game itself. Many of these diversions are based on the strange L-shaped move of the knight. A classical example is the knight's tour. The knight's tour, which has captured the attention of both mathematicians and puzzle aficionados since the beginning of the eighteenth century, places a knight on any one of a

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Chad Kimball sent me a link to a free 22 page ebook that gives a detailed yet easy way for e4 players to beat the Sicilian Defence. Here it is, instant download, no cost.Technorati Tags: Beat the Sicilian Defence, Smith Morra Blogs linking to this article

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Bryce Glass sent me a link to an online comic My Obsession with Chess. It's an account of a childhood obsession with "the most violent game (Chess)" and how that obsession returned in Scott's late twenties.Technorati Tags: Obsession with Chess

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Are you aware, that as a holiday gesture Chessgames has opened the access to two of its popular premium features to all users. Until the end of the month, the Sacrifice Explorer and the Endgame Explorer will be free to all users to try out. The Sacrifice Explorer is a tool that allows you to search the database for combinations and sacrifices. You can quickly find sacrifices in your favorite

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Famed marketer Seth Godin and others have setup a new online platform called Squidoo that is finally in public beta mode. Eric Giguere says that Squidoo is all about building portals, not blogs. A portal is an aggregation of content into a single page. It's meant to provide a snapshot view of things. But unlike standard portals, Squidoo's portals -- which they call lenses -- are meant to be

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Mark Weeks talks about Famous Chess Players, that has a list of 112 names and also explains as to why such-and-such a name does or doesn't appear. Dr. Max Lange is one such player whose name does not appear in that list. Dr. Max Lange was from Germany and was born on 8th July, 1832. He was not only a player but also a theoretician and problemist. As a player he was 1st at Dusseldorf in 1862, 1863

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This bit of news is for all the chess engine fans - There is a 14 day trial version of Fruit 2.2.1 chess engine for windows which is fully functional and not restricted in any way. Use the Fruit site for downloading this chess engine.Technorati Tags: Chess Engine, Fruit 2.2.1 Chess Engine Blogs linking to this article

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WebIndia123 reports that the second World man versus machine Chess Championship started in Bilbao, Spain on 20th Nov. 2005. Three FIDE World Champions Kasimdzhanov, Ponomariov and Khalifman will face three chess software programmes - Fritz 9, Junior 9 and Hydra - in the four-day event. The tournament will have four rounds played in a Scheveningen system. Each man will play two games against the

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Richard Reti was born on May, 28th 1889 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was one of the top players in the world during the early 20th century. The Reti Opening (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4), with which he famously defeated the world champion Jose Raul Capablanca in New York in 1924, is now a commonly used opening on the grandmaster circuit. This defeat marked the first time Jose Raul Capablanca had lost since

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Bernhard Horwitz was from Germany and was born on 10th May, 1807. He went to a school in Berlin where he studied art. From 1837 to 1843 he was part of a group of German chess players known as 'The Pleiades'. After settling in England in 1845 he played in the 1851 tournament, beating Henry Edward Bird but then being knocked out by Howard Staunton. His true love was problems and together with Josef

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I just read an article in the Nov. 2005 Indian edition of the Reader's Digest, titled 'China Cleans Up Its Game." This made me think of the possibility of using drugs to boost one's chess performance - Brainpower Drugs. I did a quick Google search on this subject, but it posed more questions than answers. Here's a small list of URLs talking about Brainpower Drugs.The Daily Dirt Chess

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How does one remember the plethora of chess openings? I for one, can never remember names, leave alone names of chess openings! Is there a way out; a solution to this? I follow some basic principles (KISS Principle - Keep it simple, silly) while playing and that with time has helped me to become a better player. This time around I decided to look at a few winning chess opening moves with the

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The Chinese Chess team is leading in the current World Chess Team Championship 2005, being held in Israel. Is it the Awakening of the Dragon? There are over 10 million Chinese who have learned Chess and very soon China shall be a major player in world chess. I wanted to analyse a game using my newly acquired software - Fritz 9 and decided to analyse a game between Ye Jiangchuan from China and

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I am so used to playing 1.d4 or 1.e4 that, when an opponent plays say 1.b4 my first reaction is - hey what's this? I decided to search around a bit for Chess Openings - Unusual First Moves when I ran into Mark Week's article by the same name. 1.b4 is also known as the Orangutang, one of the most colorful opening names, and as the Polish. Chess Lab has over two million interactive chess games

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The Monash University Chess Association has decided to host a social chess event, a little Drinking Chess Tournament from 3:30pm onwards, Thursday, October 27th at The Bar, Monash(Clayton). Although technically you need to be a member of the club to join, membership is free and will be available on the day. Entry to the tournament is $5, and the tournament format is king-of-the-hill. Play will

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Bobby Fischer and Paul Morphy are battling it out, in a series of chess matches organised by... If only this would have been reality! Is this possible? I love to replay the games played by these two great and talented chess players. Fritz has the capability to play out matches and tournaments between different chess engines. Now, what if we could feed all the games played by Morphy to one

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