Those who agree that Yazici is the worst international chess official ever, please retweet ( Read more... )

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По словам Кирсана Илюмжинова, на примере именно Армении можно продемонстрировать как работает программа "Chessing school"
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Результат сеанса одновременной игры: +13 =1.


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Шахматам на ТВ не бывать!, давно признано, все ушли на фронт ( Read more... )

now, to what really matters. would be nice to organise a tournament for smokers - exclusively. non-smokers are not allowed to play & smoke

those who don't make any silly things have ever worsening life expectancy prognosis; by fixing mistakes one can change the trend for a while


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The first half of the match was just a PR disaster. Yes, there will be a winner eventually, and we will see decisive games. But some are already just waiting it all to end, no matter how. It is my opinion that the classical title matches is nearly the most unattractive form of modern chess. It is not about moves, which Anand and Gelfand want to ( Read more... )

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Andriy Slyusarchuk, known as "Doctor Pi", was arrested earlier this month in Ukraine. Not exactly because of his chess match against Rybka. He faces charges of fraud and forgery of documents. An illegal medical practice certainly took place also. Unfortunately, as is already widely known, several people have died after the treatment from this, as ( Read more... )