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TATA STEEL Chess Tournament 2023 - Magnus vs. rest of the world

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Published: Saturday, 14 January 2023 17:32
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in the Netherlands. It is one of the most prestigious and oldest chess tournaments in the world, having been first held in 1938. The tournament has a long and rich history, and has been won by some of the greatest chess players of all time, including Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Magnus Carlsen.

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Immortal Game between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky

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Published: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 13:16
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This is a game of the "Immortal Game" between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky, played in London in 1851. It is considered one of the most famous chess games of all time, known for its aggressive and sacrificial play by both sides.

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Chess Informant (Sahovski) - gift from Serbian chess to the world

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Published: Monday, 02 January 2023 17:39
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When I spoke to my father in the late 90s, he just received a new book from Chess Informant internationally known these days as Sahovski. His eyes were full of excitement, chess energy and pride. Back in the days you ordered their books by traditional mail. You actually do it today too. How far have they evolved since 1966?

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Viktoria's fundraising with July 2022 Opening Master update

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Published: Monday, 11 July 2022 10:46
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Dear chess players, the summer is here. In full parade. And we are glad we could find you extra 100,000 games in order to be up-to-date and up-to-speed. With extra purchase you make today, you will send funds to bright individual student to fulfil her academic potential. Our team member and head of backoffice Viktoria Horvathova, got accepted to Kings College in London and asks you for help. 

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What we will learn from chess databases and 7 best things you can do with it

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Published: Saturday, 19 February 2022 11:13
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This article is the first in a series of articles on chess databases. The author makes no secret of the fact that databases are his hobby and will try to infect others with this passion. The author had an ELO around 2000 and the article is written from the point of view of a player of his strength.

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Happy new Chinese year - the year of Water Tiger

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Published: Monday, 31 January 2022 15:15
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Happy new year of Tiger to all our Chinese friends and players. The 2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger. Great interpersonal relationships, family oriented, courage, assertiveness and natural leadership. Tigers are hungry for thrill and crave for attention. Let's review the Tiger Grandmasters.

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Different faces of chess or is chess really fair?

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Published: Saturday, 29 January 2022 17:35
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When I was a child, justice for me carried a very high value. Especially in chess, the rules were clear, and the better won. Sometimes it felt bad because I was "better" and I still lost. Then there were only two options - I'm mistaken, and I'm not better (unlikely) or chess is not fair. Let us consider whether chess is fair and what is fairness.

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P.F. 2022 - The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you wanted to be

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Published: Saturday, 01 January 2022 16:56
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The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board.” – Simon Williams

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Eric Ruch (Director ICCF) Interview

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Published: Monday, 24 May 2021 08:48
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Most of the ICCF National Delegates know Eric Ruch very well and have met him during the last 20 years, but for those who do not know Eric, let's start some brief bio data:
Eric has started his correspondence chess activities thirty years ago, in 1984 playing in various promotional tournaments organized in France by the magazine Europe Echecs while he was student in Paris and became member of AJEC in 1989.

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