Merry XMAS to all chess players and discount 50%

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Published: Thursday, 16 December 2021 16:32

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Dear Chess Database lovers,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021 from OM team. This year was one of the toughest due to COVID19 and inability to play over-the-board chess. We have managed and continue to grow in terms of games and quality. We do it for us, we do it for you. For new subscribers we offer -50% discount until December 31 for OM GOLEM product family.

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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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Valentines chess days are coming and special sales too

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Published: Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:31

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The 14th of February is celebrated all over the world as Valentine's Day. While many of the chess players prefer sitting at the board and enjoying the tactics and strategy of this royal game, there are a few romantics! For you chess romantics we created lovely sales and sets of chess databases that will fulfill your heart. Shop and fall in love!

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Who Invented Chess and where did it come from?

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Published: Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:57

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Chess history goes back many years, decades, even centuries! But who invented the game we all love? 

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Smart alogrithms to predict the result of a chess game

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Published: Thursday, 21 January 2021 06:11

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Artificial intelligence is a significant part of the computing field, and it has been applied to the creation of numerous smart applications. Chess computing is one of the lead uses of AI in the information technology world. Because of the logic and the considerable number of moves that are involved in a chess game, it is only logical that there is so much interest in the computing aspect of the game.

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The most effective way to learn chess openings

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Published: Tuesday, 08 December 2020 20:56

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Most chess players hate to remember the numerous opening variants written in chess books and magazines, and yet, sadly, this is the most popular way to master openings for chess players. What is the most effective way to learn chess openings?

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History of Opening Master - the chess database company

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Published: Wednesday, 02 December 2020 21:02

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The original name Opening Master was born in 2004 when the website was also registered. The founder and creator Alexander Horvath, SIM (1954 - 2013) was a big fan of collecting data since the origin of correspondence chess back in the 80s. I personally remember him writing down all the games in a big red notebook, studying the opponents from the older notes, and having thousands of books on different openings.

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Queen's Gambit review history with Netflix

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Published: Monday, 23 November 2020 21:26

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As the story of a girl who ascends from finding the game in an orphanage house cellar to the top of the chess world, Netflix's new miniseries The Queen's Gambit can't generally fall flat. At the point when it depends on the book of a similar name by unbelievable short story essayist and writer Walter Tevis, upon whose work the movies The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money were additionally based, the chances of progress appear to be much higher. But what about the history of Queen's Gambit? Are we all familiar with it?

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How playing chess helps with Alzheimer's Disease?

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Published: Saturday, 14 November 2020 12:40

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Almost everybody has a close relative or a friend that is distressed by mental dementia or Alzheimer's. Temporary treatment techniques combine drugs and behavioral approaches to deal with the effects and growth of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), but there is no complete cure. Perhaps chess can help.

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The biggest collection of chess games between 1800 - 1987

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Published: Thursday, 05 November 2020 10:17

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Dear chess lovers and game collectors, it's our pleasure to announce the biggest collection of human chess games between 1800 and 1987. You will not find a bigger collection of classical chess OTB players. If we missed some games, we challenge you to let us know.

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