Archive for March, 2014
Cool Chess Endgame: What’s White’s Magic Move?
Chess Candidates 2014 R14: … And Sergey Karjakin is Second
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Anand wins Chess Candidates 2014 with One Round to Spare!
Chess Candidates 2014 R12: No Stopping Anand?
Chess Candidates 2014 R11: Determined Anand Keeps Lead
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Chess Candidates 2014 R10: Anand Stays Ahead of the Field
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GM Chess Puzzle: Black Plays and Wins (Arkady Naiditsch – Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2009)
Chess Candidates 2014 R9: Anand Demolishes Topalov for One-Point Lead
Chess Candidates 2014 R8: Aronian, Anand Draw, Stay in Joint Lead
The much-anticipated Levon Aronian – Viswanathan Anand draw in Round 8 was disappointing for fans and the two maintained there joint lead. Aronian played an interesting novelty picking up a pawn and surprising Anand as early as Move 3, but the positional disadvantage kept him on the backfoot. Eventually, he was happy to draw. Vladimir Kramnik could not convert a win and had to draw Dmitry Andreikin. Peter Svidler was on course to earning a full point when he blundered versus Sergey Karjakin and the later sat it out for seven hours to win. The Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov game was a draw. Read a full report on Chess Blog. You can replay the games with Chess King.
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Chess Candidates 2014 R7: Aronian Catches up with Anand in Lead
Difficult Chess Puzzle: Black Checkmates in Seven!
Chess Candidates 2014 R6: Anand Keeps Lead; Topalov beats Kramnik, Mamedyarov beats Svidler
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Chess Candidates 2014 R5: Svidler beats Topalov; Anand Keeps Lead
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Chess Candidates 2014 R4: Aronian beats Svidler, Anand Leads
Difficult Chess Study by Chekhover, 1947: White to Draw
Chess Candidates 2014 R3 Games: Anand in Sole Lead
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Chess Candidates 2014 R2 Games: Aronian, Kramnik, Svidler Win
Chess Candidates 2014 R1 Games: Anand beats Aronian
Del Rio Chess Problem: White Checkmates in Three!
This one’s the neatest chess problem you are likely to see all day: White to play and checkmate in three moves!
LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Problem
Mate in three moves, Problem by Del Rio, 1750
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