Quality Chess Publications Coming...2013

Quality Chess Blog
Here are some books to look forward to.

 

 

'We are a little disappointed by our printer. How dare they put anyone else in front of us in the queue? Well, easily it appears. But with Kotronias on the King’s Indian – Fianchetto Systems uploaded and the King’s Gambit being uploaded today, everything is well and we dare project a publication date for seven books. This includes Playing the Trompowsky – An Attacking Repertoire, as well as the Mongoose title Best Play by Alexander Shashin and the paperback versions of Calculation, Positional Play and Strategic Play.

Things can still go wrong, get delayed and so on. But at least there is something to look forward to.'

Vassilios Kotronias	KID – Fianchetto Systems	12 July
Richard Pert	Playing the Trompowsky	12 July
John Shaw	The King’s Gambit	12 July
Ntirlis/Aagaard	Playing the French	Summer
Emanuel Berg	GM 14 – The French (Winawer)	Summer
Axel Smith	Pump Up Your Rating	Summer
Jacob Aagaard	Attack and Defence	Summer
John Shaw	Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5	Autumn
Ftacnik (Aagaard)	GM6a – Beating the Anti-Sicilians	Autumn
Danny Gormally	Mating the Castled King	Autumn
Jacob Aagaard	Endgame Play	Autumn
Tibor Karolyi	Mikhail Tal’s best games 1	Autumn
Judit Polgar	From GM to Top Ten	Autumn
John Shaw	Playing 1.e4 – ASicilian & French	Winter
Jacob Aagaard	Thinking Inside the Box	Winter
Ftacnik (Aagaard)	GM6b – The Najdorf	Winter

5th NY International Marshall CC 2012

Marshall Chess Club

Chess Park-Santa Monica,California,USA

Chess Park
Santa Monica is widely known to have a large homeless population. They may not always fit in, but at Chess Park some of them have found a way to stand out.

Russ Makofsky-Chess Teacher(USA)

Russ Makofsky, a life-long chess player, teaches children and adults the basics and finer points of The Royal Game for Chess NYC in the heart of New York's chess community, Greenwich Village.

Although the name Makofsky won't share the renown of Kasparov, Fischer, or Spassky, Russ says you don't have to be a Grandmaster to make your mark as a great teacher.

GM Hou YiFan

Women's World Chess Championship 2011 Part 1+2
The Women's World Chess Championship 2011 was the 34th of its kind. It was organised by FIDE and was played in a match format between the defending champion and a challenger, determined via the FIDE Grand Prix series.
On 8 August 2011 the match was awarded to Tirana, Albania. The prize fund was $200,000. The match took place from 13 to 30 November 2011.

Champion Hou Yifan retained her title, defeating challenger Koneru Humpy by 5½ - 2½.





Interviews





(Chinese language)

Learn Chess Rules in One Video

Learn the Rules

Blog Activity June 22-30 2013

Blog Activity June 22-30 2013
Updates will be limited as I will be playing in a RR tournament.

Chess Boxing-Introduction

Introduction



Docunntary
Director David Bitton discusses his upcoming film - the first feature-length documentary exploring the mental-physical biathlon that is Chess-boxing - a sport consisting of alternating rounds of chess and boxing. 



2008

Seirwan Lecture StL CC 2013

GM Yasser Seirawan presents a lecture covering the unique personalities in the chess world, culminating in a game between Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler from the FIDE Grand Prix series that recently concluded in Thessaloniki, Greece. Four Knights Game: Spanish. Classical Variation Marshall Gambit

GM Kaidanov(USA) on Chess Lessons

Interesting 2-part interview. The relationship between personality and chess etc.

Frank Marshall-US Champion

More on Frank Marshall
There's no voice over narration, but there is some live footage of Marshall v. Torre that's taken from the movie "Chess Fever." Although Marshall and Carlos Torre did play in the Moscow 1925 International Chess Tournament, they are in fact acting during the footage here.

The video then covers Marshall's stunning victory at Cambridge Springs 1904, and concludes with highlights from one of Marshall's brilliancy prize games, this one against Levitsky at Breslau 1912. 

World Rapid Championship 2013

Report-ChessDom
It seemed close to impossible after the first two days, but Ian Nepomniachtchi lost his two-points advantage and gave up first place at the World Rapid Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Photo-ChessDom

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had an amazing final day, as he won all his five games to finish on 11.5/15 and get clear first place in this strong event.(more)

 

Kamsky
Rd1 action.



Nepomniachtchii - Karpov Rd1

World Blitz Ch 2013-GM GM Le Quang Liem(VIE) Champion

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2013-June 9
ChessBase Report-June 2013
Day one: the World Blitz Chess Championship saw 60 players from 18 countries fighting for the title. The format was three minutes for all the moves of a game plus two additional seconds per move. There were eight rounds (16 games) on the first day, and at the end Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) and Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) were in the lead, both with 12.0/16 points. The direct encounter between the two was won by the Vietnamese GM 1.5-0.5. Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) was in the third position, half a point behind.

Day two: Le Liem forged ahead of the other players on the second day, and managed to keep in front, with Ruslan Ponomariov in hot pursuit. A victory by the Vietnamese GM over Sergey Movsesian (Armenia) in the final round brought the gold medal to Le in the World Blitz championship. Ponomariov made a draw in the last round against Gabriel Sargissian.

3 min+ 2 sec

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi-GM Le Quang Liem blitz game of Round 8

 

GM Le Quang Liem-GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov-Round 10

GM Anish Giri(NED) Interviews 2012-13

GM Anish Giri(NED)
More on the Dutch Champion.

Chess TV-Sweden

In Swedish
Cool!

'Chess TV has become very successful and has continued to gain popularity.For the time being, ChessTV is aired on Open Channels in Stockholm, Norrköping, Skövde, Växjö, Uddevalla, Malmö and Jönköping in Sweden.'

Kasparov and the Machine(Movie)

Full Documentary Movie
Garry Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997 he played a chess match against IBM’s computer Deep Blue. Kasparov lost the match. This film shows the match and the events surrounding it from Kasparov’s perspective.

It delves into the psychological aspects of the game, paranoia surrounding it and suspicions that have arisen around IBM’s true tactics. It consists of interviews with Kasparov, his manager, chess experts, and members of the IBM Deep Blue team, as well as original footage of the match itself.



The good parts of the movie is that you have interviews with Kasparov and the IBM team. Kasparov is a charming guy. The IBM team are open and friendly. The movie shows both the bad and good sides of Kasparov, who displays dignity and his temper when he is being pushed around by IBM. The Deep Blue team are interesting, but the IBM company does not come off well.

They milk the match for all advertising they could get. The movie keeps touting that it was a victory of machine intelligence over Man, but the point I get from it is, several computer geeks and chess grand masters after years of effort can put together a program that can barely beat a world champion, if they take every single psychological and technical advantage they can.

Kasparov Simul

Simul

Women Talk About Chess

Featuring Irina Krush etc






Irina Krush

Blog Pageview Stats 2013-05

Pageview Statistics May 2013
CanadaChessNews has caught BudapestChessNews and even manages to be the top blog when GM Hansen and/or IM Hambleton are playing. 

The remaining blogs are showing modest growth and taken as a group, the openings blogs are quite popular.

May	BCN	CCN	d4CN	e4CN	REOCN	Total
1	145	134	22	56	70	427
2	162	149	67	27	70	475
3	173	110	18	35	34	370
4	155	89	34	103	28	409
5	132	106	13	37	13	301
6	194	165	28	62	44	493
7	169	115	33	81	38	436
8	443	114	49	53	63	722
9	110	109	25	82	54	380
10	141	116	27	44	63	391
11	217	144	38	58	71	528
12	146	126	35	105	69	481
13	141	162	27	60	31	421
14	131	172	33	65	37	438
15	131	172	33	65	37	438
16	139	172	27	79	48	465
17	102	158	46	47	24	377
18	135	145	77	98	52	507
19	127	120	20	47	41	355
20	141	209	105	126	51	632
21	183	246	63	109	76	677
22	137	204	78	131	63	613
23	166	165	31	100	40	502
24	116	150	47	33	20	366
25	428	161	43	93	65	790
26	216	128	46	63	51	504
27	206	115	70	32	37	460
28	188	244	18	33	98	581
29	150	148	18	71	90	477
30	161	125	26	25	96	433
31	153	148	20	140	81	542

GM Hess,R(US)-Youngest US GM

Youngest GM in the US
GM Hess-age 17, finished 2nd in US-Ch 2013.

Ukraine Youth Champion(U12)-Yulia Osmak

News Story
Training 2 hours per day...

Chess Boxing-New Zealand

Music Video and Chess Boxing

Australian Juniors Chess 2013

A nice video record.

Chess in Marostica- Italy(Video)

Human Chess Game
A CIMBA MBA student experienced this amazing event (called the 'scacchi' in italian) that occurs every two years in Marostica, Italy, which is about 50 kilometers from Paderno del Grappa.



Starting in the 1500s, this chess tournament began as a friendly duel between two princes to win the heart of the Lord's daughter. 

With real horses and people playing in the game, it is no wonder that the event is still going on today. It is celebrated just as it was back then and brings people from all of the world to gather and enjoy this momentous event. If you are going to CIMBA in the year 2014, you will not want to miss this opportunity!

Webster University-National Champions 2013

Webster University-The Champions
Webster University's chess team captured the President's Cup, also known as the Final Four of Collegiate Chess, in an intense two-day weekend tournament in Rockville, Md.

Chess-in-the-Schools(New York)

Chess-in-the-Schools
Mission
Chess-in-the-Schools is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving academic performance and building self-esteem among inner-city public school children. 

History
Since 1986, Chess-in-the-Schools has taught, inspired, and empowered more than 400,000 students in Title I New York City public schools. Through structured classroom, after-school, weekend, and summer programs, we use chess as an educational tool to promote learning and to help young people develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving. 

Chess in Schools-Brazil(Video)

Brazil
Since 1991, Chess-in-the-Schools has taught, inspired, and empowered more than 8.000,000 students in Brazilian public schools. Through structured classroom, after-school, weekend, and summer programs, They use chess as an educational tool to promote learning and to help young people develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving. 

(Spanish)

Chess in Armenian Schools(Video)

Chess in Schools-Armenian Style
Armenia is a country facing many problems. Its ceasefire with neighboring Azerbaijan is rocky, and its economy is struggling. Now Armenia is hoping chess could help improve its fortunes. Armenian schools are introducing chess as a compulsory subject.



The idea comes from chess Grandmaster Smbat Lputian, who founded a chess academy in Yerevan. The game is said to hone analytical skills and improve memory and concentration. Lputian says that could help children in other subjects too. And he's convinced that a country of chess players is capable of many achievements.

Opening Preparation-How to:GM Smirnov(Video)

Some Practice Advice-GM Igor Smirnov
Today, it is extremely important to be well prepared for a tournament game. Computers make opening preparation an extremely powerful weapon. That's why professional players usually spend from 2 to 6 hours on their pre-game preparation.

If you will not be able to neutralize your opponent's preparation, you will probably be in huge trouble.

RSA Chess-GM Kenny Solomon

Cape Town, October 5 2012
South Africa's best chess player is a few tournaments away from officially claiming the internationally acclaimed title of Chess Grand Master.

Kenny Solomon has already won three Grand Master Norms and needs to increase his average rating by 50 points to make history. Solomon has not had any formal training and says he attributes his achievements to his determination and his strong character.

Kuwait Chess-From 2009

Prize Ceremony
Cool music! See the new Kuwait Chess website.



More on Kuwait City

Asian Contential Chess Championshiop 2013

Introduction-The Manny Pacquiao Cup
The first Video of Asian Continental Chess Championship 2013. The tournament is sponsored by Boxing World Champion and Congressman Manny Pacquiao.



Round 8



The Blitz Tournament
Round 7
GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan(MON)-GM Le Quang Liem(VIE)  
0 - 1



About Manila
'It seems that almost every day a new skyscraper is sprouting up. With its population of nearly 12 million, Manila is among the top 10 largest cities in the world, along with Shenzhen and Istanbul. It is one of the fastest growing metropolis on the planet, with ultra-modern business centres springing up on every street corner.

"Manila's skyline is varied, it's a multifaceted skyline. Manila is a metropolis, which originates at the place where the Pasig river goes into Manila bay. That's where you have the old city. Manila grew from there. It's a radiant city," says architect Dominic Galicia.

A growing number of people are moving to the capital from rural areas to try their luck. This colourful and bustling city has a very young population - the average age is 23.

A new generation of creative minds is leaving its mark on the cityscape. Among them is fashion designer Oliver Tolentino. He is always on the move but returns frequently to Manila, seeking fresh inspiration. He is a strong believer in eco-couture: the materials he uses, such as pineapple fiber and water-lily leaves, all come from the Philippines.'-Euronews