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Wednesday — January 27, 2010

See How Wesley So Missed His Winning Chances Against GM Sutovsky

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Wednesday — January 13, 2010

How NBA was likened to a game of chess.

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Monday — January 11, 2010

Queen to Play Trailer (via tribecafilm)

Sandrine Bonnaire plays an inquisitive hotel maid captivated by a vacationing couple (Jennifer Beals, Dominic Gould) playing chess. Thus begins her obsession with mastering the game and transforming her uninspired life. An American expat (Kevin Kline) mentors her in the game that alters both their lives in this delightful feel-good French import Screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. For more information and tickets, visit www.tribecafilm.com/festival

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Wednesday — December 02, 2009

Wesley So drew Game 2 in Round 4 vs. Vladimir Malakhov in the Chess World Cup 2009.

Brace yourselves, it’s going to be a marathon of 4 rapid games, and up to 5 pairs of blitz as may be necessary later today.

Photo courtesy of Chessbase.com.

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Monday — November 30, 2009

Malakhov is not an easy player to play against. At this point, I also do not believe that anyone will take Wesley for granted again. His opponent and his team will be prepared for this match. Therefore, I think it is very important for Wesley to vary his openings against Malakhov so he does not walk into any home analysis.

In addition, just as my take in previous games, it is critical for Wesley not to get into time pressure. This is very important, especially in knockout format.

Again, I think the pressure is on his opponent because he is higher rated and he saw what Wesley has done in the previous few rounds.

I wish Wesley the best. Win, lose, or draw, we should all be proud of what he has accomplished in Khanty-Mansiysk.

— Susan Polgar in The chess games of Wesley So thread.

Kind words from Susan Polgar.

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Sunday — November 29, 2009

That was the shocker on day two of round three: 16-year-old Wesley So held Super-GM Gata Kamsky to a draw and eliminated him from the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.

— ChessBase.com - World Cup R3: Kamsky eliminated by So

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Friday — November 20, 2009

Magnus Karlsen- Grischuk 2009 blitz chess WCh

Aren’t they gonna break the clock?

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Wednesday — November 11, 2009

DGT Projects Electronic Chess Board

I wonder when can I bring one home.

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Sunday — November 08, 2009

FICS vs. Playchess.com

Got Fritz12 recently, and with it comes a 12-month premium subscription at playchess.com. I tried connecting to their chess server and my observation so far:

It’s far more easy to find an opponent and play online chess in FICS (freechess.org) than in playchess.com.

I don’t know, maybe I’m missing something. Anybody can correct me in the comments. But that’s my experience so far.

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Friday — November 06, 2009

With Net Chess you can play chess with friends and family on the same computer, via email or online over the Internet or local network. You can choose between different computer opponents (chess robots), skill levels and utilize various chess engines (Mustang chess engine by Alexey Korneychuk is included). And it does not matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or professional player. With Net Chess you can learn, practice and master your chess playing skills.

— Net Chess

If only it was free, it would have been the perfect software for playing over local network (LAN).

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