ARTICLES
29.10.2007
I.Smikovski. The Superior League of the 60th Russia Championship: A Creative Survey (Rounds VIII-XI)
We bring to our readers' attention a creative survey of the rounds VIII-XI of Russia championship’s Superior league in Krasnoyarsk prepared by IM Ivan Smikovski.
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01.10.2007
I.Smikovski. The Superior League of the 60th Russia Championship: A Creative Survey (Rounds V – VII)
We bring to our readers' attention a creative survey of the rounds V - VII of Russia championship’s Superior league in Krasnoyarsk prepared by IM Ivan Smikovski.
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25.09.2007
I.Smikovski. The Superior League of the 60th Russia Championship: A Creative Survey (Rounds I – IV)
We bring to our readers' attention a creative survey of the first four rounds of Russia championship’s Superior league in Krasnoyarsk prepared by IM Ivan Smikovski.
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13.06.2007
I.Smikovski. Russian Club Championship (Rounds 6-9)
International master Ivan Smikovski reviews final rounds of the competition held in Sochi (Dagomys) in May.
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25.05.2007
I.Smikovski. Russian Club Championship (Rounds 1-5)
To say that Dagomys is a spring capital of chess Russia will not be a big exaggeration. Since April – children first, and now club championship... The whole country is waiting impatiently for news from Black Sea coast. Having turned from a potential player to a commentator, your author has got an opportunity of more attentive watching events on 64 squares. I shall gladly share many bright impressions with you.
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27.04.2007
I.Smikovski. Dresden Sketches (European Championship, Rounds 7-11)
In spite of expected plenty of colourless draws and absolutely normal desire of many participants to play more safely at finish, the second half of the championship turned out to be very interesting. It so happened that mostly players who succeeded both in result and qualifying have become the heroes of the review. On the whole, a creative risk and a struggle for high result did not prevent each other. A delighting fact, of course.
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23.04.2007
I.Smikovski. DRESDEN SKETCHES (Rounds 1-6)
European Championship in Dresden is the event of high status and of mass participation. Several hundred games were played daily, a good deal of them by high-class chessplayers.
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02.04.2007
I.Smykovsky. AEROFLOT OPEN (A Review: Rounds 6-9)
The survey of creative achievements of the international tournament "Aeroflot Open" is prepared by IM Ivan Smikovsky.
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28.03.2007
I.Smykovsky. AEROFLOT-OPEN (A Review: Rounds 1-5)
Aeroflot Open is known to be the strongest Swiss system tournament in the world. The highest level of the main tournament participants, the very atmosphere of tough and uncompromising sportive struggle, when in order to get a prize one has to be in a rather big "plus",- all these factors guarantee solid ground for creative achievements and simply for interesting and instructive games. In this part of my review I intend to deal with the first part of the tournament.
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12.03.2007
Tournament results
GM Konstantin Sakaev reviews the results of the super tournament in Morelia/Linares.
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12.03.2007
Game of the Round (14)
K.Sakaev comments on game Leko – Carlsen from the fourteenth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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10.03.2007
Game of the Round (13)
K.Sakaev comments on game Aronian – Ivanchuk from the thirteenth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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09.03.2007
Game of the Round (12)
K.Sakaev comments on game Leko - Svidler from the twelfth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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08.03.2007
Game of the Round (11)
K.Sakaev comments on game Carlsen - Ivanchuk from the eleventh round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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06.03.2007
Game of the Round (10)
K.Sakaev comments on game Anand - Carlsen from the tenth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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05.03.2007
Game of the Round (9)
K.Sakaev comments on game Topalov - Ivanchuk from the ninth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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04.03.2007
Game of the Round (8)
K.Sakaev comments on game Anand - Topalov from the eighth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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27.02.2007
Game of the Round (7)
Vassily Yemelin comments on game Topalov - Morozevich from the seventh round of Morelia/Linares super tournament.
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26.02.2007
Game of the Round (6)
Vassily Yemelin comments on game Anand - Ivanchuk from the sixth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament
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24.02.2007
Game of the Round (5)
Vassily Yemelin comments on game Aronian - Anand from the fifth round of Morelia/Linares super tournament
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