CREATIVITY
28.07.2006
Rublevsky-Mamedyarov becomes the best game of June
Maxim NOTKIN concludes the June best game voting.
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27.07.2006
THE EXPERT`S CHOICE: VITIUGOV`S COMMENTARY
Nikita Vitiugov represents the game Izoria - Gagunashvili from the European Championship.
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12.07.2006
BORIS POSTOVSKY’S MONOLOGUE
The honored trainer of Russia Boris Postovsky expresses his views on the results of Russian team at the World Chess Olympiad in Turin.
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07.04.2006
S.Klimov. RATMIR KHOLMOV
It’s 40 days since one of the strongest Soviet chessplayers of the middle of the twentieth century Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov passed away.
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07.02.2006
M.Dvoretsky. TWO ENDGAMES OF ANATOLY KARPOV
We bring to your notice two complicated endgames played by Karpov in his best years. Both endings became classical and are included in many books (in mine also). Both examples were reanalyzed recently, refining or even revising the previous assessments.
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03.01.2006
Post-San Luis interview with Peter Svidler
Grandmaster Peter Svidler, who tied for 2nd-3rd in the world championship in San Luis, gave an extensive interview to Misha Savinov. Read in the "Interviews" section.
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02.12.2005
Game of the Month summary: Svidler-Kasimjanov is October's laureate
Maxim Notkin sums up the results of expert voting in October.
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30.11.2005
S. IONOV. PORTRAIT OF A CHESSPLAYER – ALEXANDER KHALIFMAN
Sergey Ionov presents the most spectacular games of Alexander Khalifman. The article also contains a nice selection of Khalifman's wins in the Catalan Opening (gambit variation) and the Volga (Benko) Gambit. Added to the "Creativity" section.
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23.11.2005
GAME OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER. Ukrainian borscht with pampushkas
Maxim Notkin annotates the best games of September. Added to the "Creativity" section.
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22.11.2005
GAME OF THE MONTH - AUGUST. August special
Maxim Notkin annotates the best games of August. Read in the section "Creativity".
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17.11.2005
V. BOLOGAN. SWING - an exerpt from coming book
One of the biggest Russian publishing houses, "AST", is going to publish the book of V.Bologan "Footsteps" (256 p., 52 games and fragments, autobiography, fragments from author's diary, photos and tournament tables). We are publishing an excerpt from this book. Read the first second part in the section "Creativity".
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16.11.2005
S.KLIMOV. PORTRAIT OF A CHESSPLAYER - EMIL SUTOVSKY
Sergey Klimov portrays one of the most spectacular contemporary players - the European champion 2001 Emil Sutovsky. Added to the "Creativity" section.
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07.11.2005
V.BOLOGAN. SWING
One of the biggest Russian publishing houses, "AST", is going to publish the book of V.Bologan "Footsteps" (256 p., 52 games and fragments, autobiography, fragments from author's diary, photos and tournament tables). We are publishing an excerpt from this book. Read the first part in the section "Creativity".
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02.11.2005
Game of the Month summary: Ivanchuk-Volkov wins in September!
Maxim Notkin sums up the results of Sempember voting. Added to the "Creativity" section. The report with annotated games to follow shortly.
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24.10.2005
Konstantin Nikolayevich Aseev (1960-2004)
On October, 20th, on Konstantin Aseev's birthday, we publish short memories of E.Pigusov and R.Dautov, who were friends of the renowned St. Peterburg grandmaster. These memories were prepared specially for the book "Grandmaster K.Aseev", which is being written by St. Petersburg chess players S.Ivanov, S.Ionov and A.Lukin. Besides, our site publishes some pictures from Aseev's family archive.
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20.10.2005
Victor Toporov. Components of today’s sensation.
Renowned writer and critic Victor Toporov sums up the reults of the FIDE World championship in Argentina.
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03.10.2005
OUR EXHIBITION
Vasily Azemsha, an artist from St. Petersburg, introduces the world championship participants and their guardian angels.
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26.09.2005
N. Vitiugov. A Key Game or The Last Round
Chess gourmets, pure art lovers and those who just prefer beauty, l conjure you not to read this article. Respected chess teachers, do not allow your pupils to read this! Readers zealous to see beautiful combinations and profound strategies will find nothing interesting here. Generally speaking, this article is not about chess, or more strictly speaking, not about what is usually called chess. ..
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25.08.2005
M.Notkin. Drinking May tea
IM Maxim Notkin makes the survey on the best games played in May.
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04.07.2005
Meet Nikita Vitiugov
St. Petersburg student Nikita Vitiugov has some excellent results during the academic year: he got the second prize in the Chigorine's Memorial (which also brought him a GM norm), finished third at the city championship, and became Russia's U18 champion.
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