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FIDE lower floor to 1000
Monthly FIDE rating list starting July 2012Rating floor lowered to 1000 ELO The FIDE Presidential Board in Al Ain decided to implement the recommendation of the Qualification Chairman and Rating Administrator to lower the rating floor to 1000 and...
Chess improvement video: Catalan
Catalan opening with Ne5Free grandmaster lecture by GM Henrik Danielsen The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queen’s Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and...
Bids deadline for Anand – Gelfand 2012 extended
Bids deadline for Anand – Gelfand 2012 extended The World Chess Championship 2012 bidding procedure continues until July 31st No bids were received at the FIDE Presidential Board in Al Ain for the World Championship 2012 match between Anand...
50,000 EUR for grabs in the Ukraine Championship
50,000 EUR for grabs in the Ukraine ChampionshipInterview with Viktor Kapustin, President of the FSHU The 2011 Ukraine Chess Championship is set to start on 10th June. Average rating of the participants in the Championship is very high, 2,650...
Is the 10,000 hour theory accurate?
June 7, 2011, 10:08 AM ET Can the ’10,000 Hours’ Theory Be Tested?By Christopher Shea The psychologist Anders Ericsson developed, and Malcolm Gladwell monetized popularized, in “Outliers,” the idea that expertise is all about practice: You, too, can become...
The CBS Interview
Watch the video of her interview below (it begins at about 1:18). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Not your typical tween
Know Your Neighbor: James, The Chess ChampMonday, June 06, 2011By Jennifer Hsu Source: http://culture.wnyc.org James Black is not your typical tween. The 12-year-old from Bed-Stuy is one of the best junior high chess players in the country. This April,...
Emojong upsets Angolan IM
EMOJONG UPSETS ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL MASTER Uganda’s Elijah Emojong has sent shock waves down the spines of Africa’s top chess players in Maputo, Mozambique after crushing a highly rated Angolan International Master (IM) Aderito Pedro (with a rating of 2339)...