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Shaun Press
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Thursday, 31 October 2013

Fast chess is sometime fun chess

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Earlier this month I flagged the possibility that the FIDE Standard Rating List would include games played with a minimum time control of 60...
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Not giving up the day job

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I was a little surprised to receive a letter from google the other day, that wasn't the usual 'please advertise with us' snail m...
Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Chess gear for Halloween

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'Do chess players dress up like cosplayer's do?' was a question I was asked just the other day. 'Of course not' I replie...
Monday, 28 October 2013

India and France lead the chess world

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For a long time the country with the largest number of FIDE rated players in the world was Germany. This fact was often greeted with surpris...
Sunday, 27 October 2013

It is not the size of the dog in the fight.

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It is the size of the fight in the dog.* Czech team G-Team Novy Bor are the somewhat surprising winners of the 2013 European Club Champion...
Saturday, 26 October 2013

One side is playing chess, the other checkers

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A recent peeve of mine is the expression "One side is playing chess, the other checkers". I get what it is trying to say (one side...
Friday, 25 October 2013

Space, smashe

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The Svidler Nakamura game from the current European Club Championships is a good example of the adage "give a man enough rope ... ...
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