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Thursday, 31 January 2019

Adventures in book buying

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During the week I have had to make two trips to Sydney for chess related business. While Sydney is becoming increasingly difficult to get ar...
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Wednesday, 30 January 2019

How do you retire from chess?

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With news that former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is retiring from professional chess, I'm wondering what the actual process for doi...
Tuesday, 29 January 2019

It's the little things

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Here is another interesting game from the 2019 Gibraltar Masters. Lev Aronian beat Nigel Short in a game where Aronian looked to have an inc...
Sunday, 27 January 2019

There is a right way

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Finding a refutation to every opening you face is the dream of the average player. Of course it should remain a dream, as such a thing is no...
Saturday, 26 January 2019

The Clash of Champions

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The clash of current and former World Champions always carry some significance. For the ex-champion it is often about proving that they stil...
Friday, 25 January 2019

World Champions and bad(?) stats

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"The Ratings of Chessplayers:Past and Present" by Arpad Elo is basically the text book for the FIDE Ratings System. Written in 197...
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Thursday, 24 January 2019

Mouse slip

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Way way back in the day, there were a few things that stood out in Internet Chess. The 2m+12s time control was the first, and takebacks was ...
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