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Monday, 31 August 2020

Gold to Russia and India

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 (*** I was an arbiter for this event, and while I was not part of the appeals panel, I was aware of a number of facts that were considered ...
Sunday, 30 August 2020

The Olympiad Final?

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 (Disclaimer: I am an arbiter for this event, but am not working on the final match) It looks as though Russia has won the 2020 FIDE Online ...
Saturday, 29 August 2020

Chess Fanatics

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 The 2020 Olympiad Semi-Final between Poland and India was a real roller-coaster ride, with Poland winning the first match 4-2, India the se...
Friday, 28 August 2020

Now I'm not that sure ...

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 I've never been a fan of 'Armageddon' as a way of breaking ties in chess, preferring to see sets of 2 games continue indefinite...
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Thursday, 27 August 2020

2020 FIDE Online Olympiad - Finals Weekend

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 The final weekend of the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad begins tomorrow (Thursday). The first day will see the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd i...
Wednesday, 26 August 2020

More classics to be aware of

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 The Reti v Tartakower 1910 game is a well known classic (where Reti sacrifices his queen on d8 to then play a double check), but it did hav...
Sunday, 23 August 2020

A close finish in store

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Pool B of the 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad starts in a couple of hours, and a very exciting finish is in store. In almost all previous po...
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