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? The Match of World Champions at Bastia and Ajaccio

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 02:09 AM on September 17, 2009

The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand, will face a Chess legend, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov, several times World Champion.

At Bastia October 31th, and then at Ajaccio November 2n

Kasparov vs Karpov, Valencia 2009

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 05:16 AM on August 27, 2009

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The organizers of the "Valencia, cuna del ajedrez moderno" chess matchbetween Kasparov and Karpov have presented the official videos of theevent. It goes through the history of Valencia, the creation of theQueen as a chess piece, and the importance of the Kasparov - Karpovmatch 25 years after their last encounter. Chessdom reveals theschedule and more details of the tournament. ...

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Swedish Astronaut to play Chess from Space

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:57 AM on August 21, 2009

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21.08.2009 ? Remember American astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who a year ago played chess against the NASA ground stations. Well, now European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, Sweden, is going to do the same, playing a game against the Swedish public. Right now Fuglesang is in quarantine awaiting an August 24th launch. But the game has already started, ...

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Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:39 AM on July 26, 2009

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2009 British Chess Championship

Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP (75 players) Here are some of the top seeds:

HOWELL,David W L, 2614g; CONQUEST, Stuart, 2572g; JONES, Gawain C, 2554g;GORDON, Stephen, 2537g; WILLIAMS, Simon K, 2527g; ARKELL, Keith C,2521g; WELLS, Peter, 2498g; G...

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Chessworld London Social 2009

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 04:36 AM on June 27, 2009

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When is the London Social

On Saturday, 29th August, from 10.00 a.m. till late!

Where is the social?

We are returning to the Wargrave Arms, 40-42 Brendon Street, MaryleboneW1H 5HE, where our April social was held. Click here for details:

Details of the Wargrave Arms

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Complete field super-tournament in London

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:09 AM on June 26, 2009

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Complete field super-tournament in London announced 25 June 2009 13:03 PM CET (14)

Thecomplete field of the London super-tournament, to be held in Decemberthis year, was announced today. It turned out to be an interestingmixture with some of the world’s best players and some young Britishtalents: Michael Adams, Magnus Carlsen, David Howell, Vladimir Kramnik,Luke McShane, Hikaru Nakamura, Ni Hua and ...

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The Opening has ended, what next?...

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:39 AM on June 07, 2009

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The London Chess Centre

Chess Strategy for Club Players - Herman Grooten £22.50

First find the right plan, then the good moves will follow!

Paperback, 400 pages

Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players ...

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Win a simul seat against a World Champion

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 11:05 PM on April 02, 2009

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3 April 2009, 9.02 CET

200th anniversary of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich Ever wanted to know which is the oldest chess club in the world? Well, the answer is the Schachgesellschaft Zürich, founded in 1809. In August the club commemorates its 200th anniversary and it gives everyone the opportunity to take part of the jubilee. Yo...