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#1 in the World and Russia! Waiting for the Big One

After the elite events that have kept us glued to the screen in the last few months - Tal Memorial, London and Tata Steel - it's now Open season!

We all are waiting for the crucial match that will take place in May, and will give us the new World Chess Champion. Here is info about it (http://www.chessclub.com/finger/WorldChamp12).

Anand and Gelfand will fight over the board in a 12-game match in Moscow, starting May the 10th.
Some say that it's not a real World Championship without Carlsen and Aronian, but these are the rules, for now.

And we will celebrate the event by having the Chess.FM team of talents bring to you the usual amazing live commentary. While we're waiting for the Big One, in Europe there are some nice Open Tournaments going on.

Aeroflot Open just finished, and it was quite an interesting tournament. Fabiano Caruana (ICC: Adaptation), despite his up-and-down results, was able to climb the live rating list http://www.2700chess.com/ up to #7, only 4 points short of American hero Hikaru Nakamura (ICC: CapilanoBridge).

And the American-Italian young GM is restless! He's already played 32 games in 2012, with no match in the top list. Now, he's going to play the 27th Reykjavik Open, starting on March the 6th. It is an interesting event, with Caruana and Navara along with some strong "over 2600" GMs, such as GM Yuriy Kuzubov(2627) (ICC: Syringe)  - winner of the last edition - GM Ivan Cheparinov(2659), GM Gawain Jones(2653) (ICC: Verdenotte) , GM Ivan Sokolov(2641) and GM Robert Hess(2625) (ICC: RLH2).

The tournament will be held in Harpa, Reykjavik's spectacular new music hall on the harbor. ICC will have live coverage of this event (http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Reykjavik12).

There is another strong Open that Europe (France) is hosting in March: The 28th Cappelle La Grande International Chess Open http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php. While there are no elite players (2700+), the tournament presents an interesting prize fund (30,000 Euros), and 100 GMs playing! The Open will take place from March the 3rd to March the 10th, and ICC will relay the top games, to keep its members always on the spot.

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#1 in the World and Russia! GM Boris Alterman's new show!

We all know it: chess players want to get good results immediately, cutting short the learning process of chess basics and proceeding on to study opening theory.

Unfortunately, this violates the most important and significant study principle: go from the simple to the complicated. One does not start building a house from the roof: it is the foundation that is laid first.
Any battles, including chess battles over the board, are not won by the army that can just and only array itself on the battlefield according to earlier developed plans, but by the army that can also prove its skill and professional worth during the battle.

The first manual on chess basics is important. GM Boris Alterman's new classical course helps you get more familiar with the  most important tactical & positional elements of the game, and answers many questions on how to think in attack and defense situations.

There are interesting and essential topics through which GM Boris will guide you to improve and understand the subtleties of the game. Don't miss it! First release on Thursday, February the 23rd.


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Chess.FM Spotlight

   IM John Watson's "Beyond the Opening" Jan 31, 2011 

 

IM John Watson
John Watson

NEW SHOW
Closed Game Structure: QGD #7      FREE PREVIEW | Full show (Members-Only)

In a new series on Tuesdays for Chess.FM, IM John L. Watson will depart from his interview show Chess Talk to develop a new strategy-based show called "Beyond the Opening."

In the show, John Watson will be looking at middlegame positions that arise after the openings and how we can best strategize for the complexities of the positions thereafter, ranging from pawn chains to isolated pawns, and from active piece play to the positional sacrifice to name just but a few of the motifs he'll be covering - any one of which will help chess players to improve their understanding of the game!

IM John Watson is recognized as one of the best chess trainers in the United States and also one of its most noted authors on the game. He has over 21 books to his credit; ranging from his early, ground breaking four-volume series on the English Opening to his more recent, critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy.

Chess Talk on Chess.FM will not be lost however, and will continue on the first Tuesday of every month from now, with Beyond the Opening filling in on each of the other Tuesdays of the month.


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   February 2012 Feb 1 - 29 

 

February  2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3 4
      GM Larry Christiansen
Model Games: Model Games: The Modern Benoni #3
GM Boris Alterman
Semi-Slav Noteboom variation #4
GM Joel Benjamin
GM Viktorjia Cmilyte vs. GM Kateryna Lahno
CM Dan Heisman
The 3 Types of Chess Vision
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
GM Boris Alterman
The missing pages of Kasparov’s books
GM Ronen Har-Zvi
Caro-Kann Advance Variation #6
IM Mark Ginsburg
Upholding the Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit
GM Larry Christiansen
Model Games: Model Games: The Modern Benoni #4
GM Boris Alterman
Alatorsev Gambit in the Botvinnik Semi Slav #1
GM Joel Benjamin
GM Hou Yifan vs. GM Le Quang Liem
CM Dan Heisman
Played Well for a While Then Fell Apart
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
GM Boris Alterman
The missing pages of Kasparov’s books #2
GM Ronen Har-Zvi
Caro-Kann Advance Variation #7
IM Mark Ginsburg
Upholding the Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit #2
GM Larry Christiansen
Model games: Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
GM Boris Alterman
Alatorsev Gambit in the Botvinnik Semi Slav #2
GM Joel Benjamin
GM Emanuel Berg vs. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
CM Dan Heisman
Doubleheader: Tactical Games
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
GM Boris Alterman
The missing pages of Kasparov’s books #3
GM Ronen Har-Zvi
The Chinese Dragon Part 1
         




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All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 5 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.

Wednesday, February 22
Tournament 00:00  Tournament All the scheduled Tournament of the Day More info
Tournament 00:45  Tournament Sleepless - Cooly - 3 tourn. - 5 rd - 3 0 More info
Tournament 07:00  Tournament EarlyMorning - Tomato - 7 rd - 3 1  More info
Tournament 11:30  Tournament Weekday - Tomato - 5 rd - 5 0  More info
Tournament 13:00  Tournament Weekday - Tomato - 5 rd - 5 0  More info
Tournament 14:15  Tournament Daily Standard - Slomato - 4 rd - 20 0  More info
Webcast 15:00  Webcast [VIDEO] - Attack with LarryC More info
Play The Master 16:00  Time Odds IM MarticaFierro plays Time Odds More info
Tournament 18:00  Tournament Standard - Slomato- 5 rd - 15 0 More info
Simul 18:00  Simul clalauquen - in Latinbot - 20 players - U2000 More info
Tournament 23:00  Tournament Nightly under 1500 - Tomato - 5 rd - 2 6 More info
Tournament 23:00  Tournament Nightly over 1400 - Cooly - 7 rd - 5 0 More info

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