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| Why chess deserves a place in schools — 08-Feb-12, guardian.co.uk, play chess online Primary school children in Armenia have more to contend with than just the three Rs. From the age of six, they all study chess as a separate subject for two hours a week. Chess is important to the very identity of this landlocked little country. Armenia suffered massacres and repression in the 20th century and has recently experienced an economic collapse. Yet in the 1960s, it provided the Soviet Union with one of its succession of world chess champions in the shape of Tigran Petrosian. A master of defence, his relentless grinding down of opponents made him the Geoffrey Boycott of the chessboard. And today, Armenia – with a population of just 3 million – holds the men's world team title. So it was no surprise when ... |
| A poisoned pawn that hasn’t lost its kick — 07-Feb-12, washingtontimes.com, play chess online Next time you’re dining in Gibraltar, think twice before ordering the pawns. Two sharp games showcasing the notorious Sicilian Poisoned Pawn Variation top the menu today, served up at the just-concluded Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, held on the British island at the entrance to the Mediterranean. Black found the antidote in the first game, but the poisoned offering — which famously proved indigestible even for Bobby Fischer in his Reykjavik chess match with Boris Spassky - proved highly toxic for French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave a round later. Young women’s world chess champion Hou Yifan gave one of the greatest performances ever by a female chess player in an open tournament in Gibraltar, losing in ... |
| Carlsen is cool but not complacent — 06-Feb-12, dispatch.com, play chess online Top chess players certainly aren’t clones. Magnus Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess grandmaster, is intense at the chessboard but seems to instinctively sidestep the storm and stress that buffeted chess champions such as Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. When asked whether he or Levon Aronian, the world’s second-ranked grandmaster, was the better chess player, Carlsen said he didn’t know but pointed out — for what it was worth — that his rating was a few points better than Aronian’s. Carlsen doesn’t obsess about such things; he simply goes about playing chess. With strong support from a family that often accompanies him when he plays, an income of more than $1 million a year, and ... |
| Hou Yifan Defeats Judit Polgar at Gibraltar Chess Festival — 05-Feb-12, nytimes.com, play chess online There was a changing of the guard at the top of the world chess rankings a few years ago, led by Magnus Carlsen, the current No. 1. But Judit Polgar’s spot at the top of the women’s list has been secure. The best woman chess player in history, Polgar, 35, has been No. 1 for 20 years, and no one had ever come close to challenging her. Until last week, when Hou Yifan, the 17-year-old women’s world chess champion, turned in a spectacular performance at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, which ended on Thursday. Hou’s results will put her on the cusp of the top 100 among all chess players, and it seems only a matter of time before she joins Polgar, now No. 32, to become just the second woman in that ... |
| Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the Limelight — 04-Feb-12, huffingtonpost.com, play chess online Levon Aronian's brilliant victory at the prestigious Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, would normally be the topic of our conversation. But it was a young Chinese girl, Hou Yifan, 17, who stole the limelight. The women's world chess champion shared first place at the powerful Tradewise Chess Festival in Gibraltar, one of the world's strongest open chess tournaments. Hou was in the lead going into the last round, but was caught at the last moment by Nigel Short. They both scored 8 points in 10 games and the English grandmaster grabbed the title in a blitz playoff. But Hou faced much tougher opponents. Facing six grandmasters rated above 2700 points - a barrier reserved for the best 40 chess players ... |
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