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Winning isn't everything but losing is nothing 15 Sep 2012 | 02:03 pm
I started to agree with Edmar Mednis on that...I have been told so many times that a loss is actually good, that you learn most of it, that you cannot become stronger if you don't taste the pain of de...
Chess city break in Flanders! 3 Jul 2012 | 11:18 pm
If you would like to travel, but feel unequal to learning at least one international language for the purpose, then play chess;) The ideal substitute for English, Spanish etc. at last has been found! ...
Sun and chess on the Bulgarian coast! 13 Jun 2012 | 07:34 pm
The Golden Sands tournament, held between 4th - 12th of June on Bulgarian seacoast, finished yeasterday, having as a sole winner the Chinese GM: Lu Shanglei, (born in '95)! The 7.5 points which the wi...
Finding order in chaos 28 May 2012 | 05:51 pm
I don't know about you but I've always been quite skeptical about the utility of solving mate in two problems. I am not talking about the simple ones but about these crazy positions, where a total mes...
Chess: the metaphorical way 26 May 2012 | 01:34 am
I don't like to argue, unless it's a constructive activity of course. A disagreement can bring insights into a certain subject much more than if you just think about it on your own. Such an experience...
Chessity 7 May 2012 | 07:14 pm
I have never liked computer games. To me it easily becomes boring, repetitive and painful for both my eyes and my back. So why bother?! Unfortunately, nowadays we cannot really survive in chess witho...
ChessBase collaboration 13 Apr 2012 | 02:30 am
I know I haven't posted much lately, but for good reasons! It's not that I suddenly became silent, on the contrary: I am still very active but in a different way - ChessBase! I am very happy and gra...
Close-up: Alexander Morozevich! 19 Mar 2012 | 12:11 am
I am coming back with one of my favorite labels: close-up! The interview has been already published in the second issue, February 2012, of the German Magazine: Schach. We were surprised to see Moro'....
Chess Fortress?! 29 Feb 2012 | 09:17 am
While watching my husband's game in Bundesliga this weekend, I was stunned by another encounter, between Anish Giri and Markus Ragger. The game went on for 113 moves and I was shocked to see that Blac...
Happy Chess Velentine! 14 Feb 2012 | 10:16 pm
From the National Championship, in between today's preparation and a walk outside, confronting the winter's wrath, I wish you all a great day! We are celebrating it by playing chess, what else?! If yo...
