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Ivanchuk Wins and Wins Again By Dylan Loeb McClain Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine won the Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow that ended last Wednesday and then won the world blitz championship that took place immediately afterward and ended Saturday, defending the title he won in 2007.

This Chess training center seems to know their Target Group very well and clearly focused on age groups between 5 to 16. Also a catchy name of the Baku (Azerbaijan) born World champion, for their center focusing on the game in hand. Seen at Triplicane. My 2nd about the game of 64 squares.

An "Heraldo" Spanish newspaper interview with Veselin Topalov after he visited the 2008 Zaragoza Expo. He will make a special appearance at the II International Tournament of Alcubierre, a small town nearby. He'll appear at the closing, give out the prizes, and play a 25-board simul.

With 92% of their 2007 revenues coming from operating World of Warcraft in China, The9 (NCTY) must renew their WoW license or lose much of their earnings power. Their license is set to expire in June, 2009.

Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov comments on the war between Russia and Georgia, blaming the West for letting Russia slip into authoritarianism. “Russia’s invasion,” he writes, “was the direct result of nearly a decade of Western helplessness and delusion.”

Chess.FM Goodies I am producing a series on ICC Chess.FM on Sicilian Theory from black’s perspective when white avoids the main lines with 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (d6, e6, Nc6) 3. d4.  The series is being sound edited and should be released soon.  So far, I’ve covered the always entertaining Smith-Morra Gambit, the quiet Alapin (2.

The World: Today’s Kremlin: Too Elusive for a Solzhenitsyn? 9. August 2008 In the face of a fuzzier authoritarianism, no titanic Russian intellectuals. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I, Soldatov, Andrei, Kasparov, Garry, Erofeyev, Viktor, Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B, Putin, Vladimir V, Writing and

Title: "Electromagnetic Spectrum" There's a story circulating among some "left-wing" and libertarian sites (mostly libertarian) that is based upon the following: Jul 20, 2008 Death of Free Internet is Imminent- Canada Will Be Test Case ... The plan is to convert the Internet into a cable-like... ...

Kasparov Chess Mate 1.1.0.14 - PC Game GAMES, PC No Comments » Kasparov Chessmate is an exciting simulation chess game. Whether you’re a novice or a Grandmaster you must improve your skills to advance your level of play. Enjoy a chess challenge that guarantees fun and learning no matter what your experience level.

Firstly. I forgot to say in my last blog entry that all my darlings are now better and vomit free (I am touching quite a lot of wood while announcing this fact.  In fact I am now a tree hugging kinda gal).  I am very grateful to all you sympathisers out there who were kind enough to pop into my blog