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Simple Chess is good chess

Simple Chess is good chess By: Charles Kayle In this article about the Ruy Lopez Opening, I am presenting to you one famous classical game, played between the two legend players for the highest title: Anatoly Karpov and his challenger Viktor Kortschnoi. What distinguish this game is that Viktor, the terrible, tried to deviate from the…

Insight Interview with GM Ernesto Inarkiev

Date of birth: 9th of December 1985 Place of Birth: Ingushetia, Russia Place of Residence: Moscow Current rating: 2680 Future rating: Top 10 Your favorite color: Green Your favorite food: Ingush food Your favorite drink: Pomegranate juice Music you like to listen to: All styles The best non-chess book you ever read: No favorite The…

Three Books – 2 Joyful, 1 disappointing

There are several criteria needed for a book to catch your interest in buying it. The 2 main ones are: the title and the author name, and as a bonus of support the publisher reputation. Today I am presenting to you, dear reader, 3 books which has the same bonus level: the publisher, and not…

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