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BOTW: 2018.01.24

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 15:21

Gibraltar 2018, the PRO Chess League rounds 2 and 3, and the last three rounds of TATA Steel/Wijk aan Zee are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2018.1.12

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 01/12/2018 - 17:52

The 80th running of the Dutch by-the-sea classic is the first major chess event of 2018, and this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.12.27

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 12:24

The World Rapid and Blitz Championship, the Canadian Women's Zonal, the Carlsen - Nakamura chess.com blitz match, and The Debearding are this week's Best of the Web...

BOTW: 2017.12.15

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 22:34

Karjakin - Nakamura in the chess.com Blitz Championship semi-final, Jeremy Silman annotating games played by four Canadians, and whatever is becoming of Alexandra Botez... are this week's Best of the Web.

AlphaZero

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 12/09/2017 - 01:52

All 10 available games, with notes, from the epoch-making AlphaZero - Stockfish match...

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BOTW: 2017.12.03

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 12/03/2017 - 11:01

This week's Best of the Web is The London Chess Festival, which includes a FIDE Open, the British Knockout Championship, Rapid and Blitz tournaments, simuls, lectures, and more, all topped by London Chess Classic, a 10-player RR featuring 5 of the world's top six:..

BOTW: 2017.11.21

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 11/21/2017 - 14:58

Another mostly-Magnus Best of the Web, with a live Blitz match against Grischuk and two other recent appearances on YouTube, as well as the Grand Prix Final and the start of the TCEC Super-Final....

BOTW: Magnus, Magnus, Magnus

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 13:44

Our Best of the Web is an all Magnus Carlsen edition: with three live events in the next 10 days, and one intense online blitz session you can watch anytime...

BOTW: 2017.10.21

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 14:04

The start of the Schachbundesliga, two matches in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, and the opening Round Robin in the world's strongest computer chess championship are this week's Best of the Web.
From the diagram, White to mate in 10.

Qiyu Zhou report on Jamaica Chess Festival

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 20:09

GM Maurice Ashley's Jamaica International Chess Festival took place Oct. 12-15, 2017.
Canadian WGM Qiyu Zhou wrote a report, illustrated by photos from her mom Penny, which you can read on ChessBase...

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