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On line chess stores?
Howdy gang!
I am in the Pacfic and I am looking at ordering a book from an outfit located at "http://www.schachhaus-maedler.de" (In Germany) and I am wondering is there anyone out their on the gr...

Started 06/27/09 at 00:22:40 by Hadron
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By: Fllg
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Worst advice for players wanting to improve
http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1331189420
This is the latest of a whole lot of topics about advice for improving players here. I don't want to restart this discussion. It will ...

Started 03/16/12 at 13:44:51 by Jupp53
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By: MNb
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Understanding Chess Tactics, Martin Weteschnik
Hello, curious about this book, anyone read it ? thinking of getting it for the local club.
Who is the target audience of Weteschnik's book, will it be useful for >2000s?
Please post your op...

Started 12/13/06 at 03:16:16 by lnn2
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By: dfan
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News of Victor Korchnoi ?
Hy guys, any news of Victor Korchnoi ? I did not see him in a tournament for months, i hope that he has not a health problem ...

Started 11/22/10 at 15:16:59 by parisestmagique
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By: Carld
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New Fide Elo rules
https://fide.com/news/2538
Any comments?
About deflation I read a Chessbase article that the number of mini mistakes (centipawns) has decreased a lot at all level.

Started 10/01/23 at 10:58:19 by bragesjo
5 1828 Last Post 11/29/24 at 03:30:21
By: Keano
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Schiller
What do you guys think of Schiller's books? Please try to keep it PG, I know it is hard.

Started 03/10/07 at 03:19:20 by JonHecht
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By: MNb
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Poll: corus 2011
Corus 2011 starts tomorrow (14th januari)
This is the list of participants:
GM      Magnus Carlsen      NOR      2814      
GM      Viswanathan Anand      IND      2810      
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Started 01/13/11 at 17:50:28 by micawber
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By: TopNotch
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Chess engine on PPC Mac?
Hi there!
Anybody knows how to run strong chess engines on PPC Mac? I have Shredder 11, but somehow i think, it's not even lose to Rybka strenght...

Started 05/11/09 at 12:17:26 by Ender
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By: Ender
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Fortresses
Hey, how often have you had a game of yours feature a fortress of some kind? I just came across some excersises in a puzzle book with this and I can not remember that I have ever come across it in any...

Started 07/21/08 at 13:01:14 by Bocajaka
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By: Bocajaka
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Mastering Positional Chess - Daniel Naroditsky
Has anyone had a look at Mastering Positional Chess by Daniel Naroditsky?
I was initially intereseted in this book until I heard the author was 14 years old. However, he is quite a bit stronger t...

Started 02/25/10 at 10:32:01 by TicklyTim
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By: Mortal Games
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Which Black opening should you play?
The aim of this thread is to address a question frequently asked on this forum: “What opening(s) should I play?”. I have decided to post on this topic in general, hoping that it will make it easier fo...

Started 03/27/09 at 05:43:54 by TN
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By: TN
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Is Topalov cheating??
Meat wrote on 01/26/07 at 22:38:10:
OK, things are really getting out of hand now:
This article in Süddeutsche Zeitung (German) accuses Topalov of che...

And now chessbase has translated the article into english: http://www.chess...
and it

Started 01/27/07 at 16:45:36 by TalJechin
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By: MNb
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Chessboard ethics -- a messy case?
I've just got home, and I'm fuming. Am I right, or am I being oversensitive, or both?
I was playing in a Club Derby match, 'B' vs 'C' team, on Board 3, paired against my old friend Dave Renton. T...

Started 02/26/09 at 00:54:38 by Michael Ayton
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By: HoemberChess
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Whats up with Magnus?
Dare I say it? His form of late in the Grand Prix has been poor.
Now the World Blitz - usually the World ch eats these things up - e.g. Fischer etc.
Perhaps a blip but plenty of new blood co...

Started 10/15/15 at 21:18:58 by Keano
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