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Another exciting round with four decisive games – even the three draws were generally hard-fought. The prodigy duel Karjakin-Carlsen was drawn after 55 moves. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat David Navara with black, Radjabov and Adams beat Kamsky and Svidler with white. Alexander Grischuk vs Ernesto Inarkiev ended in victory for Grischuk, who took the sole lead in the table. Express report.

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6.5 points from eight games – that is the score shared by three grandmasters in the men’s section and two grandmasters and an IM in the women’s section. Emil Sutovsky, Pavel Tregubov and Sergei Movsesian lead in the former, Kateryna Lahno, Anna Ushenina and Pia Cramling in the latter. Three rounds are left in the European Individual Championships 2008. Illustrated report.

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Maybe they don’t enjoy playing or facing it, but if nothing else it’s often a lot of fun watching games in that variation. That’s what our Playchess.com lecturer Dennis Monokroussos will do this week. A treat for present-day dragoneers.

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Ernesto Inarkiev beat David Navara when the latter got into terrible time trouble and let it slip. Inarkiev’s drawing average in this tournament is 25% – two out of eight games. Local hero Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, who seems to be running out of strength. And Wang Yue continues to apply Tiger Balm White before the game.

Full report with pictures and videos.

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Gata Kamsky scored his first duck in Baku against local boy Vugar Gashimov, to relinquish his lead in the table. Gashimov used the victory to climb to the top. Carlsen beat Radjabov with black, Sergey Karjakin took a full point from Ernesto Inarkiev. And Ivan Cheparinov won his second game in succession, beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Express report with games and standings.

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Guess who did a cute little ad in Bulgarian TV. Oops, we told you who in the headline, didn’t we? Well, it is really nice 30-second commercial and well worth watching. The dialog is in Bulgarian, but one of our readers supplied us with a transcription and a translation. You can view the commercial on YouTube.

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British GM Michael Adams was under a lot of pressure by Brooklyn Boy Gata Kamsky, who was two pawns up. Just when it seemed that Adams was heading for a draw Kamsky outplayed him very nicely in the rook ending. Now Gata shares the lead with Alex and Wang. Ivan Cheparinov scored a full point, with black, against Ernesto Inarkiev. Express report with games and standings.

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Two players, Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia and Emil Sutovsky of Israel, are in the lead, each having conceded just one draw in the first six rounds of the European Individual Championships 2008. In the women’s section three IMs share the top slot. The event is taking place in Plovdiv, a town that is older than Rome, Carthage or Constantinople. Big photo report by Diana Mihajlova.

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“It doesn’t take a whole lot of courage to criticize the rule of Fidel
Castro or Kim Jong Il. But when it comes to nations like Russia and China, issues
of basic human rights suddenly become ‘complicated.’” Garry Kasparov criticizes Western
governments for going soft on these countries and their Olympic
plans – for instance Russia’s $20 billion Sochi Winter
Games in 2014.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed.

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John Watson, famous author and one of the great critics of chess books and
software, did. Kasimdzhanov’s King’s Indian DVD is not the latest one in the
Fritz Trainer series but it will give you lots of ideas and enjoyment. ‘You’ll like it even if you’re a 1 e4
player who never intends to get near the King’s Indian as White or Black.’.
Buy it
now or read Watson’s review with sampler.

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