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Mr. President, Señor Presidente! Three Americans Qualify for World Cup

JUAN DOLIO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Disco music filled the small conference center as the audience impatiently munched on dried macarons and downed tropical-colored fruit punch, all breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Luis Abinader, president of the Dominican Republic. It’s not often that the president of a country makes a live appearance at an event where most participants are silent!
Juan Dolio San Pedro De Macorídr Dominican Republic United States Kirk Ghazarian Luis Abinader

A new Apple invention describes how a user in the real-world wearing an HMD could be seen in a virtual world without one & more

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to systems, methods, and devices that detect surfaces that provide specular reflections, modify reflections, or provide content that depicts such surfaces and reflections. More specifically, Apples patent describes how a user wearing an HMD could be holding an iPhone in the real-world but have it transform into another device like a light saber in a game and more
Daniel Kurz Metaio Gmb Peter Georg Meier Brian Christopher Clark Selim Ben Himane Engineering Program

Chessable Masters: Close matches, Artemiev beats Carlsen

A total of 56 players are participating in the Chessable Masters Tournament. The players are distributed in three divisions, each taking place with a double-elimination format. Four rapid games (15+3) are played in each confrontation, and if a match ends in a draw, an Armageddon decider follows. This format ensures excitement, surprises and plenty of mistakes. The biggest surprise on Day 1 was Magnus Carlsen’s loss to Vladislav Artemiev in Division I.
Vincent Keymer Levon Aronian Magnus Carlsen Vladislav Artemiev Wei Yi Gata Kamsky

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"Jumping across the centre line"

In football, the area around the center line is usually a hazard-free space. But in chess, when a knight crosses the centre line – i.e. if it jumps from his own half of the playing field to that of the opponent – then it "usually sends a clear attack signal", writes Oliver Reeh in his tactics section in ChessBase Magazin #211. His collection of tasks in the new edition includes 38 games, which are peppered with many training questions. Attacking knights play an important role in al...
Luke Mcshane Ivan Cheparinov Nils Grandelius Rainer Knaak Ivan Saric Dorian Rogozenco

Modern Classics #02: Botvinnik - Tal (1960)

After Dorian Rogozenco had concluded his "Classics" series in ChessBase Magazine in summer last year, he started his new column "Modern Classics" in CBM #210 with a game Fischer-Petrosian from the 1971 Candidates Match. In CBM #211 he takes up the "Special" of the new issue and presents a brilliant game by Mikhail Tal. On the programme is the sixth game of the World Championship match from 1960 against Mikhail Botvinnik. You can watch an excerpt from Rogozenco's...
Luke Mcshane Ivan Cheparinov Nils Grandelius Rainer Knaak Ivan Saric Dorian Rogozenco

The "Special": Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal's meteoric rise shook the chess world in the late 1950s, taking him straight to the very top. His victory over Botvinnik in the 1960 match won him the world title. In the process, the 'Wizard from Riga' thrilled fans with his unprecedented combination style – “There are two kinds of sacrifices - correct ones and mine!” For CBM 211 we invited our authors to comment on their favourite Mikhail Tal games. The total of 21 encounters, the last played in 1991, show the eig...
United States Luke Mcshane Robert Forbis Ivan Cheparinov Nils Grandelius Rainer Knaak

New series "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" - Part 1: Rook vs. pawn

With ChessBase Magazine #211 Karsten Mueller starts a new training series, which is not about endgame finesse on grandmaster level, but about basic techniques, which are worth learning for every ambitious chess player. And without them you won't get far at a higher level. The topic of the first article is the endgame rook vs. pawn. As clear as the balance of power is in this endgame, you have to know a few rules of thumb and techniques in order to always be able to treat the position correct...
Luke Mcshane Ivan Cheparinov Nils Grandelius Rainer Knaak Ivan Saric Dorian Rogozenco

"The Analysis" from Erwin l'Ami

October saw the start of the new Bundesliga season. In ChessBase Magazine #211 participants from various teams comment on their games from the first rounds, including the stars from the cover - Pavel Eljanov, Loek van Wely and Luke McShane - as well as Nils Grandelius, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Ivan Saric, Ivan Cheparinov, Gawain Jones, Nikita Vitiugov, Erwin L'Ami, Dennis Wagner, Daniil Yuffa, Georg Meier, Jan-Christian Schröder, Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Michael Prusikin. In addition, David ...
Luke Mcshane Ivan Cheparinov Hrvoje Stevic Nils Grandelius Rainer Knaak Ivan Saric

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