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NORWAY — Cottage Street Creative Exchange brings dancers from around the neighborhood and the state of Maine together for an evening of music, dance, and reverie to raise money for the Globalocal non-profit. Gala favorites Cait Bushnell Catering and The Cobblestones band will be on hand to fuel and entertain guests along with dancers from […]

Svitlana Demchenko celebrated her 20th birthday recently, marking this year's World Junior Championship in Mexico as her final appearance. She enjoyed the tournament atmosphere, and met many chess friends. In this episode, she shows us a well-prepared Italian Game.

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Fabiano Caruana had to face the underdog Nijat Abasov in the match for third place at the Baku World Cup. In round 8.2, the US player made a fairly unknown move in the Four Knights Sicilian, by moving the bishop to f4. Svitlana offers insights into various variations arising from this opening. The endgame provides valuable lessons as well!

In 2004, Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko played a match for the World Championship. After a nail-biting series of games, the match ended in a 7-7 draw, with Kramnik retaining his title by winning the 14th game on demand. But Svitlana shows us one of the two wins by Leko (who, incidentally, is celebrating his birthday today!) - a fascinating game with an interesting side story.

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In July, Svitlana participated in the open section of the 2023 Canadian Junior Chess Championship, and faced some tough opponents. Impressively, she managed to reach the overall third place and added one more trophy to her collection. In addition, she will travel to Mexico for the World Junior Championship!

During the FIDE World Cup, Magnus Carlsen and Humpy Koneru fought back brilliantly, and moved to the tiebreaks instead of taking the next flight home. How do world-class players actually manage to achieve such great comebacks? Svitlana shows us the three golden rules of how you can strike back in a "must-win" situation!

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