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The Man vs Machine debate continues
20.10.2004
– A few days ago we published a resume by David Levy, president of the International Computer Games Association, on the recent man vs machine team championship in Bilbao, which ended in a bitter 3.5:8.5 loss to the humans. A number of letters were fired at us, some applauding and some vigorously
contradicting David's conclusions.
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Alexander Bangiev's new ChessBase training CD
20.10.2004
– Alexander Bangiev's new ChessBase training CD Squares Strategy
is already stirring more than its share of controversy.
Columnist Steve Lopez adds a few barrels of kerosene to the fire
with his own somewhat controversial preview in this
week's ChessBase Workshop. Read on and
prepare to see red...
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Second European Internet Championship 2004
20.10.2004
– The Second European Internet Championship (blitz) will be played from October 25, 2004 to November 7, 2004 on the Playchess.com server. The tournament has divided into four preliminaries. In the final the 16 best players of the qualifier meet 16 players nominated by the ECU and ChessBase. The prize fund is € 6,000.00.
Full details...
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Calvià Olympiad: Ukraine leads after round 5
20.10.2004
– When will Peter Svidler arrive? Without him Russia fell to Ukraine and is two points behind the leaders. Several other teams are awaiting late arrivals. The same rivals are battling in the women's event, but they are doing it well behind the as-yet-unstoppable Chinese. We have a report, analysis, and
plenty of photos.
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Breaking news: Kramnik wins to retain WCh title
19.10.2004
– In the final game of the Dannemann world chess championship Vladimir Kramnik ground down challenger Peter Leko to equalise 7:7 and, according to the rules, retain his title. A full report will follow later, for now we bring you
analysis of the critical game.
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Fischer to Bush and Koizumi: 'You are going to pay for this!'
18.10.2004
– Bobby Fischer, still in detention in Japan, has spoken out again in an interview, this time threatening the Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and US President Bush: "You are going to pay for this, and you are going to pay for your crimes in Iraq too." His new lawyer, Richard J. Vattuone, plans to release documents to prove US government involvement in
a plot against Fischer.
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People who play with glass pieces
18.10.2004
– ...shouldn't drop rooks. Nigel Short did, against Ivan Sokolov in this year's eighth Essent Chess Tournament, and dutifully lost. As did wunderkind Magnus Carlsen, 13, against his experienced opponent GM Daniël Stellwagen, 17. All this in the Dutch city of Hoogeveen, from where Jeroen van den Belt sent us pictures and a
video report.
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The Botvinnik-Smyslov battle
17.10.2004
– Tired of Kramnik-Leko and all the draws? Hardly a timely question on the day the drama in Brissago reaches a climax. But if you want to see one of the bloodiest matches in history you should drop in at Playchess.com for Dennis Monkroussos's
Monday night lecture.
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Dannemann: Leko survives Kramnik onslaught
16.10.2004
– Game 13, the penultimate in this match, saw classical chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik turn on the heat, with the black pieces. Challenger Peter Leko was clearly surprised and was soon hanging over the cliff. But using some incredible defensive moves he managed to hold on and is now just half a point from the title.
Analysis now up!
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Let the games begin in Calvià
16.10.2004
– Actually they have already begun. Round one brought with no big surprises, as the top seeded teams rampaged through the bottom ranks. But before that the 36th Chess Olympiad was opened with an evening ceremony and a giant marionette on the beachside of Santa Ponça. David Llada sent us some
photographic impressions.
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Bilbao Man vs Machine – a resume
16.10.2004
– Last week the man vs machine team championship in Bilbao ended in a 3.5:8.5 loss to the humans. It was a dramatic event, with every game fought out, often to a very bitter end. What were the causes of the disaster for the strong GMs? David Levy, a leading expert in computer chess, draws his conclusions.
Do you agree?
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Dannemann: Just one point to victory
14.10.2004
– Game 12 was a draw, but quite a hard-fought one in 34 moves. With the white pieces incumbent Vladimir Kramnik turned the pressure on, but Leko defended deftly and even gained the advantage in the end. After this draw he has to pick up one point in two games to win the title. We bring you a
photographic impressions by Olena Boytsun.
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