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When top chess players came together
4 Jan 2009 at 6:20am
HYDERABAD: Even as many in her age group are still celebrating the New Year, World No.2 Koneru Humpy has confined herself to the familiar domain - the 64 squ...

Men's Chess Superiority Explained
2 Jan 2009 at 6:13am
A study published by the Royal Society finds that men's superiority over women at chess at the top levels can be explained by population size.

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 En Passant (chess weblog)
Knight Forks
24 Oct 2008 at 8:22pm
Here's a video I found on YouTube that does a great job of illustrating knight forks. Most of it is pretty elementary, but at the end, it shows a great examp...

Queens Gambit Game With Analysis
10 Oct 2008 at 11:06am
Here's a nice queens gambit game with analysis and lots of nice little pointers. What really struck me was how strong white's outpost position at B6 was -- w...

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