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en-us2009-05-17T21:05+00:00Daily Update ("Minor" Event Edition): Eljanov Clinches Bosna, Rybka World Computer Champion
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There are just too many events going on! Fortunately, almost all of them end today and tomorrow....Dennis Monokroussos2009-05-17T21:05+00:00World Computer Chess Championship
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...Dennis Monokroussos2009-05-13T21:05+00:00Golubev Interview
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Fans of his opening work and readers of Chess Today will be familiar with GM Mikhail Golubev. A recent and fairly extended interview with him can be found starting on...Dennis Monokroussos2009-03-23T23:03+00:00How Do Chess Engines "Know" When To Move?
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Here's an interesting email from "Seena":...Dennis Monokroussos2009-03-22T04:03+00:00Mamedyarov Responds Again
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As you may all remember, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost, and quickly, to Igor Kurnosov in a late round of the recently finished Aeroflot Open in Moscow. After the game - at the...Dennis Monokroussos2009-03-11T06:03+00:00Who was the greatest player ever? An engine-based answer
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...Dennis Monokroussos2008-10-07T06:10+00:00The 16th World Computer Championship
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...is underway in Beijing, though with computer programs running it really doesn't matter where it happens. As of this report in ChessBase, at about the halfway point, Rybka and Hiarcs...Dennis Monokroussos2008-10-03T07:10+00:00ChessBase articles of interest: Anand on Humpy Koneru and the Rybka-Milov match
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Both are interesting and worth your time. One article takes a look back at Indian GM Humpy Koneru's tough semi-final loss to Hou Yifan at the recently completed women's world...Dennis Monokroussos2008-09-26T03:09+00:00Hoist with my own petard? A new move in the Exchange French
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The other day I was preparing a summary sheet on the French for one of my students, and while looking through Powerbook 2008 within ChessBase 10, I came across...Dennis Monokroussos2008-08-13T07:08+00:00Even Pocket Fritz is too strong
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...Dennis Monokroussos2008-08-12T00:08+00:00Rybka 2.5 - Dzindzichashvili 1.5
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This was the score in an odds match played this past Monday. GM and anti-computer expert Roman Dzindzichashvili started every game with the white pieces and Black's f-pawn, but even...Dennis Monokroussos2008-07-30T06:07+00:00A sign of the apocalypse? ChessBase to sell Rybka 3.0 - UPDATED
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Frankly, this is a good thing, and it makes sense for both sides. Rybka has been dominating computer chess the past couple of years, while ChessBase has the biggest name and...Dennis Monokroussos2008-07-19T03:07+00:00An en passant remark by Fischer on computers
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I was browsing Bobby Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games earlier tonight, and came across this position and comment, from his 1960 game against former world chess champion Max Euwe:...Dennis Monokroussos2008-04-24T16:04+00:00Rybka-Dzindzichashvili: OT Cancelled
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...Dennis Monokroussos2008-03-08T20:03+00:00Return of the Dzindzi: Overtime's a-comin'
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On day 4 of the Rybka-Dzindzichashvili odds match (Dzindzi gets White in every game plus a different Black pawn in every game), Dzindzi caught back up, winning game 7 (with...Dennis Monokroussos2008-03-08T05:03+00:00