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“…I would suggest: 1. Organizers of major tournaments to equip the entrance of the playing area with metal detectors and other means which would exclude the possibility of assistance, and would eliminate all baseless accusations and insults, which affect the image of the player. 2. International chess organizations to develop a set of rules that would execute serious sanctions for those who use assistance, as well as for those who unjustly accuse the others of receiving the aid!…”

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

U.S. producer-director Damian Chapa is set to begin shooting his new Bobby Fischer bio-picture next month, Amadeus Pictures announced.

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Possible films about Bobby Fischer’s life have been mooted for a long time, but following his death just over a year ago, the time is now ripe for it to happen at last.
Producer Damian Chapa is due to start filming an Amadeus Pictures biopic of B…

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

“I was aware that this would be very difficult to complete. I am a chess professional and until now my personal record was 45 simultaneous games. This project was very demanding, in both physical and psychological aspect. An ordinary chess game can last up to 6 or 7 hours, but with this simul nobody could have guessed how long it will take. We were expecting 10 hours maybe, but it lasted a bit over 14.”

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

The Uzbek duo dominated at Rochefort Open this year! Despite the loss in round two, GM Marat Dzhumaev continued the play with great determination and finally won the tournament with 7,5 points from nine rounds. His compatriot GM Alexei Barsov finished close second with 7,0 points. The two top rated, GM Tamaz Gelashvili and GM Vladimir Burmakin, won their last round games just to finish on the third place tie.

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

The Oscar success of Slumdog Millionaire –IMHO, a manipulative phony British exploitation film about boarding school sadism pretending to be Indian–reminded me to write about Satayajit Ray’s 1977 classic, The …

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

At the halfway point in Linares, Alexander Grischuk leads on 5/7, a point clear of Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk, who are tied in second place on 4/7.
Ivanchuk was the only winner in round 7, finally managing to convert a promising position…

February 28th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Sports Reporter Sharmin Sultana Shirin of ITwo Soft Limited led the points table of the National Women’s Chess Championship securing maximum six points after finishing the six round matches.

February 27th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment

February 27th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment