It is a very peculiar proposition that aims to transform the game of chess to an economically viable business.
Read about the plans of Mr. David Kaplan, “Chief Executive Officer – Development” within FIDE, in this Chessbase article.
In the meantime, Karpov is supported for FIDE presidency by the 18/36 of the Russian committee! See here.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Two worlds get closer
There is an excellent blog (in Greek) about culture and Over-The-Board chess and chess problems, (see here), run by the Schroendiger's Cat.
Some weeks ago a post was published there (by the reader Kaloproeretos) about the distance between the world of OTB chess and the world of chess composition.
The conclusion was that the chess players would benefit if they knew the chess problems better.
As a result, a series of about 150 compositions of many kinds, selected by Kaloproeretos, started to be published, for the chess players to be familiarized with chess problems.
If you follow the links you will see these selected problems.
Try to solve them. (The answers to the problems of one post are published below the problems of the next post).
Sorry for not including here a proper translation of the Greek text.
Problems 1-6, Saturday 10-04-2010
Problems 7-12, Wednesday 14-04-2010
Problems 13-18, Saturday 17-04-2010
Problems 19-24, Wednesday 21-04-2010
Problems 25-30, Saturday 24-04-2010
Problems 31-36, Wednesday 28-04-2010
Problems 37-42, Saturday 01-05-2010
Problems 43-48, Wednesday 05-05-2010
Problems 49-54, Saturday 08-05-2010
Problems 55-60, Wednesday 12-05-2010
Problems 61-66, Saturday 15-05-2010
Problems 67-72, Wednesday 19-05-2010
Problems 73-78, Saturday 22-05-2010
Problems 79-84, Wednesday 26-05-2010
Problems 85-90, Saturday 29-05-2010
Simple, yet instructive exercises. Commented selection!
Some weeks ago a post was published there (by the reader Kaloproeretos) about the distance between the world of OTB chess and the world of chess composition.
The conclusion was that the chess players would benefit if they knew the chess problems better.
As a result, a series of about 150 compositions of many kinds, selected by Kaloproeretos, started to be published, for the chess players to be familiarized with chess problems.
If you follow the links you will see these selected problems.
Try to solve them. (The answers to the problems of one post are published below the problems of the next post).
Sorry for not including here a proper translation of the Greek text.
Problems 1-6, Saturday 10-04-2010
Problems 7-12, Wednesday 14-04-2010
Problems 13-18, Saturday 17-04-2010
Problems 19-24, Wednesday 21-04-2010
Problems 25-30, Saturday 24-04-2010
Problems 31-36, Wednesday 28-04-2010
Problems 37-42, Saturday 01-05-2010
Problems 43-48, Wednesday 05-05-2010
Problems 49-54, Saturday 08-05-2010
Problems 55-60, Wednesday 12-05-2010
Problems 61-66, Saturday 15-05-2010
Problems 67-72, Wednesday 19-05-2010
Problems 73-78, Saturday 22-05-2010
Problems 79-84, Wednesday 26-05-2010
Problems 85-90, Saturday 29-05-2010
Simple, yet instructive exercises. Commented selection!
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