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Chess Assistant 9 is a unique tool for managing chess games and databases, playing chess through the Internet, viewing electronic texts, studying openings, analyzing games, or playing chess against the computer. Chess Assistant 9 is available in three variants : Starter package, Professional package and Mega Package. Read about new features of Chess Assistant 9 here.
Review for program Chess School for Beginners
"The application course has three parts: “Rules of Chess”, “Development of Intellectual Abilities”, and “Playing.” The above part is done wonderfully, the explanations are crystal clear, and the tone of the language is warm and pleasant. Every class is accompanied with a substantial number of questions and “hands on” exercises. After you go through the exercises you can take a test to see how well you do under time pressure. As one who saw many newcomers who get frustrated with chess before they even learnt the rules, I can say that this chapter will be joyful for many who might have thrown away a beginners' book before they had even learnt how each piece moves. "
Every week we値l put games from Game Service that were available to Chess Assistant users only.
Every week you can download new games in PGN and CA format.
On the 6th of May the final tournament of the Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to a 50-year jubilee of the Central House of Chess Players named after M. M. Botvinnik for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov took place.
In the final tournament 146 players from 30 world countries took part:
- players who showed the best results in the qualifying tournaments
- invited stars: Kasimdzhanov (World champion 2004), Rublevsky (Russia Champion 2005), Bareev, Kosteniuk, etc.
The tournament had an interesting competition. In the beginning of the tournament the leadership was gained by Rustam Kasimdzhanov: 7 points out of 7 possible! But n the 8th round Rustam lost to Evgenij Gajsin and Sergey Rublevsky reached him and then out-distanced. 3 tournaments before the end of the tournament Sergey had a perfect result – 9 out of 10 – and headed the tournament table solely surpassing the pursuers in one point. But in the 11th round he was beaten in the one-on-one and reached by the Chilean GM Rodrigo Vasquez (the legendary blitz player, considered to be one of the best in the world by right). Everything was decided in the last tournament. Rodrigo Vasquez played Black and managed to defeat Boris Grachyov (Russian champion in Internet-blitz 2005) and Sergey Rublevsky played White and lost to young master Igor Lysyi. Thus the first place with the result 11 out of 13 was gained by Rodrigo Vasquez (Chili).
2nd-5th places were divided by 4 chess players who received equal results 10 out of 13. According to the additional data the final positions are as follows:
Second place - Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan).
Third place - Bocharov (Russia)
Fourth place – Rublevsky (Russia)
Fifth place – Lysyi (Russia)
The best regional players are the following participants:
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Now the following programs are available for download: CT-ART 3.0, Chess School for Beginners, Chess Tactics for Beginners, Chess Tactics for intermediate players, Advanced Chess School, Chess Strategy, Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders.
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Every week we値l put games from Game Service that were available to Chess Assistant users only.
Every week you can download new games in PGN and CA format.
We present to your attention 5 games of grandmaster Sergey Tiviakov from the tournaments in Wijk aan Zee on 14th-29th January 2006,commented by him for our site.
Every week we値l put games from Game Service that were available to Chess Assistant users only.
Every week you can download new games in PGN and CA format.
The traditional Linares super tournament this year is divided into 2 parts: the first half of
the tournament takes place in Morelia (Mexico) February 18th-26th 2006, the second half in Linares (Spain).
The prize fund is 380.000 Euros. Participants: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2801 (born 1975), Peter Svidler g RUS
2765 (1976),
Levon Aronian g ARM 2752 (1982), Peter Leko g HUN 2740 (1979), Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2729 (1969),
Etienne Bacrot g FRA 2717 (1983), Teimour Radjabov g AZE 2700 (1987) and Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2650 (1982).
The Aeroflot Open takes place in Moscow 8th-17th February 2006. Among participants:
Shakhrijar Mamedjarov g AZE 2709, Vladimir Akopian g ARM 2704, Alexei Dreev g RUS 2697,
Vladimir Malakhov g RUS 2694, Areshchenko Alexander g UKR 2670, Krishnan Sasikiran g IND 2670,
Zahar Efimenko g UKR 2666, Dmitry Jakovenko g RUS 2662, Viorel Bologan 2661, Alexander Khalifman
g RUS 2660, Arkadij Naiditsch 2657, Alexander Moiseenko g UKR 2657, Pavel Eljanov g UKR 2655,
Artem Timofeev g RUS 2653, Aleksej Aleksandrov g BLR 2653, Evgeniy Najer 2652, Zvaid Izoria
g GEO 2652, Konstantin Sakaev g RUS 2649, Karen Asrian g ARM 2646, Bu Xiangxi g CHN 2645,
Kiril Georgiev g BUL 2645, Alexander Motylev g RUS 2638, Evgeny Alekseev g RUS 2634 etc.
The winner of this event will take part in Dortmund tournament.
We present to your attention 3 games of grandmaster
Sergey Tiviakov from the tournaments in Pomplona
on 23rd-29th December 2005 and FIDE World Chess Cup
in Khanty-Mansiysk on 26th November - 18th December 2005,commented by him for our site.
Every week we値l put games from Game Service that were available to Chess Assistant users only.
Every week you can download new games in PGN and CA format.
30.01.06 The critical competition between Anand and Topalov for the first place ended in a draw!
Adams, Ivanchuk and Gelfand took their deserved places in the tournament table. Aronyan and Leko didn't show everything they could do in this tournament. The unique achievement of Kamsky who returned to the big chess - one draw in 13 games! 26.01.06 The world champion shows really the champion game! The brilliant victory over Aronyan - the winner of World Cup 2005 allows Topalov to become the sole leader! 25.01.06 Topalov played as Black and defeated Karyakin, Anand played as White and was stronger than Van Veli. Adams and Gelfand have one point less than the leaders. 23.01.06 Topalov has come up with Anand again after the latter suddenly lost to the outsider - Kamsky!
The main surprise of the tournament middle is the third place of Sergey Karyakin. 20.01.06 The leadership race goes on! Anand inflicted the first defeat on Leko, Topalov failed to defeat Mamed'yarov. 18.01.06 After the brilliant victory over Van Veli the world champion Veselin Topalov has reached the leader. 16.01.06 The tournament has a new leader: Anand has gained a vital victory over Ivaschuk. 14.01.06 The traditional round tournament started in Wijk aan Zee.
The tournament category - XIX, the average rating is 2716. After two rounds the sole leader
is Vasily Ivanchuk.
Every week we値l put games from Game Service that were available to Chess Assistant users only.
Every week you can download new games in PGN and CA format.
