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The FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2012 between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand takes place in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (Russia) 10th-31st May. 12 games. Anand-Gelfand 2.5-2.5.
Game 5: Anand-Gelfand 1/2. Sicilian Defence. Vishy played 1.e4 and obtained a slight advantage.
Game 4: Gelfand-Anand 1/2. Semi-Slav, QGD. Anand had no real problems.
Game 3: Anand-Gelfand 1/2. A sharp fight in the Gruenfeld Defence, 3.f3 d5. White attacked on the kingside, Black counterattacked on the queenside, but White had the better chances thanks to the strong d-pawn in the centre. Boris sacrificed a pawn, activated his rook and could equalize with 23...Nb6. Viswanathan could gain an edge in the endgame with 34.d7.
Game 2: Gelfand-Anand 1/2. Semi-Slav, QGD. Vishy made a new move, 14...Nf6, trying to exchange pieces to equalize.
Game 1: Anand-Gelfand 1/2. Gruenfeld Defence. Boris grabbed the a2-pawn with his queen 12...Qxa2. 13.Rb2 is Anand's novelty. In the middlegame the rivals traded pieces, both played well.
Site: http://moscow2012.fide.com/

The US Chess Championship 2012 takes place in Saint Louis, United States, May 7th-20th. 1-2.Nakamura, Kamsky 6/8.
Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Yasser Seirawan, Robert Hess, Varuzhan Akobian, Alexander Stripunsky, Ray Robson, Alejandro Ramirez, Yury Shulman, Aleksandr Lenderman, Gregory Kaidanov.
Site: http://www.uschesschamps.com/standings-and-games

The Capablanca Memorial 2012 took place in Havana (Cuba) 4th-14th May.
1. Vassily Ivanchuk - 6.5/10, 2-3. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Leinier Dominguez Perez - 5.5, 4. Vladimir Potkin - 4.5, 5-6. Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Viktor Laznicka - 4.
In round 8 Nepomniachtchi crushed Laznicka in the Dutch Defence, Quesada made a draw with Ivanchuk in the Bogo-Indian Defence.
Site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu/

Openings Clubs

New ideas in various openings.
Schipkov, Boris - Golikov, Anatolij [D07], Novosibirsk Region ch, Novosibirsk 1986 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 10.05.2012)

Lagunow, Alexander - Schipkov, Boris [A31], Novosibirsk Region ch, Novosibirsk 1986 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 1.05.2012)

Kokarev, Dmitry (2596) - Yakovich, Yuri (2539) [B33], Polugaevsky Memorial, Samara (7) 2011 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 17.04.2012)

Korobov, Anton (2660) - Bartel, Mateusz (2658) [E11], Aeroflot Open A, Moscow (9) 2012 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 23.03.2012)

Best Players And Games Of Month 2000-2004

Philosophy And Psychology Of Chess Struggle

Theoreticians know all. The Slav Classic, the pressure on the centre, two weaknesses and a fighting spirit (by Boris Schipkov, 21.02.2012)

How To Play Against A Novelty (by Boris Schipkov, 17.11.2005)

Enlightenment (My precious)
A Marvellous Combination Of The XX Century (by Boris Schipkov, 21.05.2005)

Time trouble?! Zeitnot!
Paehtz, Thomas Sr (2450) - Schipkov, Boris [D36], Miskolc open 1989 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 21.12.2003)

Peter I, Napoleon I, Ivan IV the Terrible, Tamerlan, Frederick II, Philip II, Henry I did not play golf, tennis, football or hockey. They played chess, enjoying their rest time, developing the abilities and joining the world culture.
The Game of Kings. Chaining the times (by Boris Schipkov, 5.05.2003)

Nabokov's Luzhin and his prototypes. Disclosing the mystery

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