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On Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 chess legend Garry Kasparov, together with European Chess Union President Silvio Danailov, presented at the European Parliament the program 'Chess in European Schools'. The program is designed to promote chess in schools throughout Europe by offering chess curriculums, chess materials, chess teachers and communication material to encourage and … [Read more...] about Kasparov addresses European Parliament to get chess into schools

Alexander Morozevich. Not too long ago he was the world's number two player, but the last two years he almost disappeared from the chess radar. Then, out of nothing he participated in the Higher League of the Russian Championship, and won it. After another excellent result in Biel, the grandmaster from Moscow, Russia sat down with us for a video interview. It was conducted on … [Read more...] about Alexander Morozevich after Biel 2011

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On Sunday, July 31st, after his last-round game in Dortmund against Hikaru Nakamura, we spoke to Russian top grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik. The 10-time winner of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting lost that game after taking some risks. He explains how he experienced that game, compares this event with Kazan and reveals how he spent his time between that tournament and Dortmund. "It's … [Read more...] about Vladimir Kramnik after Dortmund 2011

The city, the chess tournament. Magnus Carlsen won this event, ahead of Alexander Morozevich, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexei Shirov, Fabiano Caruana and Yannick Pelletier. … [Read more...] about Impressions of the 2011 Biel Chess Festival