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I don't have to reiterate the advantages of introducing kids early into chess. You'll read them in articles scattered around the internet -- you'll just have to press the right buttons -- and in this video:

Kasparov Plays Blitz 2011

Kasparov was seen lately playing blitz vs. FM Ghannoum in a fundraising in Naples. One of the games was recorded in this Youtube video:



The game went as:

Game 1: Ghannoum vs. Kasparov
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13.Qb6 Qxb6 14. Bxb6 Nb4 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Bf2 Bd6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Be3 O-O 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxb2 21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Bd4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rb3 24. Rxa6 Bxf4 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxd3 27. Ra7 f6 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 h5 31. Rf2 Kh7 32. Kh2 e5 33. g3 Bf3 34. Bb6 g5 35. h4 g4 36. Bc5 Rd1 0-1

Bobby Fischer Playing Table Tennis

These are some rare moments that you see Bobby Fischer enjoying a game other than chess. The genius enjoyed playing table tennis (ping pong) as well.

Photo credit: The Kenilworthian

Wishlist: DGT e-Board + Classic Chess Set + Digital Chess Clock

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The beautiful classic wooden DGT e-board easely connects to the USB port on your PC. With the DGT e-board you can play online at internet chess sites like PlayChess, Chess 21 and ICC. The ingenious e-board acts as input device for all major playing programs.

The DGT e-board is the ultimate chess-PC interface. It adds a new dimension to your chess fun. A typical DGT product. Innovative, designed for the real chess lover. High quality and value for money.

The giftbox comes with a special edition of the famous Fritz program and 100 days free access at playchess.com

GM Wesley So Knocked Out in World Chess Cup 2011

Unfortunately, GM Wesley So failed to deliver the supposedly biggest upset in the second round of the World Chess Cup 2011 vs. the top seed GM Sergey Karjakin.

The second round between So and Karjakin started silently with draws for the first two standard games. It went to the tie-break with a draw in the first game while So was playing white. When it was Karjakin's turn to play white, So committed a bad move at his 21st move. The game immediately wound up to the end game where Karjakin is up by a pawn, and eventually won the game.

This will send Wesley So packing for the Philippines. While there are no more Filipinos bidding in the tournament, we can now concentrate on analyzing some of the good games here.

Wesley So and Sergey Karjakin Off to Tie-breaks

After the draw in the second game in Round 2 of World Chess Cup 2011, the match proceeds to a tie-break tomorrow. 2 Rapid games and if necessary blitz games are to be held tomorrow between GM Wesley So and GM Sergey Karjakin in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

GM Wesley So Slides Down to No. 91 in September 2011 FIDE Ratings List

FIDE recently released the official FIDE Ratings List Top 100 chess players in the world, and while losing some 3 ELO rating points at 2655, GM Wesley So of the Philippines slides down to No. 91.

3 players are still a member of the elite 2800 club, while GM Vladimir Kramnik is just around the corner to further join them.



Check out the complete list below:

Rank	Name	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2823	10	1990
2	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2817	0	1969
3	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2807	8	1982
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2791	17	1975
5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2772	13	1990
6	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2768	0	1975
7	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2765	15	1969
8	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2758	10	1987
9	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2758	10	1983
10	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2757	15	1983
11	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2756	18	1974
12	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2756	9	1986
13	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2752	9	1987
14	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2746	18	1985
15	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2746	0	1968
16	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2740	14	1976
17	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2737	28	1977
18	Wang, Hao	CHN	2731	15	1989
19	Leko, Peter	HUN	2728	9	1979
20	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2726	17	1987
21	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2726	8	1980
22	Adams, Michael	ENG	2725	20	1971
23	Giri, Anish	NED	2722	19	1994
24	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2718	16	1990
25	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2717	13	1991
26	Wang, Yue	CHN	2716	14	1987
27	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2716	11	1983
28	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2716	11	1990
29	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2716	9	1982
30	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2715	9	1978
31	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2713	10	1972
32	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2712	20	1992
33	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2712	9	1983
34	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2711	16	1969
35	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2710	11	1987
36	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	2710	9	1976
37	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2710	9	1983
38	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2710	6	1980
39	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2710	0	1983
40	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2707	16	1985
41	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	2706	10	1985
42	Navara, David	CZE	2705	13	1985
43	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2705	8	1990
44	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2704	10	1987
45	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2703	8	1985
46	Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	2701	16	1988
47	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2701	13	1976
48	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2700	18	1972
49	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2698	20	1965
50	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2698	0	1981
51	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2696	26	1989
52	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2692	20	1985
53	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	2690	16	1977
54	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	2690	6	1979
55	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2689	19	1981
56	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2688	0	1985
57	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2686	5	1986
58	Li, Chao b	CHN	2684	14	1989
59	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2683	16	1983
60	Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	2683	7	1973
61	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2682	29	1986
62	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2682	9	1982
63	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2681	11	1974
64	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2681	9	1971
65	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2678	35	1968
66	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2678	12	1979
67	Gharamian, Tigran	FRA	2676	11	1984
68	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2674	18	1978
69	Sokolov, Ivan	NED	2673	9	1968
70	Harikrishna, P.	IND	2672	18	1986
71	Ni, Hua	CHN	2672	17	1983
72	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	2672	4	1986
73	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2671	17	1985
74	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	2671	11	1982
75	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2671	0	1985
76	McShane, Luke J	ENG	2671	0	1984
77	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2669	11	1975
78	Roiz, Michael	ISR	2668	7	1983
79	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	UKR	2666	25	1986
80	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2666	20	1976
81	Feller, Sebastien	FRA	2666	0	1991
82	Georgiev, Kiril	BUL	2664	18	1965
83	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	2664	18	1985
84	Balogh, Csaba	HUN	2662	15	1987
85	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2662	11	1985
86	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2660	14	1988
87	Ding, Liren	CHN	2659	10	1992
88	Fridman, Daniel	GER	2659	0	1976
89	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2658	12	1983
90	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2656	25	1971
91	So, Wesley	PHI	2655	23	1993
92	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU	2655	9	1984
93	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2655	7	1988
94	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	2654	15	1988
95	Seirawan, Yasser	USA	2652	16	1960
96	Milov, Vadim	SUI	2651	0	1972
97	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2650	29	1986
98	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2649	19	1984
99	Meier, Georg	GER	2648	10	1987
100	Azarov, Sergei	BLR	2648	0	1983