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EURO 2007: Tatiana Kosintseva scores 6/6 in the womens
08.04.2007 – After leading with 4.5 in the first five rounds young Ukrainian grandmaster Andrei Volokitin drew his round six games and was promptly caught by four colleagues. In the women's section IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who will turn 21 next Wednesday, has won all six games to lead the field by a full point. We bring you the standings and games.
 

Production of Lasker trainer cancelled
07.04.2007 – On April 1st we reported that ChessBase was planning a new Fritz Trainer DVD, using 1924 film footage shot with Emanuel Lasker. It turns out that this was a cruel hoax by members of our staff who were following a pagan tradition known as "April Fool". At the same time some serious news regarding the FIDE ratings was misidentified by our readers as the intended prank. Retractions.
 

Bulgarian Chess Federation supports Topalov
06.04.2007 – Today Stefan Sergiev, the director of the Bulgarian Chess Federation, sent a message to FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov decrying the decisions of the World Chess Federation to turn down a $2 million match offer, to change the cycle of the world championship, and to move the candidate matches to an earlier date, and to change the April rating list in reaction to external pressure. Open letter.
 

9 of 10 for King on Pawns
05.04.2007 – F or h-pawn – this is often the question when you start an attack against your opponent's king. A simple decision? Believe it or not, Daniel King spent a whole DVD answering it. In his review Michael Jeffreys confesses that he underestimated the "loads of subtle but important ideas that you MUST be aware of" before you take your decision. Buy Danial King's Pawn storm DVD or read the full review.
 

EURO 2007: Pictures, games, impressions from Dresden
05.04.2007 – The first two rounds of the 8th Individual European Chess Championships brought a few upsets and some technical glitches – not surprising when you are trying to handle over 600 participants. We bring you results and as many games as have become available. Together with a impressions of Dresden, the venue and the tournament itself in a big pictorial report.
 

Robert Byrne and the English Attack
05.04.2007 – He has chalked up wins over Bronstein, Reshevsky, Smyslov and Fischer. But NYT chess columnist Robert Byrne is probably best known for his contributions to openings theory. Like the English Attack, which he introduced into tournament play long before Nunn, Short, and Chandler were hammering people to bits with it. Tonight our Playchess trainer Dennis Monokroussos tells the story.
 

Susheela Viswanathan: 'I am a very proud mother'
04.04.2007 – After Vishy Anand had bagged Morelia/Linares it became obvious that he would soon appear as the world's strongest player on the FIDE ratings list. In India his parent bore the brunt of the media frenzy that ensued. Both mother Shusheela and father Viswanathan were persuaded to write short pieces about their famous and well beloved son. Very interesting insights.
 

Andrew Martin: Bundesliga Special
04.04.2007 – How do they do it? This is the question we ask in England as we look in envy at the powerful Bundesliga weekends. Plenty of sponsors, excellent conditions, great players, great games.... one cannot really ask for more. So, this week's Playchess radio show pays homage to the strongest league in the world with three games from the latest bonanza.
 

European Championship in Dresden starts today
03.04.2007 – The 8th Individual European Chess Championships takes place from April 2nd to 16th, 2007 in Dresden, Germany. It is an 11 round Swiss and has over 600 participants from 43 nations. The games will be covered live on the official site and on Playchess.com. On Monday night was the opening ceremony, attended by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, chess dignitaries, participants – and a tiger!
 

ChessBase and Correspondence chess -- part 4
03.04.2007 – In the fourth part of our ongoing ChessBase Workshop series on correspondence chess, we'll learn about your "electronic research assistant" who will take care of the drudgery of finding and tabulating the results of past games in your master database. Find out more about the Opening Report in this week's ChessBase Workshop.
 

FIDE April rankings: Vishy Anand is numero uno
02.04.2007 – FIDE came under worldwide pressure and – relented. Over the last two days the April rating list was corrected to include the important Morelia/Linares tournament. In the new and now official list India's Viswanathan Anand is in first place, with 2786 rating points, ahead of Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik, both 14 points lower. Congratulations Vishy! Lists, statistics and commentary.
 

Kasparov in England – catch him if you can
01.04.2007 – After taking Germany (and Switzerland) Garry Kasparov now continues his book promotional tour in the UK. There is a book signing on Tuesday, plenty of print reports, photo shoots, radio interviews and TV appearances, on Sky, BBC and, would you believe it, Al Jazeera. Here's a schedule of Kasparov's activities.