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Computer poised for victory
27.07.2002
– Our program Hiarcs
8.0 has warmed up very nicely. After a slow start the program is working
its way through GMs and IMs, scoring convincing victories and working its way
to the top. In the penultimate round it beat IM Enrique Scarella in just 27
moves, and now has a chance to catch the leading Oscar Panno.
You will find a report, pictures and all the games
here...
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Shredder vs the Swiss National Team
26.07.2002
– Starting from Friday, July 26, our programm Shredder
is playing an interesting match as part of the Chess Festival in Biel. Shredder,
operated by its author Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, is taking on the Swiss national
team. The games will start at 20:15 European time and be carried live on the
Playchess server, with live
analysis after the games are over.
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Hiarcs learns a lesson
25.07.2002
– IM Jefferson Pelikian was cruising through the Republica Argentina tournament
without a single loss. Then, in round seven, he met Hiarcs
8.0. Pelikian tried to repeat the computer's loss to Roselli in round five,
but Hiarcs had apparently learnt its lesson. It played a startling novelty and
won the game in convincing fashion. Read all about it in the
illustrated report by Roberto Alvarez.
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The Inevitability of Being Leko
25.07.2002
– Peter Leko has gone from drawing master to classical world championship challenger.
His convincing win in Dortmund has many wondering exactly how he did it. Our
spies have found the secret training plan that enabled Leko to transform himself
into a savage of the 64 squares. See it for yourself in Mig on Chess #175.
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Anna tells it all
25.07.2002
– Three days have passed since the end of a truly great event, the Dortmund
Candidates to determine the challenger of classical chess world champion
Vladimir Kramnik. Time to step back and take a look at what transpired in this
tournament, which was certainly one of the most exciting we have seen in many
years. Our correspondent Anna Dergatscheva summerises the events and describes
the performances of the various players in this beautifully illustrated wrap-up
of Dortmund.
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Why the Sveshnikov is so successful?
24.07.2002
– After the great success of the Sveshnikov Sicilian at the Dortmund
Candidates our GM trainer Dorian Rogozenko will talk about the ideas and
principles of this opening in his weekly lecture, which will be held on the
Playchess server (Thursday,
25 July, 19:00 GMT = 21:00 Berlin/Paris, 3 p.m. NY).
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Chess legend Oscar Panno leads
24.07.2002
– With excellent technique and good physical fitness 67-year-old Oscar Panno
has held his lead in the Republica Argentina Chess Master 2002. The computer
participant Hiarcs
8.0 has scored 50% so far. Read all about it in the illustrated report by
Cuban FM Roberto Alvarez, who has included some interesting critical positions
from round six. This report, the games, results and links are available
here...
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Mikhail Tal, the chess player ahead of chess
24.07.2002
– Geniuses are special people. They are always ahead of their time. Mikhail Tal
was ahead of chess – he made risk and intuition the principal driving forces
on the chessboard, and the world's best chess players today are in debt to Tal.
His chess heritage is part of human culture. Lev Khariton looks back at the
at his great chess idol in this illustrated
historical article.
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The Revenge of the Humans
24.07.2002
– Last year our program Chess
Tiger won the Republica Argentina Chess Master 2002 with an amazing two
point lead. This year the humans are poised to strike back. The news media is
going wild over Hiarcs
8.0 participating in Buenos Aires. So far our new program has scored a win
and two draws. You will find details, results, games and links
here
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Kortchnoï frappe d'entrée
23.07.2002
– Korchnoi starts with a bang. The 71-year-old veteran is once again show his opponents that he is not yet finished with chess – not by a long shot. With a win and a draw he leads the field at the Biel Chess Festival, which is being covered live (from 14:00 MET) on the Playchess server. In the evening at 20:00 MET the best games of the day are discussed there by GM Miso Cebalo.
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The secret of Peter Leko's success
23.07.2002
– We fondly remember the days when a draw used to be known as a "Leko".
But in Dortmund we saw a new, wild-beast Peter Leko, whom Mig called Leko
2.0. What is his the secret of this extraordinary transformation? Father-in-law
Arshak Petrosian, a highly-regarded coach who seems to have pulled all the right
levers to bring the best out of Leko. "He's given me back the joy in chess,"
said the winner of the Dortmund Candidates, as John Henderson tells us in his
final report.
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Who is Mig Greengard?
23.07.2002
– He has seldom been seen in public, hardly anyone has actually met this reclusive
person. But now the Dutch chess magazine New
in Chess, in a desperate search for new material, asked ChessBase
columnist Mig to fill out their last page questionnaire. It contains the sordid details of Mig's life, his likes and dislikes, his development from a cute little
kid to the character he is today. If you have the stomach for it you will find
it
here...
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