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Games from Gibraltar 2014

Tue, 2014-02-18 12:21 -- IM Max Illingworth

[pgn][Event "Gibraltar Masters 2014"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2014.01.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, E."]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

Zurich blitz Tournament

Fri, 2014-01-31 21:08 -- IM Max Illingworth

[pgn][Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.07"]

Love and Hate in Chess

Thu, 2014-01-09 00:42 -- IM Max Illingworth

I hope you all had a Happy New Year – I certainly did! In this blog post I’ll be talking about a more psychological aspect of chess – namely the significance of loving or hating something to do with chess. Sorry to disappoint those of you looking for ‘How to Beat Your Evil Rival at Chess’ or ‘How to beat your Girlfriend at Chess’ but I can assure you that I will publish these books around December this year.

Shirov vs Dubov - Battle of the Generations 2013

Tue, 2013-12-31 13:06 -- IM Max Illingworth

[pgn][Event "Battle of the Generations 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Dubov, Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

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