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Changes of the article 11.3.b.of the Laws of Chess During a game, a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone, electronic means of communication or any device capable of suggesting chess moves on their person in the playing venue. However, the rules of the competition may allow such devices to be stored in a player’s bag, as long as the device is completely switched off. A player is forbidden to carry a bag holding such a device, without permission of the arbiter. If it is evident that a player has such a device on their person in the playing venue, the player shall lose the game. The opponent shall win. The rules of a competition may specify a different, less severe, penalty. The arbiter may require the player to allow his/her clothes, bags or other items to be inspected, in private. The arbiter or a person authorized by the arbiter shall inspect the player and shall be of the same gender as the player. If a player refuses to cooperate with these obligations, the arbiter sh

“Every missed opportunity to play better - even in a drawn game, or a difficult game to win - is your loss. That is why it is necessary for you to return again and again to study your oversights, regardless of how the game turned out.” - Garry Kasparov

How To Study Chess? And become an even better chess player... Discover how to study chess in an organized way... As I see it, there are two ways in which you can "study" chess. 1. You can study passively. Like looking at a football match to see where the players succeed and fail. This includes reading chess-books, go over chess-games, watch live chess games on the internet etc. This way you hope to store information in your brain. This information is written or produced by someone else. Someone else made mistakes and you try to learn from them. While you may profit from this kind of study, it's not the same as your own experience. It wasn't painfull making the mistakes (because  you  didn't make them), so the knowledge might not stick... It's a little like trying to learn riding a bike by looking at someone who already succeeded. When you've looked long enough you try it yourself, only to find yourself falling down again and again. You've se

Top 5 Qualities every Chess star has... Do you? Hello chess blog friends, here are 5 chess qualities every Grandmaster has. Do you think you could develop these qualities as well? You can, if you train properly, love chess and are committed to improving your game. 1 - Determination:  Losing hurts plenty, but you can make a long list of Grandmasters who bounce back. They lose and then get back to winning everything. The most obvious name from contemporary GMs is of course former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand he totally dominated the Candidates when everyone wrote him off after his loss to Magnus Carlsen at the World Chess Championship 2014 in Chennai. Stay determined and never give up in the face of failure in chess... and life. 2 - Hard work:  Loads and loads of it. There's not a single Grandmaster on the planet who has not worked hard - with a trainer, or without. Grandmasters work just as hard as any other sportsperson to hone their talent and skill. This

Acceding to world champion Magnus Carlsen’s request to extend the last date for signing of the players’ contract for his world championship title-match against challenger Viswanathan Anand, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has set September 7 as the new deadline. The previous deadline was August 31, but Carlsen, currently busy playing in the elite Sinquefield Cup (that ends on September 7) in St. Louis, USA, had asked for more time. However, Carlsen’s manager Espen Agdestein was not entirely happy with the new date. ‘Not very helpful’ He told Norwegian television channel  VG  that the September 7 date was “not very helpful” because “now (Magnus) has to think about this the whole tournament.” He also stated that Team Carlsen had asked for September 17 as the new deadline. Anand has already signed the players’ contract for the $1.5m match to be held at Sochi, Russia from November 7 to 28 this year. Only two days ago, FIDE vice-president Israel Geller told a leading ches

You cannot be a really strong chess player unless you know how to play endgames.   

One of my facebook friends asked me about chess improvement. He gave me his permission to show it in this article. I think it can be useful also for other players, so I publish it fully here: Abhishek Marathe hi sir happy new year... Attila Turzo Thank you  I wish you a blessed year! Abhishek Marathe yes ,.,.sir have u came to India????for tournaments?? Attila Turzo I was there once in 1998, I played in the World Junior Championship Abhishek Marathe ooo,that time i was born.... sir whats ur rating??? Attila Turzo 2316 Abhishek Marathe woooph Attila Turzo Do you play in tourneys? Abhishek Marathe yes ,,.,.,but ...in local and district tournaments..here locally chess is not in importance....in scored 6.5 /7 in district and state tournaments.... Attila Turzo Congratulations!! Abhishek Marathe thankyou ,.,.but sir i have a problem..... Attila Turzo I wish you many nice games and a great year chess wise! wha

"When you lose your fear of a rating, you can become that rating.” - Dan Heisman

Don't be afraid of playing and losing; be afraid of playing and not learning anything.-  Dan Heisman

Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (ABTYP), the youth wing of Jain Swetamber Terapanth sect is organizing a Mega Blood Donation Drive (MBDD) on 6th September, 2014, with a targeted collection of 1,00,000 units (a Guinness Book of World Record attempt.) This blood donation drive, one of its kinds, will be conducted in over 300 cities and across 700 locations. It is our humble effort towards service to mankind.

I tell my students to  almost always   decline  draw offers.  I follow this rule myself, for two reasons.  First, by declining the offer of a draw, I end up getting to play more chess. What could be better than that?   This will not only be fun, it will also be a good learning experience for me.  You can't learn how to play the  endgame  if you always take draws in the  middlegame! Second, your opponent will rarely offer a draw when he or she feels that the position is a good one. Think about it... But a player will often offer a draw when he or she is unhappy about the position.  A draw offer is a good opportunity for you to figure out what your opponent is afraid of. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule.  Don't feel bad about taking a draw if you feel sick or tired, if you are sure that you are losing, or if you cannot figure out what to do to win the position. National Master Andy Lee

FIDE Laws of Chess – Changes in effect from 1st July The FIDE Rules Commission website has the final version of the FIDE Laws of Chess that take effect from 1 July 2014. These rules are to be used for all tournaments starting on or after 1 July 2014. The new Laws of Chess can be download from the FIDE Handbook . The players, arbiters, trainers and organizers should take note of the changes in the FIDE Laws of Chess posted below, courtesy of the Russian Chess Federation . 4.6 The act of promotion may be performed in various ways: 1. the pawn does not have to be placed on the square of arrival, 2. removing the pawn and putting the new piece on the square of promotion may occur in any order. If an opponent’s piece stands on the square of promotion, it must be captured. 6.7 a. The rules of a competition shall specify in advance a default time. Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the default time shall lose the game unless the arbiter decides otherwise. b. If

There’s one important thing that I’d like to emphasise here. A student usually does NOT know what he/she really needs. “To know the road ahead, ask those coming back”. How can you know what you need in order to advance to the next level, if you have never even been on that next level? Naturally, you enjoy those parts of the game in which you perform well. And you may dislike those parts of the game that you are failing in. This is normal for all chess players. Now, if you dislike defence, and you don’t know this topic well and it seems hard and uncomfortable for you – you’ll never master it. So here is where a coach should come and force you to do what you don’t want to do (the things he knows you NEED and MUST do). This will eliminate your weakness, will bring you nice victories and… you’ll start enjoying  defence! :D A student usually does NOT know what he/she really needs. This is reality. You can admit it and   go forward, or stick with your delusions. The choice i