Olympiad Quiz winners
Bogged down by work, we never got around to sharing pictures of the happy winners of the Olympiad Quiz and their winnings. Here they are, Piotr and Ferdo.
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Bogged down by work, we never got around to sharing pictures of the happy winners of the Olympiad Quiz and their winnings. Here they are, Piotr and Ferdo.
Olympiad Quiz winners Read Post »
We are going to have a quiz for the World Championship with entries starting in a few weeks time and ending an hour before the first move is played. It would be great if you would help us with your possible questions for the quiz, making it possible for us to focus on books.
Looking ahead – a World Championship Quiz Read Post »
We have the winners of the Olympiad Quiz. And with winners, I do indeed mean winners.
Olympiad Quiz – The Solomon Decision Read Post »
If you want to follow how well things are going in the Olympiad Quiz, you can see how everyone have answered here. You can enter the answers on your own and the sheet should calculate the points for all participants automatically. At least this is the theory! We will find the winner when the tournament
Olympiad Quiz update Read Post »
Yesterday we published three books, Dynamic Decision Making in Chess by Boris Gelfand, the second volume in his series. Grandmaster Repertoire 1B – The Queen’s Gambit, which is the second out of four books in Boris Avrukh’s reimagining of a 1.d4 repertoire. And finally Grandmaster Repertoire – 1.e4 vs. the Sicilian III by Parimarjan Negi,
Three new titles and the Olympiad Quiz reminder Read Post »
Last week’s poll question was: ‘Is 3 points for a win a good system for chess?’ The vote was strongly ‘no’, but with some support in comments for ‘yes, but only occasionally and at the elite level’. This week’s poll will be a Quiz! Our quiz topic is the Baku Olympiad. The prize is the
The diagram position is a study by Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen. It’s part of a competition by the organizers of the Xtracon tournament in Denmark. You can read all the details at the previous link. Solve the puzzle and you have the chance to win a ticket to the Boris Gelfand lecture “Dynamic Decision Making in
Puzzle Competition for Gelfand Lecture in Denmark Read Post »
As you may recall, the winner of our Candidates Quiz was Stefan Sattler of Germany. We sent Stefan his prize and he very kindly sent us a photo to confirm the books arrived OK.
Candidates Quiz Champion and his Prize Read Post »