Posted By yelenadembo on February 1, 2010
I am going to travel and play quite a lot this year again. Here is the list (more will be added):
5.03-19.03 European Women’s Individual championship
28.06-8.07 Turkish league
Many events in Greece in summer, including Acropolis – 9.06-17.08
19.08-4.10 Olympiad in Khanty-Mansyisk
2.12-25-12 Women’s World championship, Turkey
Posted By yelenadembo on January 3, 2010
I want to wish you a Happy, healthy and prosperous 2010!
Also, I want to let you know that the work on the Scotch book is practically done, just some computer stuff left 
I am currently occupied by translation of my dad’s book on children’s education. It will be published in Russian and English! Please order directly from me by e-mail!
Best wishes!
Yelena
Posted By yelenadembo on December 14, 2009
Dear friends!
Just want to let everyone who is waiting for my Scotch Game book know that I am still writing it and hopefully it will be done by the end of the year. There is a huge amount of material that I am working on, so please bear with me 
Best wishes,
Yelena
Posted By yelenadembo on September 1, 2009
My new FIDE rating is 2482 (my highest so far) and I am on 22nd place in top 100 women in the world!
Posted By yelenadembo on July 9, 2009
My next event is going to be a strong open tournament in Rethymnon (Crete) & my husband is going to be the chief-arbiter there. You can see all the information about it on http://www.daor.gr/index.php?id=57,0,0,1,0,0. Then we are going to Paleochora where I won’t be playing but helping a couple of kids who will take part in the event and where my husband will again be the chief-arbiter:-) Photos will follow…
Posted By yelenadembo on July 7, 2009
Here is a link of IM John Donaldson’s review of the DW: KID book:
http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jd/Dangerous_Weapons_Kings_Indian.html .
Posted By yelenadembo on July 6, 2009
I have some news to share with you!
First, I played in the Turkish league and scored 6,5 out of 8 on the women’s board! It was the best result in the team.
Secondly, you can check out a very recent and interesting interview of mine (questions asked by the current Women’s World Champion & GM Alexandra Kosteniuk) on http://www.chessblog.com/2009/07/womens-chess-star-interview-yelena.html . Enjoy!
Posted By yelenadembo on May 15, 2009
The reason why I wasn’t updating the blog for a very long time is because I started writing my 6th book! The book is a guide to Scotch Game and should be published sometime next year by Everyman Chess! Naturally, in order to gather the material for both sides I have to go through practically everything I can find on the Scotch! Which is really a lot!
The other interesting matter is that the book that my parents write about my upbringing and education (as well as about their students, etc) is slowly moving forward! And although it is in Russian now, I consider translating it into English in the future as it will be very interesting both for parents and for parents-to-be!
And now back to my book )
Posted By yelenadembo on March 17, 2009
In round 9 I lost to Erdos (2583 elo), then to Ruck (2558 elo) both from Hungary. These two games were quite long and difficult, mainly positional And in the last round I drew GM Sedlak (2592 elo). So I finished with 5.5 out of 11 and am really satisfied with this result! I won rating, gained experience and won against a strong GM (Minasian – 2557 elo in 29 moves)!
Posted By yelenadembo on March 15, 2009
I won against GM Art.Minasian (2557 elo) in just 29 moves with a nice exchange sacrifice which couldnt be accepted due to checkmate in two moves So, I have 5 out of 8 so far. In the 9th round I will play against GM Erdos of Hungary whose rating is 2583.