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Happy New Year!

yelenadembo — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:58:02 +0000

Wish you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Selection of my games from Mind Sports Games

yelenadembo — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:36:47 +0000

Here is a selection from my games:

Rapid

1.Rd8 and Black resigned!

Blitz

Blindfold

The official website of the Chess event was http://sportaccord2011.fide.com/index.php and you can still download games or just view them there!

China

yelenadembo — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:25:48 +0000

I am currently in China, playing in the World Mind Sports Games 2011. Unfortunately, Facebook and Twitter access in China is not easy, so I won’t be updating till my return on December 17th.

Women’s European Team Championship

yelenadembo — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:19:21 +0000

So far the Greek team has been playing very well, losing narrowly to Ukraine and winning against Austria. Here are two my first games:

Today we play Hungary, so wish us luck!

Morning exercise

yelenadembo — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:13:30 +0000

A Decade of Inspirational Books – reviews by Glenn Flear

yelenadembo — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:40:36 +0000

I was very glad to read in the newest edition of yearbook (already 100!!) that he considers the Scotch Game book written by me and IM Richard Palliser to be among the top 20 most inspirational opening books of the decade! In fact this is what he writes about the authors: “Richard Palliser has become the mainstay of the Everyman team, with his widespread knowledge and ability to pick out the quintesential points. In recent years, Yelena Dembo has become the most influential female opening analyst around. Together they have come up with a high standard monograph for all levels”.

Rogaska Slatina EWCC round 4

yelenadembo — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:36:51 +0000

I won the game vs Frank-Nielsen, 2020 ELO and my team won 3-1!

Today we have a bye so plenty of rest!

Serbian Women’s League

yelenadembo — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:50:31 +0000

Our team ‘BAS” won the last match against “RAD” and became the Women’s Serbian Team Champion! I had an unpleasant 10th round game but 11th one made me forget everything Here they are:

You can check out the final standings at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr54868.aspx?lan=14

Women’s Serbian League

yelenadembo — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:44:28 +0000

Today I won an easy game with Black against an unrated player. Here it is:

Tomorrow and the day after our team BAS has two very important matches, so wish us luck!

Women’s Serbian League

yelenadembo — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:21:01 +0000

Yesterday I won a relatively easy game against 2153 ELO. Partly it went by my contribution to DW book on KID by Everyman:) Here is the game: