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European Team Chess Championship 2015

By Yelena Dembo | November 13, 2015 - 06:44 |November 13, 2015 European Team Chess Championship 2015

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Today is the first round of this very strong event. The top teams in the Open are Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan and in the Women Section – Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

Top pairings of the 1st round in the Open Section

1 Turkey : Russia
2 Ukraine : Romania
3 Slovenia : Azerbaijan
4 France : Sweden
5 Italy : England

Top pairings in the Women Section

1 Czech Republic : Georgia
2 Russia : Greece
3 England : Ukraine
4 Poland : Austria
5 Slovenia : France

Dad’s bullet games

By Yelena Dembo | November 11, 2015 - 16:02 |November 11, 2015 Uncategorized

I want to show you two bullet examples of my dad (65 years old!) :). He plays bullet games to rest from his teaching work. Hope you like them as much as I do! 🙂

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]  [Site "CafÃ©"]  [Date "2015.10.30"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest8073311"]  [Black "Dembo, Vladimir"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B85"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r4rk1/1bq2pbp/p1npp1n1/1p5B/4P3/2N1BN1Q/PPP4P/R5RK b - - 0 20"]  [PlyCount "19"]  [EventDate "2015.10.30"]  [TimeControl "120"]   20... Nce5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22.  Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {  [%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Nb6 {[%emt 0:  00:11]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}  27. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxe4+ {  [%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxg2# {[%emt 0:00:02] (Lag: Av=0.37s,  max=2.6s)} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]  [Site "CafÃ©"]  [Date "2014.08.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "V. Dembo"]  [Black "Guest5837467"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C78"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2014.08.19"]  [TimeControl "120"]   1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:  01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. c3 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]  } 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh5 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:  00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. g4  {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:  06]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne7  {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Nf5+ {  [%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:  00:14]} 20. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:  04]} Neg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23.  Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:  00:18]} 25. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:  02]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qg6# {[%emt 0:00:08] (Lag: Av=0.29s, max=0.9s)}  1-0

Middlegame Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 8, 2015 - 05:20 |November 8, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

White to move

White to move

White found a great idea. Can you spot it and justify with a variation?

The solution to middlegame Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 8, 2015 - 05:11 |November 8, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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 [Event "Dos Hermanas"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "1994.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karpov, An"]  [Black "Topalov, V."]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2740"]  [BlackElo "2640"]  [Annotator "Karpov,An"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "2b1rb2/pp3pk1/2n3pp/2pN4/4qB2/2P2Q1P/PP3PP1/3R1BK1 w - - 0 30"]  [PlyCount "13"]  [EventDate "1994.??.??"]   {60/58} 30. Nf6 $3 Kxf6 31. Be5+ $1 Kxe5 32. Qxe4+ Kxe4 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Rxe8  Be6 35. Rxf8 Bxa2 36. Rc8 1-0

A totally fantastic finish!

Middlegame Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 5, 2015 - 13:26 |November 5, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

White to move

White to move

Can you find the right variation? Which rules would you use?