Looking for lessons?
I charge US$ 25 per hour, US$ 100 for 5 hours or US$ 200 for 10 hours, if one purchases them in advance.
Lessons happen on Playchess & ChessRex.com. I use Teams and Google Meet.
Teaching experience – 26 years. Students’ level ranges from beginners to players with 2400 ELO (IMs as well).My mom Nadezhda Fokin (Israeli Women’s Champion, 3rd board in 1992 Chess Olympiad, Soviet Women’s Master) charges US$ 20 for 1 hour (payments via my PayPal e-mail – [email protected]).
Game analysis with verbal comments and suggestions on what to improve and how
Easy improvement – detailed analysis of your games done by an International Master. I charge US$ 10 per game or US$ 35 for 5 games. Analysis can be sent by pgn, html, cbv formats.
Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to weekly e-mails with middlegame/endgame material
Send US$ 5 to [email protected] on Paypal and get 10 game fragments on middlegame/endgame every week. Studying these themes helps to find plans, ideas, build strategies 15-35 moves into the game. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan. Material can be sent in pgn, cbv, html, pdf formats.
Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?
Check out the study material pages or e-mail me at [email protected].
Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!
Check out https://yelenadembo.com/archives/6242 and https://yelenadembo.com/material-for-sale or e-mail me at [email protected] for info!
Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.-
Recent Posts
- Sunday Quiz 2.8.26 August 2, 2026
- Saturday Quiz 1.8.26 August 1, 2026
- Friday Quiz 31.7.26 July 31, 2026
- Thursday Quiz 30.7.26 July 30, 2026
- Wednesday Quiz 29.7.26 July 29, 2026
- Tuesday Quiz 28.7.26 July 28, 2026
- Monday Quiz 27.7.26 July 27, 2026
- Sunday Quiz 26.7.26 July 26, 2026
- Saturday Quiz 25.7.26 July 25, 2026
- Friday Quiz 24.7.26 July 24, 2026
Archives
Categories
1st Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series Geneva 2013 14th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 15th European Individual Women's Chess Championship 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women 2016 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP Candidates Tournament 2016 Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018 Carlsen-Caruana match Chess news Chess Olympiad 2014 European Individual Chess Championship 2014 Exercises FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014 FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing 2013 FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014 FIDE Women's Grand-Prix June/July 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Chengdu 2016 FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013 Grand Prix - Zug 2013 Lessons Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection Qatar Masters Open 2014 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Quiz Ratings Sale Tata Steel Masters 2014 Tata Steel Masters 2017 Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee 2018 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016 The Candidates Tournament Theoretical material Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 The World Chess Candidates Tournament - London 2013 Tournaments Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 Uncategorized Weekend Sale Wijk aan Zee 2013 Wijk aan Zee A 2016 Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 Women's World Championship 2015 Sochi Russia World Chess Championship 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge 2014
Monday Quiz
World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Photo taken from the official site)
Today is a rest day in the championship. Ukraine leads with 10 match points, Russia is 2nd with 7, Netherlands, Armenia and China share 3rd place with 6 points.
Results of the 5th round
5.1 3 Netherlands 3 – 1 10 Egypt
1 GM Giri Anish 2732 1 : 0 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450
2 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 ½ : ½ IM Shoker Samy 2500
3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2625 1 : 0 GM Amin Bassem 2652
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2648 ½ : ½ IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411
5.2 4 Ukraine 2½ – 1½ 2 Turkey
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ : ½ GM Ipatov Alexander 2630
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709 ½ : ½ GM Solak Dragan 2618
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701 1 : 0 GM Esen Baris 2565
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2720 ½ : ½ GM Can Emre 2519
5.3 5 Russia 3½ – ½ 1 Germany
1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756 1 : 0 GM Khenkin Igor 2612
2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 1 : 0 GM Meier Georg 2623
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2721 ½ : ½ GM Fridman Daniel 2600
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741 1 : 0 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2727
5.4 6 Armenia 2 – 2 9 Azerbaijan
1 GM Aronian Levon 2801 ½ : ½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2647
2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 ½ : ½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2653
3 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681 1 : 0 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 0 : 1 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2559
5.5 7 United States of America 1½ – 2½ 8 China
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2786 1 : 0 GM Li Chao B 2679
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2721 0 : 1 GM Ding Liren 2711
3 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672 ½ : ½ GM Wang Yue 2725
4 GM Robson Ray 2613 0 : 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683
View the full standings here.
Egypt – China
Azerbaijan – United States of America
Germany – Armenia
Turkey – Russia
Netherlands – Ukraine
Sunday Quiz
World Chess Team Championship 2013

(Photo taken from the official site)
Ukraine is leading with the amazing 8 match points! Armenia and Russia share 2nd-3rd with 5 points.
Results of the 4th round by boards
4.1 10 Egypt ½ – 3½ 7 United States of America
1 IM Ezat Mohamed 2454 0 : 1 GM Kamsky Gata 2721
2 IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2450 0 : 1 GM Onischuk Alexander 2672
3 GM Amin Bassem 2652 ½ : ½ GM Robson Ray 2613
4 IM Labib Ibrahim Hasan 2411 0 : 1 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2625
4.2 8 China 2½ – 1½ 6 Armenia
1 GM Li Chao B 2679 0 : 1 GM Aronian Levon 2801
2 GM Ding Liren 2711 1 : 0 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2683 1 : 0 GM Akopian Vladimir 2681
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2668 ½ : ½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676
4.3 9 Azerbaijan 1½ – 2½ 5 Russia
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 ½ : ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2793
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2653 0 : 1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2756
3 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2616 ½ : ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
4 GM Guseinov Gadir 2607 ½ : ½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2741
4.4 1 Germany 1 – 3 4 Ukraine
1 GM Khenkin Igor 2612 0 : 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
2 GM Meier Georg 2623 ½ : ½ GM Korobov Anton 2713
3 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 ½ : ½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2709
4 GM Baramidze David 2614 0 : 1 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2701
4.5 2 Turkey ½ – 3½ 3 Netherlands
1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2630 0 : 1 GM Giri Anish 2732
2 GM Solak Dragan 2618 0 : 1 GM Van Wely Loek 2678
3 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2577 0 : 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663
4 GM Can Emre 2519 ½ : ½ GM L’ami Erwin 2648
View the full standings here.
Pairings of the 5th round
Netherlands – Egypt
Ukraine – Turkey
Russia – Germany
Armenia – Azerbaijan
United States of America – China


