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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]).
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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.
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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
My first chess book, “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of tactical methods.
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Tuesday Quiz
Qatar Masters Open 2014
(Photo taken from the official site)
Giri leads the event with 5 out of 5, Grandelius is 2nd with 4.5, eight players share 3rd with 4 points.
Top results of the 5th round
1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 3½ 0 – 1 4 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
4 GM Vovk Andrey 2640 3 0 – 1 3 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 3 0 – 1 3 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 3 1 – 0 3 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Volokitin Andrei 2627 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684
Top players after 5 rounds
1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 5.0 3431
2 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 4.5 2982
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4.0 2845
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 4.0 2845
5 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 4.0 2837
6 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 4.0 2822
7 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 4.0 2805
8 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 4.0 2789
9 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 4.0 2783
10 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 4.0 2756
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 6th round
1 GM Giri Anish 2776 5 – 4½ GM Grandelius Nils 2573
2 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760 4 – 4 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 4 – 4 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 4 – 4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642 4 – 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2705
6 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643 3½ – 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 3½ – 3½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2628
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2636 3½ – 3½ GM Ding Liren 2730
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2725 3½ – 3½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632
10 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 3½ – 3½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627
Monday Quiz
Qatar Masters Open 2014
(Photo taken from the official site)
(Photo taken from the official site)
Giri leads with 4 point out of 4. Five players share 2nd place with 3.5 points.
Top results of the 4th round
1 GM Giri Anish 2776 3 1 – 0 3 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620
2 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2573
3 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627
5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2622
6 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707
7 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Naroditsky Daniel 2620
8 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Yu Yangyi 2705
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
10 GM Edouard Romain 2659 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Van Kampen Robin 2612
Top players after 4 rounds
1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 4.0 3400
2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 3.5 2928
3 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 3.5 2926
4 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 3.5 2916
5 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 3.5 2914
6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 3.5 2906
7 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 3.0 2805
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 3.0 2788
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 3.0 2785
10 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 3.0 2780
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 5th round
1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 3½ – 4 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 3½ – 3½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 3½ – 3½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
4 GM Vovk Andrey 2640 3 – 3 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632 3 – 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 3 – 3 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 3 – 3 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 3 – 3 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Volokitin Andrei 2627 3 – 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 3 – 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684





