http://www.chessmanual.com Chessmanual provide Chess information and latest News for Chess. Master the art of play chess, how to win your chess game. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:21:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Magnus Carlsen announced his withdrawal from the broken FIDE Grand Prix in protest to changes in the World Championship regulations. Will FIDE be worried? They should be. Magnus has pressed the clock and now other players are on move. We have just informed FIDE by e-mail that Magnus withdraws from the ... http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/12/05/magnus-puts-fide-in-check/ The United States’ status in the global chess hierarchy is rising, while Russia’s once dominant position is waning. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/30/the-world-is-catching-up-with-russia/ The Qatar Chess Association gets away without sanction after abrupt cancellation of the Grand Prix event, FIDE President confirmed to the Russian "Sport-Express". Rich sheiks might come handy. Suleiman al-Fakhim, President of the UAE Chess federation and new owner of Manchester City Football Club, is promoted to CEO Commercial Affairs of FIDE. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/29/no-sanction-for-qca/ Just as about everyone thought, back in March or April, that FIDE was coming up with a logical and long-term world championship cycle, Ilyumzhinov and company are starting to mess around again. Apparently, all this as a consequence of moving Grand Prix from Doha to the only urgent solution at ... http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/28/fide-messing-again/ An unusually high number of games at the Chess Olympiad being held in Dresden, Germany, have ended in mating attacks. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/22/lightning-attacks-rule-the-day-at-a-hard-fought-olympiad/ ICC's Macauley Peterson and Chessdom were the first to report that the final deal on the match Topalov-Kamsky has been reached. The match will take place on 16-28th February in Bulgaria. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/18/topalov-kamsky-finally-sealed/ Serbia's Novak Djokovic crushed Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 7-5 to win the Masters Cup Sunday, underlining his credentials as a major challenger to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the top of men's tennis. The Australian Open champion, who lost all his matches without winning a set on his debut at the ... http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/17/novak-djokovic-grabs-masters-cup/ Larry Kaufman, an international master who turned 61 on Saturday, received an early birthday present last weekend: He won the World Senior Championship. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/15/an-expert-at-computer-play-takes-the-world-senior-title/ American grandmaster Yasser Seirawan called the U.S. open team "the strongest team that America has ever fielded." While he did not favor them for a medal, Seirawan said that first board Gata Kamsky of Brooklyn, New York, and second board 20-year-old Hikaru Nakamura of White Plains, New York, "are brimming with ... http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/13/iht-about-chess-olympiad/ After a fallow period following his initial burst of success, Hikaru Nakamura of the United States is becoming more consistent in his play. http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/11/09/nearly-21-grandmaster-starts-to-live-up-to-his-potential/