World Cup – 2009
FIDE’s World Cup will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from Nov 21st to Dec 15th. Number of players: 128. The most rated players: Gelfand (2758), Gashimov (2758), Svidler (2754), Morozevich (2750), Radjabov (2748), Ivanchuk (2739), Ponomariov (2739), Grischuk (2738), Jakovenko (2736), Wang Yue (2734), Eljanov (2728), Karjakin (2723), Mamedyarov (2719), Shirov (2719), Dominguez (2719), Movsesian (2718), Vachier-Lagrave (2718), Alekseev (2715), Tomashevsky (2708), Wang Hao (2708) etc. Tournament format: K.O.. Time control: 90 min + 30 sec/move for 40 moves, then 30 extra minutes. Free day:9th December. 1st round: 21-23 November. All rounds start at 10.00 GMT. ChessOK is going to broadcast the most interesting games of this event. Games: Round 1-1 [ PGN], Round 1-2 [ PGN], Round 1 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 2-1 [ PGN], Round 2-2 [ PGN], Round 2 Tiebreaks games 1-2 [ PGN], Round 2 Tiebreaks games 3-4 [ PGN], Round 3-1 [ PGN], Round 3-2 [ PGN], Round 3 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 4-1 [ PGN], Round 4-2 [ PGN], Round 4 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 5-1 [ PGN], Round 5-2 [ PGN], Round 5 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 6-1 [ PGN], Round 6-2 [ PGN], Final Game 1 [ PGN], Final Game 2 [ PGN], Final Game 3 [ PGN], Final Game 4 [ PGN], Final Tiebreak [ PGN] Results 

Aquarium’s Hidden Treasures

Part One Graphical Annotations Visual annotations are an effective tool to recall your thoughts about a position and quickly remind you of its most important features. They are also essential for creating video lectures and very useful for live commentary. Open (or create) a game and click “Color Marks” on the “Comments” tab.

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Tal Memorial 2009
The 4th Memorail of 8th world champion Michael Tal will take place in Moscow from November 4th to 18th. Number of players: 10. Average ELO is 2764. It is 21st FIDE tournament category. Tournament format: Round robin. Free day: 9th November All rounds start at 12.00 GMT. Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN] [–table–]

17th European Team Championship
17th European Team Championship will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 21st to 31st. Number of teams: 38 – Men Section, 28 – Women Section. Each team consists of 4 regular and 1 reserve player. Tournament format: Swiss. Free days: None All rounds start at 14.00 GMT. The Final round starts at 12.00 GMT ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of leaders matches with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN] Standings:  Men   Women

13th Unive Tournament 2009
The traditional 13th Unive Tournament will take place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands from October 18th to 24th. Number of players: 4. Average ELO is 2663. It is 17th FIDE tournament category. Tournament format: Double roundrobin. Free day: 21st October All rounds start at 13.00 GMT. ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of main Crown Group with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN] [–table–]

iBook Examples

Rybka Aquarium 3.2 has been released with several interesting enhancements. Some of them have been described in my recent ChessOK Cafe columns and, as usual, the Aquarium FAQ describes many of the new features. In this column I will show a few examples that should help iBook authors better understand some of the commands available to them. I assume that the reader is familiar with my two previous iBook columns: “Interactive Chess Books in Rybka Aquarium” and “Writing Aquarium iBooks – Introduction”.

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Pearl Spring 2009
The new cycle of FIDE Grand Prix tournaments will start in Nanjing, China from September 27th to October 9th. Number of players: 6. Average ELO is 2764. It is 21st FIDE tournament category. Tournament format: Double roundrobin. Free days: 3rd and 7th October All rounds start at 08.00 GMT. The Final round starts at 03.00 GMT Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN] [–table–]

Champions match: Kasparov – Karpov
12th and 13th World Champions Anatoly Karpov (2619) and Garry Kasparov (2812) will play match in Valencia, Spain from 21st to 24th September. Match format: 12 (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) games. Time control: rapid: 25 min + 5 sec/move, blitz 5 min+2 sec/move. Games start at 18.00 GMT. ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of this tournament with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary. Games: Game 1 [ PGN], Game 2 [ PGN], Game 3 [ PGN], Game 4 [ PGN], Blitz [ PGN] [–match–]