Chess Today Newspaper Free Issues
by Graham Brown
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Chess Today contains news from around the world, puzzles, interviews, book reviews and instructional materials. The Chess Today speciality is well-annotated games. When you receive a Chess Today issue, you can print it out and read on a train or over a cup of coffee. Chess Today also uses Chess Base and PGN formats, making it easier to play through games. For more details please visit the FAQ page.
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Sample Issues
Note: Every month or so we post another exclusive free issue on the site. Please go to our Chess Webwatch for the latest issue
Aeroflot Potpourri by GM Alexander Baburin:
CT-1925 is our latest free copy of Chess Today.
Normally it would cost money to read Chess Today, see www.chesstoday.net to sign up. But we have some exclusive downloads on the Easytorecall Chess Today page plus this recent issue. Simply click the links to download.
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Our latest offering is CT-1757 from 30th August 2005 - Persson and Pedersen lead Nordic Ch, Timoshenko wins Collada Villalba, Ukranian quarter-finals results, Today's game is A. Volokitin vs L. VanWely annotated by GM Mikhail Golubev.
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CT-1654 from 19th May 2005 - Gyimesi and Almasi share Hungarian Ch, Ivanchuk storms ahead at Capablanca Memorial, GM Dlugy arrested, Sofia Diary 6 by GM Mikhail Golubev, Today's game is A. Delchev vs I. Nataf annotated by IM Maxim Notkin.
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CT-1476 - This issue includeds a quiz and latests news on the Russian Championships and a game annotated by Grandmaster Ruslan Scherbakov - Kasparov - Dreev, and epic encounter.
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CT-1341- This issue - Van Wely wins Dutch, Letters to the Editor, Player's Profile - Rustam Kasimdzhanov Download this issue free here.
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CT-990 - This issue includeds a tactical quiz and "Crushing the Dragon" an annotated game by GM Mikhail Golubev. Download this issue free here.
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CT-948 - Malakhov (2672) - Nielsen (2625) annotated by IM Nikolai Vlassov.
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CT-678 -IM Vladimir Barsky annotated Akobian-Browne from the Konig GM. Download this issue free here.
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CT-349 -A fascinating Radjabov - Mecking ending. It looks winning for White, but it is not so easy to prove.
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CT-348 - GM Alex Baburin held one of his regular "Trainers Corner" sessions dealing with 2 rooks vs. 2 rooks.
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Graham Brown is Technical Editor of Chess Today and co-author of the Batsford book Chess on the Web.
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