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 The following are some of the main reasons why human-edited puzzle books are often better than those that use database-generated or automatically picked puzzles and strategies:   Context and relevance: Puzzles and methods can be hand-picked by human curators to be both educational and applicable to particular themes, strategies, or skill levels. They can include background information and explanations to make the riddles more significant...

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Happy Birthday to FIDE Treasurer and former Women's World Champion GM Zhu Chen!  Zhu Chen, born on March 13, 1976, in Zhejiang, China, is a Grandmaster in chess12. Here are some key points about her:She became China’s second women’s world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China’s 13th Grandmaster1.In 1999, she became the first Chinese player to win an international chess competition2.She obtained Qatari...

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 My webserver is under attack. DDOS and malicious script work in unison to bring down the webserver and also serve spam ads on my working websites. And they've succeeded in bringing the entire webserver down making all my websites hosted on it to go offline.This attack is analogous to a rat.Imagine your webserver as a large house with many rooms, each room representing...

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In the world of professional chess, there’s a role that often goes unnoticed but is crucial to a player’s success - the “chess second”. This term refers to an individual or a team who provides support to a professional chess player, particularly during tournaments.The responsibilities of a chess second are multifaceted and vital. They include:Training the Player: Chess seconds identify gaps in a...

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Scenario.After the hard game, the chess player retires to his hotel room. Takes an hour rest. Then takes up the scoresheet and sets up the game on an actual chessboard - not on the computer screen or phone. With a paper and the game is slowly annotated with evaluations, variations and lines that may or may not have been better etc. Finishing, a...

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 Yay. Received my "presents from FIDE". Thank you FIDE!!Opened your prsents yet ?Old ratijng 1793.New rating 1876. ...

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Judit Polgar (Wikipidea)Hou YIfan (Wiikipedia)It's true there are NO women in FIDE's top 100 list today. All are men. But of course it has not always been like that. Judit Polgar once reached number 8 in the world. But that has been decades ago and now stuff of legends. Only 3 women has ever reached top 100 in the world. Besides Judit, it's...

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