Magnus Carlsen - Viswanathan Anand 2014 Re-Match for the World Chess Championshi
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 4871877523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The match was held in the sports facility in Sochi, Russia on the Black Sea coast that had been constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games which were held from 7 to 23 February 2014. In the case that the winner was decided by tie-break games, the winner would have received 55 percent and the loser 45 percent.. The prize fund was to be divided 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ended within the 12 regular games. The prize fund was one million Euros. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, stepped forward and offered to fund the match. This is the minimum prize fund stipulated by FIDE in the official regulations. This was the first time ever in history that a head of state has offered to sponsor a World Chess Championship Match
I am returning my two books. I bought one Jeffrey A. Tannenbaum I am returning my two books. I bought one, and Amazon sent another when I said the first one was defective. Well, the second one was messed up, too. All of the chess diagrams in the second half of the text are complete nonsense, e.g. a diagram may have a black knight sitting on each light square: 24 black knights at once. Even if the diagrams were correct, this book wo. Sergio V. Caron said I really would like to be refund as no graph is correct on. Unfortunately, the graphs on the second half of the book are all with typos, i.e., printed with errors.I think also that the analysis are very short - it seemed to me they tried to be fast releasing this book but with no serious review about graph desing etc I really would like to be refund as no graph is correct on the second half of the book!Sergio Caron-Sao Paulo-Br. "Oh, Dear." according to Classics Lover. This book is of course -- considering the notoriety of the author and publisher -- not much more but a copy-paste job of previous books by Keene, in particular his own recent Sloan-published book about the first Carlsen-Anand match. The one exception (in practice) are the games of the rematch, and, to be fair, many photographs of the match -- which, Keene and Sloan bei
Keene retired from competitive play in 1986 at the age of thirty eight, and is now better known as a chess organizer, columnist and author. He was involved in organizing the 1986, 1993 and 2000 World Chess Championships; and the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Mind Sports Olympiads; all held in London. He won the British Chess Championship in 1971, and was the first player from England to earn a Grandmaster norm, in 1974. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to chess in 1985. . He represented his country in eight Chess Olympiads. He has been chess correspondent of The Times since 1985, and is a prolific author, having written over 100 books on chess. About the Author Raymond Keene OBE is an English chess Grandmaster, a FIDE International Arbiter, a chess organizer, and a journalist and author. In 1
In 1976 he became the second Englishman, following Tony Miles, to be awarded the Grandmaster title. He won the British Chess Championship in 1971, and was the first player from England to earn a Grandmaster norm, in 1974. He was involved in organizing the 1986, 1993 and 2000 World Chess Championships; and the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Mind Sports Olympiads; all held in London. . He has been chess correspondent of The Times since 1985, and is a prolific author, hav