Nov-12-09 Nijat Azad Oglu Abasov
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Prugno: Since his initials are N.A.O., if Abasov was a bit older he might have been recruited by the famous (now unfortunately closed) Paris chess club!
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| | Nov-03-09 48th World Junior Championship (2009) 
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Prugno: Congratulations to both joint winners, at least that's what they are in my view without a playoff. The opponent's ratings, especially for rapidly improving players such as in these junior events, are no more reliable than Buholz for tiebreak purposes. A case in point is Yu Yangyi, ...
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| | Nov-01-09 Yair Kraidman
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Prugno: The Player of the Day is currently in action at the World Senior Championship in Trentino (Northern Italy). Website: www.arcoworldchess.com I wonder if CG is thinking of putting up a special page for this event?
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| | Oct-25-09 Nigel Short
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Prugno: For what it's worth, here in continental Europe the Liberal Parties are generally associated with centre-right policies (as few restrictions as possible on the free market, etc.)
What's in a name, after all?
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| | Oct-24-09 17th European Team Championship (2009)
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Prugno: Very nice win by McShane, who is not a full time chessplayer and so usually prefers to avoid main lines. It worked out pretty well for him this time!
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| | Oct-19-09 Ralf Lau
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Prugno: I remember staying in the same hotel as Ralf Lau in an Open about 15 years ago, where he finished near the top. A bit oversize in appearance, perhaps, but a worthy GM with an interesting and aggressive style. By the way, he seems to have rather reduced his tournament participation in
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| | Oct-18-09 13th Unive Tournament (2009)
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Prugno: I believe they were playing quickly in the opening and it was just a relay error by the Toma board: play probably went 4... d5 5. exd5 b5!? 6. Bxb5 (6. Bf1 is the main line). Otherwise I refuse to believe both players avoided the sequence 4... b5 5. Bxb5 d5?? 6. Bxc6+ 1-0...
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| | Oct-15-09 D Juswanto vs Zhu Chen, 2004
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Prugno: Nice pun, but it looks like Mr. Juswanto was the one having fun during this game, while the girl (or rather, the former Women's World Champion) was suffering pretty heavily!
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| | Oct-08-09 I Nepomniachtchi vs V Yemelin, 2009
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Prugno: Probably not, players of this strength tend to know what they're doing. After 45... Qb1! 46. Qf8+ (giving up the 'b' pawn prolongs the game, but is clearly hopeless) Kh7 47. b8=Q Qh1+ 48. Kg4 Ne3+ 49. Kf4 Qe4 mate is an attractive and more or less forced continuation.
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| | Oct-04-09 D Andreikin vs T Laurusas, 2009
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Prugno: I'd watch out for this Tomas Laurusas in the future: only 13 years old, not scared of his famous opponent and pretty strong tactically, at least judging by some of the final moves (from 31... e4! onwards).
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