{"id":722,"date":"2013-05-02T13:26:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=722"},"modified":"2013-05-02T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:26:28","slug":"aronian-wins-alekhine-memorial-topalov-wins-fide-grand-prix-zug-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2013\/05\/aronian-wins-alekhine-memorial-topalov-wins-fide-grand-prix-zug-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Aronian wins Alekhine Memorial, Topalov wins FIDE Grand Prix in Zug Switzerland."},"content":{"rendered":"

Where you can watch<\/span><\/p>\n

The last two weeks have been exciting for chess fans with two great tournaments to watch. This is also a great opportunity for me to tell you about a few great chess sites where you can follow these events. First, the Alekhine Memorial.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.alekhine-memorial.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 This is the official site. The running commentary from Nigel Short Jan Timman and Judith Polgar was great. They did however often concentrate on one game for a long time so I had another window open.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/whychess.com\/<\/a>\u00a0Here there were links to both tournaments with the ability to view any game that was in progress. Since I especially wanted to follow the games of Levon Aronian I had this window open all the time while listening to the commentary on the other site. There are also lots of good instructional videos here.<\/p>\n

Now to the FIDE Grand prix.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/zug2013.fide.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 The official site. Lots of news and links to live games and video commentary.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chessvibes.com\/<\/a>\u00a0Chessvibes is my morning-coffee site. Here you can find a round up the next morning with the games in a viewer and videos. Lots of other stuff as well like the news archive, a theory-newsletter and online chess shop. Only annoying thing is the comments section which seems to be a hangout for trolls. It can be ignored though. Occasionally morbid curiosity gets the better of me and i waste precious time reading some of them. Do as I say, not as I do\u00a0\"Smile\"<\/p>\n

http:\/\/chesstv.com\/en<\/a>\u00a0Chess 24\/7 ! \u00a0There is a lot of Russian spoken on this site but the commentary is of course first class. If you watch it long enough you might learn chess-Russian. English commentary is infrequent.<\/p>\n

Do you know of any other good sites? Leave a comment below.<\/p>\n

First Sunday Reminder<\/span><\/p>\n

Our “First Sunday Junior Rapid” is being held at the La Dolce Vita cafe in Park rd Milton. When I asked you where you preferred us to hold it LDV won hands down. Entries are rolling in so register now so you don’t miss out.<\/p>\n

Have a nice day, Alex<\/p>\n

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