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January 2024 updates and Top 10 New Year's chess resolutions

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Published: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 10:03
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As we step into the new year 2024, it's time for chess enthusiasts to set ambitious yet achievable resolutions to elevate their game. Chess is a timeless game which has been here for more than 1000 years but our goals and resolutions should be shorter. For example take one year. Can you do that? And hey, we updated our chess databases for January 2024

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What happened in 2023 in Chess? Take a look at the biggest men and women tournaments

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Published: Saturday, 30 December 2023 12:42
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What happened in 2023 in Chess? Take a look at the biggest men and women tournaments. Who is the ultimate winner and GOAT ("Greatest of all time" for those who still wonder why people are talking about goats). Opening Master also performed very well on education arena, a major breakthrough agreement with FIDE Education commission was reached and more...

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[#23] Gift of Chess, Ivie Urieto, Chess in Slums and OpeningMaster

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Published: Friday, 29 December 2023 10:34
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This is a special episode and credit to France24 channel with The Medley Show in Nigeria who brings you this incredible story how young kids in the biggest floating slum in the world near Lagos, Nigeria are being transformed by chess. Enter the world of poverty where Tunde Onakoya a chess master and hero to many chess children explains how he fights the poverty with chess - a low cost catalyst which can change the course of lives of many. With New York based foundation The Gift of Chess and their children ambassador Ivie Urieto (9), a chess prodigy from Nigeria, we learn how children around the world and especially in Africa can get a next hope - with chess.

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Opening Master is proud sponsor of junior chess team. From Slovakia to Kenya

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Published: Wednesday, 27 December 2023 20:14
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We help where we can, the new chess generation needs our help the most. Whether it is direct funding, products, travel reimbursement, T-shirts or licensing to our Opening Master Chess databases. Our team thinks globally but acts locally. From sponsoring Slovakia junior chess team to Jumuiya Ya Afrika Mashariki Open Chess junior tournament in Kenya. 

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Announcement: A Spooktacular Update and Halloween Promotion!

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Published: Wednesday, 01 November 2023 21:44
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Greetings, Chess Enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce the completion of a major overhaul and enhancement to the Opening Master Chess database. Our team has diligently worked on a thorough clean-up and update, culminating in the addition of over 125,000 new human chess games. As a result, the Opening Master database now boasts an impressive collection of 9,742,701 games in OM OTB and 2,206,734 correspondence games in OM CORR. However, the crown jewel, our flagship - OM GOLEM, proudly showcases an astonishing compilation of nearly 31 million human chess games!

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The 5th Annual Chess Slovak Open with live streaming and interview about chess databases

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Published: Saturday, 26 August 2023 11:17
Written by Openingmaster
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Love doing things for the first time. Being part of the live streaming in the chess world was bit shaky, didn't know what to expect especially when sitting next to you is experienced FIDE Master. I was just hoping he would not test me from theory of openings or middle games showing me the board what to play next. Luckily, we discussed the topic I knew well - chess databases.

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[#22] 5 QUESTION SERIES INTERVIEW with Maestro Woodworker Brad Borkowski from Colorado, USA

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Published: Saturday, 26 August 2023 10:34
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Today we are going to speak with our friend Brad Borkowski aka the Colorado Woodworker from United States. Brad is a high school woodshop teacher based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since 2013, he's run a successful store on Etsy in his spare time selling beautiful, handcrafted chessboards. After the release of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, his sales skyrocketed!

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World Chess Cup 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan brings already surprises. Download all players FREE.

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Published: Monday, 31 July 2023 08:52
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The Chess World Cup 2023 just started and we have prepared for you top 50 players on the list as free chess database for you. The 206-player single-elimination chess tournament is being played now in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 30 July to 24 August 2023. It will be the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The top three finishers in the tournament will qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The tournament will be held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.

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  4. The Power of Chess Education why we should invest more funds to coaches and chess charity

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