grandcoach.com http://grandcoach.com/en/ http://grandcoach.com en Copyright (c) Vladimir Grabinsky php Fri, 18 May 2012 14:52:33 +0300 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:49:01 +0300 Martyn Kravtsiv : Best games : Kravtsiv Martyn (2571) - Moranda Wojciech (2586) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/games/33/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:49:01 +0300 Kravtsiv Martyn tells about the details of Sicilian defense in his game played for the team of Ukraine on 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen (CHN).

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/games/33/ Yuriy Vovk : Blog : 3rd Royal Residence Cup in Zhovkva http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/80/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:01:35 +0300 Dear chess friends! Let me cordially invite you to IM round robin in Zhovkva, Lviv region (24-30th April)

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/80/ Open chess tournament EURO in LVIV http://grandcoach.com/en/news/32/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:30:20 +0300

Before the start of Football Europe Championship, there will be held International Chess Festival "Euro Open" in Lviv (28.05 - 02.06.2012), which will include 2 open tournaments with total prize fund about 3000 USD. While participating in this tournament you can enjoy ancient Lviv and feel the atmosphere of Euro 2012!

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/news/32/ Vitaliy Bernadskiy : Best games : Potapov Pavel (2457) - Bernadskiy Vitaliy (2439) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/games/31/ Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:23:45 +0300 On open tournament in Brno (Czech Republic) Vitaliy scored 8,5 out of 9. That’s why it’s interesting that who chose the only draw game for commentaries instead of any of his victories.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/games/31/ Lviv State University of Physical Culture:Gallery : Students in 1980+ : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/26/photogallery/45/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:07:47 +0200 photo#45.884 photo#45.885 photo#45.886 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/26/photogallery/45/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Best games : Two games of Yildiz, Betul Cemre with comments of Lviv grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/games/30/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:24:56 +0200 Yildiz, Betul Cemre (Turkey) became winner of 8th Vasylyshyn Memorial - IM. This brought for her norm of WGM and IM. Her coach Lviv grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin commented 2 games of this winning tournament.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/games/30/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Blog : Results and games of festival 2011 http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/74/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:56:34 +0200 In this section you can find cross tables of GMs and IMs tournaments of the Vasylyshyn Memorial - 2011. As well as download games in cbv format.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/74/ 2011 World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/59/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:24:02 +0200 photo#59.877 photo#59.878 photo#59.879 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/59/ Yaroslav Zherebukh : Blog : "My favourite player is Akiba Rubinstein because of his perfect technique and very rich understanding of chess'. http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/72/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:08:47 +0300 Yaroslav Zherebukh (FIDE 2594) is a 17 year old Grandmaster from the Ukraine who earned the GM title when he was only 15 years old! He is in the top 10 highest rated U18 players in the world and shows tons of potential to become a top 2700+ super GM within the next few years with many convincing wins against many super GMs such as Pavel Elijanov and David Navara.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/72/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Blog : Vasylyshyn Memorial 2011 http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/73/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:43:41 +0300 We are proud to announce that 8th Vasylyshyn Memorial will take place. Dates of event are: 29th November-7th December. Festival consists of 2 events: GM and IM one.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/73/ FIDE Trainers' Seminar in Yerevan, Armenia : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/58/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:48:42 +0300 photo#58.862 photo#58.863 photo#58.864 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/58/ Vita Chulivska:Gallery : Wedding day : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/14/photogallery/57/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:01:38 +0300 photo#57.843 photo#57.844 photo#57.845 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/14/photogallery/57/ Yaroslav Zherebukh:Gallery : Chess World Cup 2011 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/photogallery/56/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:02:12 +0300 photo#56.797 photo#56.798 photo#56.799 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/photogallery/56/ Yaroslav Zherebukh : Blog : I try not to bend under the burden http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/71/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:04:52 +0300

Yaroslav Zherebukh defeated Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Ruben Felgaer (Argentine), Shakhriyar Mamedjarov (Azerbaijan) and qualified to 1/8 World Cup 2011.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/71/ Andrei Volokitin : Best games : Volokitin Andrei (2671) - Miroshnichenko Evgenij (2651) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/9/games/27/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:57:38 +0300 Knowing Andrei attacking style, many of his opponents try to find consolation and comfort in Berlin Wall. But they forget Andrei impressing victories in this line over Karjakin and Alekseev. So one more instructive lecture in Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C67).

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/9/games/27/ Yuriy Kryvoruchko : Blog : Interview with Yuriy Kryvoruchko http://grandcoach.com/en/students/10/blog/67/ Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:22:57 +0300 Yuriy Kryvoruchko is a 24 year old Ukranian grandmaster with a current FIDE of over 2660. He was currently placed very well in recent tournaments with a calm positional understanding that places him as a prime candidate to break the 2700 barrier. The game we chose to cover was a game he played as white at this years Capelle la Grande in France. This was quite an exciting interview for me as this was the 5th time we we’re honored to interview a GM in the Top 100 FIDE list.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/10/blog/67/ grandmasters as kids : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/6/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:16:37 +0300 photo#6.775 photo#6.776 photo#6.777 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/6/ Tournaments "Magic valley" : Blog : III MAGIC VALLEY - 2011 (IM) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/28/blog/65/ Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:09:57 +0300 There are no changes this year in the program of third festival: again 10 players (from Moldova, Russia, Poland, Ukraine) were fighting for the title of International Master, when young players competed in the Fide calculated open. Master round-robin winner became Nguyen Piotr (Poland). Open tournament was won by Matviyishen Viktor (Vinnitsa). Oksana Golubeva (Russia) gained the title of WIM.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/28/blog/65/ Yuriy Vovk : Blog : Second Royal Residence Cup http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/63/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:13:12 +0300 How fast this week has passed away! And now we are made to wait for a 3rd Royal Residence Cup in 2012.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/63/ Granmaster's blitz-tournament http://grandcoach.com/en/news/28/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:29:39 +0300 In Saturday 25th June Lviv chess federation organized granmaster's blitz-tournament dedicated to 50th anniversary of Lviv youth chess school. 50 years ago Kart started to train little Marta Litinskaya, Oleg Romanishin, Alexander Beliavsky.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/news/28/ having played too much : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/9/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:07:55 +0300 photo#9.771 photo#9.772 photo#9.773 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/9/ Vitaliy Bernadskiy:Gallery : Internationale Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2011 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/photogallery/55/ Tue, 31 May 2011 03:07:53 +0300 photo#55.766 photo#55.767 photo#55.768 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/photogallery/55/ Lviv State University of Physical Culture:Gallery : Students in 1990+ : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/26/photogallery/54/ Tue, 03 May 2011 16:13:07 +0300 photo#54.744 photo#54.746 photo#54.748 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/26/photogallery/54/ To fish Rybka in troubled water or Slyusarchuk vs Ivanchuk http://grandcoach.com/en/news/24/ Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:52:46 +0300 Andrew Slyusarchuk beat Rybka 4.0 in a two-game blindfold match!

Vassily Ivanchuk: I didn’t learn the details of this match. But if this man feels himself so strong, let him first play in Ukrainian championship or at least some regional championship and get some rating...

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/news/24/ Yaroslav Zherebukh : Best games : Zherebukh Yaroslav (2560) - Vitiugov Nikita (2720) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/games/26/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:24:41 +0300 On Europe Championship 2011 Zherebukh managed to select for World Cup, getting 7,5 points out of 11 games. Among his opponents there were such experts like Smirin, Zvjaginsev, McShane, Dreev, Kurnosov, Hracek, Andriasian, Khairullin. All players have rating above 2600! This time Yaroslav presents his commentaries to the game against the highest rated opponent 2700+.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/games/26/ Mikhailo Oleksienko : Best games : Korobov Anton (2670) - Oleksienko Mikhailo (2552) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/12/games/25/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:18:35 +0300 Being Mykhailo's coach for many years, I noticed that the tougher the situation is, the better he plays. Having black pieces against talented attacking player with 2670 ELO is not a picnic. Moreover, their head-to-head score was 0-4 prior to the game. I strongly recommend to go over Mykhailo's sincere and objective comments where he shed light on few nuances of psychological battle over the chessboard.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/12/games/25/ Tournaments "Magic valley":Gallery : Tournaments "Wonderful valley" - 2" and its heroes : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/28/photogallery/53/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:22 +0300 photo#53.727 photo#53.728 photo#53.729 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/28/photogallery/53/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Blog : Myra http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/56/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:22:16 +0200

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/56/ Pearls on the wall or training of imagination from Matous http://grandcoach.com/en/lessons/4/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:13:39 +0200 Let’s start from far. It was in Germany 2007, when I was for the first time played to chess tigers tournament in Mainz. Here I learnt about their annual tradition to invite an honored guest, who plays simultaneous on 40 boards before the start of main tournament. By chance that year the invited star turned to be my genius landsman Vassily Ivanchuk.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/lessons/4/ Myroslava Hrabinska (Yakivchyk) : Best games : Hrabinska Myroslava (2225) - Fierro Baquero Martha (2273) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/games/24/ Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:57:50 +0200 On my opinion, ability to play dynamically - is the most important thing what the coach must teach his students. Strategy, endgame techniques, certain knowledges - these all is coming gradually with experience. But abilities to play creatively, find combinations, sharpen position - are only gained at early stages of play in childhood! That's why I am especially happy with the games in which my students overplay their opponents exactly in this element of chess...

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/games/24/ Martyn Kravtsiv:Gallery : The moment of victory : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/photogallery/12/ Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:27:12 +0200 photo#12.663 photo#12.664 photo#12.665 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/photogallery/12/ Katerina Matseyko : Best games : Matseyko Katerina (2205) - Kozel Roman (2351) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/17/games/22/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:14:26 +0200 This game was played by Katerina with full swing. She grasped initiative from the first moves, and kept it till the end. The game climax was it's final position when all white pieces surrounded the black king like predators.

 

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/17/games/22/ Christmas holidays in wonderful valley : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/52/ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:45:46 +0200 photo#52.651 photo#52.653 photo#52.654 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/52/ Christmas holidays in magic valley (tournament with IM-norm) http://grandcoach.com/en/news/21/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:02:20 +0200 Festival’s program include 2 tournaments: round-robin with norm of international master, where 5 international masters are playing and children open with 43 kids.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/news/21/ Pavel Aronin : Blog : Mark Dvoretsky in Jerusalem http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/52/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:30:16 +0200 The visit of the famous chess trainer to the Holy City was an unexpected and pleasant surprise for the local chess fans. Here you can take a look at the pictures taken during his visit as well as ponder over some positions from his lectures here.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/52/ Vita Chulivska:Gallery : Love is .... : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/14/photogallery/50/ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:03:28 +0200 photo#50.598 photo#50.599 photo#50.600 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/14/photogallery/50/ Vasylyshyn Memorial:Gallery : Vasylyshyn Memorial -2010 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/photogallery/47/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:30:35 +0200 photo#47.574 photo#47.575 photo#47.576 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/photogallery/47/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Blog : With humour about Vasylyshyn Memorial http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/49/ Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:17:28 +0200 The report by ZIC channel about our tournament (video clip).

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/49/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Blog : Results and games of festival 2010 http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/48/ Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:11:52 +0200 In this section you can find cross tables of all 3 tournaments of the Vasylyshyn Memorial Festival - 2010. As well as download games in cbv format.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/48/ Vitaliy Bernadskiy:Gallery : International Chess Festival Bucharest 2010 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/photogallery/46/ Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:52:20 +0200 photo#46.537 photo#46.538 photo#46.539 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/20/photogallery/46/ Vasylyshyn Memorial : Blog : Preview http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/46/ Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:28 +0200 Without any doubt Vasylyshyn Memorial became event ¹1 in Lviv chess world. Of course we can’t neglect the importance of some other local events, but from other hand where else can we see main Lviv grandmasters  (as a players, or at least as spectators) gathered in one playing hall. Only here – on Vasylyshyn Memorial! Also it’s worth of wondering our event is a result of fertile cooperation of chess, sport  and even scientific institutes of our city. The reason of all that cooperation is embodied in one person - Mykhaylo Vasylyshyn (1938-2002) whose life and activity is honored with our event.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/27/blog/46/ European Youth Chess Championship - Batumi 2010 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/44/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:57:28 +0300 photo#44.503 photo#44.504 photo#44.505 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/44/ Andrei Vovk : Best games : Vovk Andrei (2522) - Rosko Lubos (2351) http://grandcoach.com/en/students/19/games/21/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:53:48 +0300 Andrei Vovk is moving on the white strip of his career. He won 2 tournaments with GM norm in a row (in Olomouc, Czech Republic and Rosenheim, Germany). Out of his glorious games Andrey chose the one, where he only needed 26 moves to win. This is a model game that illustrates the classical rule formulated by Steintz: "The player with the initiative has to attack and to develop the initiative actively; otherwise it will vanish or pass to the opponent"

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/19/games/21/ Yuriy Vovk : Blog : Vasylyshyn Memorial -2010! Tradition is alive! http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/31/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:31:22 +0300 Good tournament is traditional one! What a pleasure it is to play for example in Cappelle la Grande or Pardubice! But Lviv isn't an exception too! Facing the troubles and problems we bring our tradition through the time and are happy to announce the 7th Lviv Chess Festival "Vasylyshyn Memorial" that will take place in Lviv in period of 23 November - 1 December.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/31/ Myroslava Hrabinska (Yakivchyk):Gallery : vacation on Carpathian mountains : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/photogallery/43/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:10:47 +0300 photo#43.468 photo#43.469 photo#43.470 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/photogallery/43/ Yuriy Kryvoruchko : Blog : greek arithmetic +13 =11 -1 http://grandcoach.com/en/students/10/blog/36/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:11:04 +0300  This year me and Vita Chulivska decided to visit Greece again. First, I played at Greek team championship for Chania chess Academy, and then both of us took part at open tournaments in Crete.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/10/blog/36/ Andrei Volokitin : Blog : Chess Classic Mainz 2010 http://grandcoach.com/en/students/9/blog/34/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:27:16 +0300 Some video episodes from Mainz.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/9/blog/34/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Blog : Amazing video with A.Kosteniuk. http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/35/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:56:35 +0300 Amazing video with World Champion A.Kosteniuk.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/35/ Chess Classic Mainz 2010 : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/42/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:24:59 +0300 photo#42.457 photo#42.458 photo#42.459 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/42/ Mikhailo Oleksienko : Blog : IV TORNEO INTERNACIONAL A.D.SAN JUAN - PAMPLONA http://grandcoach.com/en/students/12/blog/33/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:19:21 +0300 A few days ago I came back from Spain. Now I decided to share my impressions with you. I took second place in IV TORNEO INTERNACIONAL A.D.SAN JUAN – PAMPLONA and visited Madrid and Barcelona. The story won’t be long – I will just tell where I was and what I saw.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/12/blog/33/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Interview : Interview with Anna Muzychuk http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/interview/2/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:25 +0300  Anna Muzychyk, with rating 2527, is now 8th ranked in the world. Only 7 positions separate her from the top! It is high time to ask this nice sportswoman, Lviv citizen and just a beautiful girl a few questions. To tell the truth, one answer really excited me...

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/interview/2/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Blog : Interview with GM Oleg Romanishin http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/32/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:37:14 +0300 Interview with legendary Ukrainian grandmaster Oleg Romanishin by Angelmann, courtesy of www.Scacchierando.net. I hope that a few relevant pictures and games I added, will enrich the original. Highly recommended!

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/32/ Myroslava Hrabinska (Yakivchyk):Gallery : My travels : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/photogallery/23/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:07:07 +0300 photo#23.409 photo#23.410 photo#23.411 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/15/photogallery/23/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Blog : Tournaments heat http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/30/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:34:02 +0300 Summer is a time, when people pack thinks for vacations and take sun bathes. For chess players it is hot tournament time. Here I will describe tournament lists and links, where our guys are going to heat up their opponents.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/blog/30/ Pavel Aronin : Blog : Trip to Lviv - part II http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/28/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:44:04 +0300 At first I thought I'm going to translate the whole trilogy, but I will refrain from doing so - it would just take me too much time. Instead, I translated my comments of the games with two other foreign participants, as well as the short closing ceremony part. I hope some people will still find it interesting, despite the time passed.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/28/ Pavel Aronin : Blog : Trip to Lviv - part I http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/27/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:03:09 +0300 It's rare when all the experiences during a trip are so pleasant that you cannot tell which one you enjoyed the most. However, this is exactly the case with my trip to Lviv - I enjoyed the chess and the non-chess part equally. I hope you will find my story detailed enough and yet interesting.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/21/blog/27/ Grandcoach friends : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/41/ Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:09:21 +0300 photo#41.402 photo#41.403 photo#41.404 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/41/ Grandcoach friends http://grandcoach.com/en/news/16/ Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:02:37 +0300 Communication via internet is like watching football on TV. It seems comfortable, but lacks emotions that you feel on stadium. That's why I am happy, that my friends come to meet without monitors, play chess and visit my adorable Lviv.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/news/16/ Yuriy Vovk : Blog : ”Royal residence cup” - first international festival in Zhovkva http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/25/ Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:41:02 +0300 “Royal residence cup” takes place in period of 8-16 June. “A” and “B” tournaments take place. A tournament is IM round robin for 10 players with 4 countries represented (Sweden, France, Slovakia and Ukraine). “B” tournament is round robin for 10 players organized for local players.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/25/ Yuriy Vovk:Gallery : ”Royal residence cup” : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/photogallery/39/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:10:23 +0300 photo#39.342 photo#39.340 photo#39.344 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/11/photogallery/39/ Martyn Kravtsiv:Gallery : Bhubaneshwar : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/photogallery/40/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:04:26 +0300 photo#40.361 photo#40.362 photo#40.363 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/13/photogallery/40/ Vladimir Grabinsky : Interview : Illya Nyzhnyk http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/interview/1/ Thu, 27 May 2010 00:31:52 +0300 In his 13 years Ilia Nyzhnyk already achieved the grandmaster's rating - 2544. He managed to score 7,5 out of 9 and achieved performance of 2741 in main "A" tournament in Groningen. So let me introduce you the prodigy from Vinnitsa.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/coach/interview/1/ Yaroslav Zherebukh : Blog : «World’s Youth Stars» http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/24/ Mon, 24 May 2010 13:46:14 +0300 Hi everybody! I just came back from the "Young World Starts" tournament in the town of Kirishi in Leningrad Region of Russia. I want to tell you about my impressions from a tournament and show some interesting fragments from my games.

]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/students/16/blog/24/ 10 minutes of fun or try to recognize them. : New images http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/38/ Sat, 08 May 2010 22:00:36 +0300 photo#38.312 photo#38.313 photo#38.314 ]]> http://grandcoach.com/en/photogallery/38/