Until December, 31st there are free bonuses for ordering products from Chess Assistant family:

— Internet Game Service, April-December 2010 if you order Chess Assistant 11 Starter (including upgrade and combo products with Aquarium), thus saving $40 / €32

— Internet Game Service 2010-2011 if you order Chess Assistant 11 Pro or Mega (including upgrade and combo products with Aquarium), thus saving $80 / €64

Internet Game Service lets you download nearly 2500 new chess games weekly in Chess Assistant & PGN format to expand your game database. The game packages also include tournament tables and results.

Dear Collegues,

We’ve created a new support resource — Aquarium tiki. There is collected all the information about Aquarium, full manuals, most detailed FAQs and a number of accurate tutorials together with the full command reference of Aquarium Scripter. Also, Aquarium tiki is updated every other day - we add the description of new features and fixed bugs as soon as it’s done. Hop that the new resource will be very useful for you!

— Enclyclopedia of Middlegame V (Download or CD) course is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes over 500 games/lectures.

— Total Chess Ending (Download or CD) course includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods.

The 3rd Kings tournament takes place in Medias, Romania, Monday, June 14, 2010 - Friday, June 25, 2010.
Participants: Magnus Carlsen, Wang Yue, Boris Gelfand, Teimour Radjabov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.

Games start at 13:30 UTC. Final round starts at 11:30 UTC
ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of the tournament with Rybka Aquarium commentary.

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN]

Carlsen - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Wang Yue 1-0 \br\Nisipeanu - Radjabov 1-0 \br\Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Nisipeanu 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Radjabov 0-1 \br\Nisipeanu - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Wang Yue 1-0 \br\Radjabov - Gelfand 1-0 \br\Ponomariov - Nisipeanu 1-0 \br\Nisipeanu - Carlsen 0-1 \br\Gelfand - Ponomariov 1-0 \br\Wang Yue - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Carlsen 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Nisipeanu 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Radjabov 1-0 \br\Nisipeanu - Gelfand 0-1 \br\Ponomariov - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Nisipeanu 0-1 \br\Carlsen - Nisipeanu 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Carlsen 0-1 \br\Gelfand - Radjabov 0-1 \br\Nisipeanu - Ponomariov 0-1 Carlsen (2813) (NOR) \br\Wang Yue (2752) (CHI) \br\Gelfand (2741) (ISR) \br\Radjabov (2740) (AZE) \br\Ponomariov (2737) (UKR) \br\Nisipeanu (2672) (ROM)

In this column, I take a deeper look at some features that were discussed in earlier columns, and I reveal a couple of interesting ideas that will help you get a better understanding of IDeA in Aquarium 2010. As before, I emphasize the importance of its interactive features and start out with the many different says of selecting and sending positions for analysis in IDeA.

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The title of this column implies three novelties:

• Rybka 4 is now releaes, stronger than ever.
• Aquarium 4, a new version matching Rybka 4, is also introduced, with loads of improvements, some of which have been described in my recent columns. Additionally an update to Aquarium 2010 (4.0.3) will also be released as a free update for current customers.
• Last, but not least, a new Rybka 4 Aquarium opening book is now released with thoroughly researched and up to date collection of modern opening lines.

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— How to Win Miniatures in Chess to learn how to mate in 2, 3 and 4 moves in opening
— Elementary Chess Combinations to learn simple tactical methods
— Chess Combinations for Club Players to learn advanced tactical methods

— Chess: Simple Defense to learn how to defend your pieces from capturing
— Chess: Easy Ways of Taking Pawns and Pieces to learn how to capture the pieces
— Attack on the King I to learn how to attack the king in middlegame and mate in 2
— Attack on the King II to learn how to attack the king in middlegame and mate in 3 & 4

All courses cost €25.60 / $32.

The 11th annual Poikovsky Tournament will be held in from June 2nd to 13th.

Participants: Karjakin, Jakovenko, Jobava, Vitugov, Motylev, Rublevsky, Onischuk, Naiditsch, Ryasantsev, Bologan, Sutovsky, Sokolov.

ChessOK is going to publish all games of the tournament with Rybka 4 analysis (post game).

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN], Round 11 [ PGN]

Rublevsky - Ryasantsev 0-1 \br\Onischuk - Motylev 1/2 \br\Bologan - Sokolov 1-0 \br\Naiditsch - Vitugov 1/2 \br\Jobava - Karjakin 1/2 \br\Sutovsky - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Jobava 1-0 \br\Onischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 \br\Motylev - Sokolov 1/2 \br\Vitugov - Bologan 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Naiditsch 1-0 \br\Ryasantsev - Sutovsky 1/2 \br\Jobava - Ryasantsev 1/2 \br\Sokolov - Vitugov 1/2 \br\Sutovsky - Onischuk 1-0 \br\Naiditsch - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Rublevsky - Motylev 1/2 \br\Bologan - Karjakin 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Sokolov 1-0 \br\Rublevsky - Sutovsky 1/2 \br\Ryasantsev - Naiditsch 1/2 \br\Motylev - Vitugov 1/2 \br\Onischuk - Jobava 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Bologan 1-0 \br\Sokolov - Jakovenko 1-0 \br\Naiditsch - Onischuk 1/2 \br\Sutovsky - Motylev 1/2 \br\Jobava - Rublevsky 1/2 \br\Vitugov - Karjakin 1-0 \br\Bologan - Ryasantsev 1/2 \br\Motylev - Karjakin 1/2 \br\Sutovsky - Jobava 1/2 \br\Rublevsky - Naiditsch 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Vitugov 1-0 \br\Ryasantsev - Sokolov 1-0 \br\Vitugov - Ryasantsev 1/2 \br\Bologan - Rublevsky 1/2 \br\Jobava - Motylev 1-0 \br\Naiditsch - Sutovsky 1-0 \br\Sokolov - Onischuk 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Jobava - Naiditsch 1/2 \br\Onischuk - Vitugov 1/2 \br\Ryasantsev - Karjakin 0-1 \br\Sutovsky - Bologan 1/2 \br\Rublevsky - Sokolov 0-1 \br\Motylev - Jakovenko 0-1 \br\Naiditsch - Motylev 1/2 \br\Vitugov - Rublevsky 1-0 \br\Jakovenko - Ryasantsev 1/2 \br\Bologan - Jobava 1-0 \br\Sokolov - Sutovsky 0-1 \br\Karjakin - Onischuk 1/2 \br\Bologan - Onischuk 1/2 \br\Onischuk - Jakovenko 1-0 \br\Jobava - Sokolov 1/2 \br\Motylev - Ryasantsev 1/2 \br\Rublevsky - Karjakin 1/2 \br\Sutovsky - Vitugov 0-1 \br\Naiditsch - Bologan 0-1 \br\Jakovenko - Rublevsky 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Sutovsky 1-0 \br\Vitugov - Jobava 1/2 \br\Sokolov - Naiditsch 1-0 \br\Ryasantsev - Onischuk 1/2 \br\Bologan - Motylev 1-0 \br\ Karjakin (2739) (RUS) \br\Jakovenko (2725) (RUS) \br\Jobava (2715) (GEO), \br\Vitugov (2707) (RUS) \br\Motylev (2704) (RUS) \br\Rublevsky (2704) (RUS) \br\Onischuk (2699) (USA) \br\Naiditsch (2686) (DEU) \br\Ryasantsev (2674) (RUS) \br\Bologan (2668) (MOL) \br\Sutovsky (2661) (ISR) \br\Sokolov (2654) (BIH)