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March 2015 Grandmaster Spotlight: Sergei Azarov

by Josh on February 26, 2015 in Chess, GM Spotlight • 1 Comment

Welcome back everyone, last month we learned about the legend Yuri Averbakh. This month the spotlight is on GM Sergei Azarov. Sergei Azarov has a rating of 2635 and is the second highest rated player from Belarus. I had some trouble finding information about his title confirmations. According to Wikipedia he earned the GM title in 2003. Unlike the previous… Read more →

Tromso Olympiad Recap: Rd. 4

by Josh on August 5, 2014 in Chess, Current Events • 2 Comments

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Olympiad Recap here at LifeZugzwang. I realized yesterday that I will not be able to cover the last few rounds of the Olympiad due to a scheduled and much needed vacation to French Canada. Unlike yesterday I didn’t see any games that I thought were worthy of mentioning outside of the upsets that… Read more →