"It's just a hobby, and of course, I consider myself a strong amateur, but just an amateur, in singing. :-) On a good day, I can please the public." Every now and then Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky pleases the public outside the chess board - as a sin...
The 9th game of the World Championship match in Sofia ended in a draw after Viswanathan Anand missed various wins. The game was a heroic fight that lasted 83 moves, when Veselin Topalov once again claimed a threefold repetition. Video added - actu...
Just in from our printers: New In Chess 2010/3. Vasily Smyslov 1921-2010, Master of clarity and refinement, Topalov wins his first Linares Trophy, Carlsen and Ivanchuk steal the show in Nice, The European Individual Championships, Kasparov pays...
Just in from our printers: Bobby Fischer for Beginners. This book relives the glory and the tragedy of Robert James Fischer, a troubled genius whose legacy is tremendous. A selection of Bobby’s best games is included – with straightforward and e...
I don't know about the players, but I'm exhausted and my nerves are shredded just watching them slugging it out! An amazing game 9 saw Anand outplay Topalov only to fail to land the crucial decisive blow. In an agonisingly complicated and tense g...
We received a few complaints at ChessVibes headquarters for reporting in a biased way about the upcoming FIDE presidential elections. We were accused of favouring Anatoly Karpov and ridiculing Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. A news item that appeared yesterda...
After recovering from his loss in the first game of the 2010 World Championship match, Anand seemed to have everything under control. But Topalov re-asserted his challenge for the title in game 8 with a patient win in a difficult ending. The mom...
After 8 of 11 rounds, Tatiana Kosintseva from Russia leads the Women Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik with 6.5 points. Her closest rivals Nana Dzagnidze, Hou Yifan, Pia Cramling and Zhu Chen are 1.5 points behind.The third FIDE Women Grand Prix to...
How would you like the chance to meet Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen? If you can be in New York on 17 May and have a few hundred dollars to spare then you could attend the Karpov 2010 Election fundraiser in the TrumpSoho in d...
Veselin Topalov has won the eighth game of the World Championship match in Sofia. He defeated Viswanathan Anand in an opposite-coloured bishop ending and thus levelled the score: it's 4-4, with four games to go. Video added.For all the match detai...
Last weekend a number of strong chess players were active behind the chess board in team chess competitions: Bacrot, Bologan, Caruana, Giri, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Shirov and Vachier-Lagrave, to name just a few. We bring you a brief update and some ...
The seventh game of the World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria also ended in a draw. Challenger Veselin Topalov showed impressive opening preparation and put the World Champion under considerable pressure. However, Anand defended accurately a...
The second official world chess champion Emanuel Lasker had a very definite view of the nature of our royal game. "Chess", he said, "is above all, a fight". He would certainly have approved of game 7 of the current championship! For the first t...
We formulated ten questions related to Developing Chess Talent and every Monday we'll ask them to an interesting personality in the chess world.1. Please introduce yourself (name, age, nationality, etc.)! Hi, I am Jan Gustafsson from Hamburg, Germ...
Florencio Campomanes died today in the Philippines. This was confirmed to us by FIDE Treasurer Nigel Freeman. Campomanes was FIDE President from 1982 to 1995. He was 83.Florencio Campomanes | Photo: karpidis (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Gene...
The former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes has died aged 83. Campomanes achieved National Master status as a player, and represented the Philippines at five Olympiads in the 1950's and 60's (wikipedia entry here). But it for his dedicated w...
The second half of the world chess championship match gets underway in Sofia today (3 May) with reigning champion Vishy Anand (pictured) leading 3.5-2.5. The order of colours changes at this point, so Anand has the white pieces for the second con...
Vladimir Kramnik won the President's Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. The former World Champion edged out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Gata Kamsky on tiebreak.Kramnik vs Polgar at the President's Cup | Photo © Azerbaijan Chess FederationThe Presi...
A very strong rapid tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been won by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. The 'President's Cup' competition featured four Azerbaijani players and four overseas players in a round-robin event. Besides Kramnik, the...
With 6 of the 12 scheduled games played at the 2010 World Chess Championship Vishy Anand leads by 3.5-2.5 points. Game 6 was a fascinating psychological battle. In another Catalan, Anand was the first to vary once again, but this time he failed ...
The sixth game of the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov ended in a draw today. For the third time a Catalan came on the board, and after an interesting fight between Anand's knight pair and Topalov's bishop pai...
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady pr...
The world championship match between Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov is shaping up to be a classic encounter with volcanoes, off-board controversy and great games. Game 5 added another element to the mix - a power cut! The players, officials,...
Now that the official FIDE rating lists are updated more frequently - every 2 months rather than every quarter, there tends to be less movement from one list to the next. The top 7 are unchanged this time, with Magnus Carlsen sill holding onto hi...
