Are draws, or even quick draws, a problem? You might think so if you read the endless strain of articles on ChessBase (creating their own hype, they've decided to call it 'The Great Draw Debate') and elsewhere about the so-called 'problem of short...
As promised, we present you the lecture by IGM Jonathan Rowson which he gave on Monday night, here in the Porto Mannu Residence in Capo d'Orso, Sardinia. The subject: beauty.One of the nice things of this tournament is that a number of the invited...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Shulman and Krush nearly home In the penultimate round in the US Championship in Tulsa, Yuri Shulman and Irina Krush are close to lifting the men's and women's titles respectively. Shulman hung on to draw against Perelshteyn and take...
After the Grand Prix, a very strong open tournament was held in Baku: the President's Cup, also dedicated to Heydar Aliyev. The Russian Grandmaster Evgeniy Najer emerged as the winner.The President's Cup was organized for the third time and took p...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
After the M-Tel Masters I didn't fly back to Amsterdam, but via Rome to Sardinia. ChessVibes was invited by the organizers of the 2nd Festival Internazionale Capo d'Orso, where Jonathan Rowson is leading with 5 points out of 5 games.As most of...
Shulman and Krush lead with 2 rounds to go Yuri Shulman (pictured) is leading the US Championship by a full point with 2 rounds to go in Tulsa. In the women's championship, Irina Krush leads by a half point from Anna Zatonskih. The...
Last night somebody said to me: "I'd like to see more humor in chess reporting." And then, this morning I came across the following item: "Sex toy interrupts Kasparov speech." We have the video of this hilarious moment.Break.com: "Controversial Ch...
Formulating general principles of attacking chess? 'Forget it', I hear you say. But that's exactly what British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard just did, in Part1 of his magnum opus: The Attacking Manual: Basic Principles. Aagaard's rules of chess d...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
It was clear Kramnik was going to win this match against Navara, and with a big score. By winning the last game, Navara managed to finish with a decent result.As we had seen, Kramnik was leading with three points after the first four games: 0,5-3,...
Kramnik comfortably beats Navara Vladimir Kramnik (pictured with his French journalist wife, Marie Laure Germon) ended up a comfortable winner against David Navara in their 8-game rapid match despite losing the last game. The final result was a ...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Vassily Ivanchuk had decided that a sharp opening was suitable for the last round today. This says enough: what a wonderful winner we have! The Ukrainian beat Cheparinov, and we already have the press conference afterwards. Photos closing ceremony...
Lacking time, I decided to limit the editing for this one, but instead you can watch the full press conference of round 9. Of course we're talking about a new video of the M-Tel Masters. P.S. Ivanchuk has won the M-Tel Masters today. A report will...
After 4 straight draws, Vassily Ivanchuck (cartoon pictured!) won his last round game against Ivan Cheparinov to take the M-Tel Masters tournament by 1.5 points. Topalov tried his best to beat Radjabov, but the game ended in a perpetual che...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
After Bu almost beat Ivanchuk yesterday, he surprised everyone by winning his game against Topalov today! Ivanchuk increased his lead by drawing Aronian and the same result was seen in Radjabov-Cheparinov.Before we knew it two games had already fi...
Today a full video report of round 8 of the M-Tel Masters, where Ivanchuk had a narrow escape, Topalov demolished his second, and Aronian's troubles continued.
In the fourth round at the US Championships, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih maintained their 100% records in the women's round robin event to stay joint leaders on 4/4. In the men's Swiss event, Sergey Kudrin defeated Varuzhan Akobian to t...
Bu defeats Topalov for first win Just when Veselin Topalov seemed to be catching Vassily Ivanchuk, he lost in the penultimate round to bottom placed Bu Xiangzhi (pictured) to leave the Ukranian genius leading by a point going into the final round....
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Who would have guessed that? Vassily Ivanchuk was very close to a loss against numer last Bu Xiangzhi, but just managed to draw. Topalov beat Cheparinov and is now half a point behind; Aronian is clearly not himself here and lost with White agains...
