Levon Aronian has won the first game in his 6-game match against Vladimir Kramnik. Grabbing a lead with the black pieces, the Armenian couldn't have had a better start in Zurich. The second game will be played on Sunday. Vladimir Kramnik and L...
In issues 50, 51 and 52 of our PDF & PGN magazine ChessVibes Training Anish Giri treats the readers with a deep analysis of a very exciting game played at the European Championship in Plovdiv: Niclas Huschenbeth (2509) vs. Erwin l'Ami (261...
Tomsk-400 have won the Russian Team Championship for a fifth time, with Sergey Karjakin posting the tournament’s best performance. Their rivals could only draw against each other in the final round, giving St. Petersburg silver and ShSM-64 b...
For the seventh year in a row, the Bundesliga team OSG Baden-Baden won the German Team Championship. However, the last Bundesliga weekend was a bit bumpy for the star team from Baden-Baden: after an unexpected 4-4 against the team from Eppingen in...
What a difference two days make! Economist’s 100% record now lies in tatters after they lost to their closest rivals in rounds 5 and 6, leaving them out of the hunt for gold medals. Instead Peter Svidler’s St. Petersburg lead by a poin...
April Fools, ECU rules, Jakovenko schools. Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #20 is out! About the Full English BreakfastMission: Bring the serious chess news analysis. VERY serious, and not at all witty. Definitely not tongue in chee...
The final rounds of the Schachbundesliga season 2011/12 take place today and tomorrow. OSG Baden-Baden plays at home and welcomes the teams of Eppingen and Hockenheim. They need only one win to secure their 7th title in a row. The crucial match wi...
Normally Boris Gelfand would be playing for ShSM-64 in the Russian Team Championship right now, but we all know that he is busy preparing for the Big Match against Vishy Anand. (And the Moscow team found a good replacement: Peter Leko.) Three days...
Top-level chess returns with a vengeance this week as the Russian Team Championship sees Morozevich, Karjakin, Svidler, Caruana and Shirov among over twenty 2700+ GMs in action. The controversial new format – a 7-round Swiss – should g...
In recent years former FIDE World Chamion Alexander Khalifman, together with his students in St Petersburg, released the famous series Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4. In 13 volumes, a complete repertoire for 1.e4 is presented and almost...
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. will be hosting IGM and World Champion Viswanathan Anand in August 2012. He will be leading as an instructor at the Metropolitan 2012 Invitational Camp. This will mark the first time in 17 years that Viswanathan Anand will...
Between 6 and 15 July you will have an opportunity to play a 9-round Swiss in Dubai. The tournament, which will take place in the luxurious Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa, is organized by the Amateur Chess Organization (ACO), a new chess body for...
India beat Israel 29.5-18.5 in a friendly match organized as a curtain raiser to the upcoming Anand-Gelfand World Championship match. GM Krishnan Sasikiran paved the way for India's victory scoring a massive 7.5 out of a possible 8 on the fina...
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov celebrated his 50th birthday today, a reminder of how young he was when he emerged from nowhere to become FIDE President 17 years ago. In recent days he was in Baku to sign an agreement which saw Azerbaijan officially confirmed ...
We started our magazine ChessVibes Openings in the first week of January, 2009 and quite often we are asked if it's possible to purchase back issues. Our answer: yes you can! You will receive a ZIP file with all PDFs and PGNs, and also one big...
In a match organized as a curtain raiser to the upcoming Anand-Gelfand World Championship match, host country India leads against Israel 9.5-6.5 after the first day. The India-Israel match under way in the Airport Authority of India Officers&...
Not for nothing is chess known as "the game of kings." No doubt the rulers of empires and kingdoms saw in the game fitting practice for the strategizing and forecasting they themselves were required to do when dealing with other monarchs...
40 years after the Fischer-Spassky "Match of the Century" in 1972, one of the chessboards that was used during the match is up for auction. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen offers the chess board together with the chess tab...
Chessity.com is a brand new chess portal offering a wide range of services for chess players that want to improve their game skills. With a simple interface and great program behind, Chessity is a hassle-free training environment. You will never n...
Reykjavik, Chess boxing FIDE, Gawain gunning for London, Cheparinov, chess etiquette. Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #19 is out! About the Full English BreakfastMission: Bring the serious chess news analysis. VERY serious, and not ...
In the 4...Bf5 main line of the Caro-Kann, one of the critical positions is reached after the moves 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 ...
Nowadays opening books play a different role than before the database era. There is no longer a need for a complete survey of all possibilities. Instead, opening books may have different focuses, supporting or even avoiding the database knowledge....
2011 was the "Botvinnik year" in Russia, because Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17th, 1911. You'll probably remember the Botvinnik Memorial Veterans rapid tournament, held in August last year and won by Viktor Kortchnoi. I...
Did you know? If you subscribe to both of our magazines, you get an 8 Euro discount! Our weekly PDF & PGN magazines ChessVibes Openings and ChessVibes Training complement each other wonderfully. CVO helps your understanding of openings and kee...
