GM Ray Keene and I will be doing a book on the upcoming Anand-Kramnik match that will appear shortly after the match. We mplan to preview much of the material here. We'll start with a bit Ray wrote on a new computer predicition project. Persona...
I'd like to warn our chess community that there is a new scam going around trying to defraud chess coaches. Recently I received an e-mail that seemed legitimate enough but was an attempt to set up a bank fraud. I quickly realized what ...
Mickey Adams won the Staunton Memorial with 8/11 as he drew with Loek Van Wely in the last round. Van Wely could have caught him with a win but chose a quiet line against Adams' Moscow Sicilian and settled for second place. Jan Smeets took third a...
Games ended early today and we have an early start tomorrow at noon so here is the update. Games will follow in the morning. Round 10Wells 1/2 SpeelmanSokolov 1/2 AdamsVan Wely 1-0 CherniaevSmeets 1-0 ShortWerle 1-0 WadeL'Ami 1/2TimmanFinal Roun...
Round 9L'Ami 1/2WellsTimman 1-0 WerleWade 0-1 SmeetsShort 1/2 Van WelyCherniaev 0-1 SokolovAdams 1-0 SpeelmanRound 10Wells vs. SpeelmanSokolov vs. AdamsVan Wely vs. CherniaevSmeets vs. ShortWerle vs. WadeL'Ami vs. TimmanAn exciting day with 4 deci...
Round 8Wells 1/2 AdamsSpeelman 1/2 CherniaevSokolov 1/2 ShortVan Wely 1-0 WadeSmeets 1/2 TimmanWerle 1/2 L'Ami Round 9L'Ami vs. WellsTimman vs. WerleWade vs. SmeetsSort vs. Van WelyCherniaev vs. SokolovAdams vs. SpeelmanTalk about playing it ...
Round 7Werle 1-0WellsL'Ami 1-0 SmeetsTimman 1/2 Van WelyWade 0-1 SokolovShort 1/2 SpeelmanCherniaev 1/2 AdamsRound 8Wells vs. AdamsSpeelman vs. CherniaevSokolov vs. ShortVan Wely vs. WadeSmeets vs. TimmanWerle vs L'AmiAdams missed a win in the end...
Behind the Scenes: Beware of termites! In view of some of the comments I’ve seen, I thought it would be a good idea to peek behind the curtain and look at how and why a major international chess tournament like the Staunton is pu...
Round 6Wells 1/2 CherniaevSpeelman 1-0 WadeSokolov 1/2 TimmanVan Wely 1/2 L'AmiSmeets 1/2WerleAdams 1/2 ShortRound 7Werle vs. WellsL'Ami vs. SmeetsTimman vs. Van WelyWade vs. SokolovShort vs. SpeelmanCherniaev vs. AdamsOn the day before the rest d...
Round 5Smeets 1-0 WellsWerle 0-1 Van WelyL'Ami 1/2 SokolovTimman 1/2 SpeelmanWade 0-1 AdamsShort 1-0 ChernaievRound 6 Adams vs. ShortWells vs. CherniaevSpeelman vs. WadeSokolov vs. TimmanVan Wely vs. L'AmiSmeets vs. Werle Mickey Adams continue...
The Staunton Memorial has no rules against short draws. The organizer invites only players who love a fight. Round 4 games showed this, as Wells-Short and Van Wely-Smeets battled until a split point was inevitable. The British players gained groun...
Round 3Van Wely 1/2 WellsSmeets 1-0 SokolovWerle 1/2 SpeelmanL'Ami 1/2 AdamsTimman 1/2 CherniaevWade 0-1 ShortRound 4Wells vs. ShortCherniaev vs. WadeAdams vs. TimmanSpeelman vs. L'AmiSokolov vs. WerleVan Wely vs. Smeets Round three had exciting...
Round 2:Wells 1-0 WadeShort 0-1 TimmanCherniaev 1/2 L?AmiAdams 1-0 WerleSpeelman 1/2 SmeetsSokolov 1/2 Van WelyRound 3Van Wely vs. WellsSmeets vs. SokolovWerle vs. SpeelmanL?Ami vs. AdamsTimman vs. CherniaevWade vs. Short The Stau...
The big news at the opening ceremony was the demolition of Garry Kasparov by the Dutch side, which destroyed him 5 times while smashing Britain 6-0. Not at chess, of course. In honor of sponsor Jan Moll, who owns a Formula One racing operation, ...
Jan Timman, "The Flying Dutchman", needs no introduction. He has been a major force in the chess world since the 1970s. He returns to the Staunton this year hoping for a major victory. Not only has Jan defeated Kasparov, he has done so from a po...
To get ready for next month's Staunton Memorial I present some games featuring the players in this year's event where I'll be arbiter and will post some reports. First up: Mickey Adams. Information about the event is at http://www.howa...
Like most chessplayers, sometimes I screw up badly in the opening. In the game that follows, I was playing at the NY Open in front of my friends and colleagues, and was embarrassed to fall into a simpe opening trap. I was too shocked to resign, so...
I sometimes play the St. George Defense (1.e4 a6), famous from Tony Miles' upset of Anatoly Karpov. When I do, I often try to use the opening to reach positions from the Ruy Lopez, or close enough. It is an example of how an unorthodox opening...
In this game an obsession with the f-file, and especially f7, pays off well. Of all my games, this is the one that has been most discussed, and it was featured in Chess Informant. The play is of course far from perfect, but it illustrates th...
Most players prepare for games by memorizing variations. I prefer to go over games in my selected opening, and try to observe tactical patterns and strategy. In this article I give an example of how such study can pay off. For my game against GM S...
In this article I present three magnificent examples of advanced rook play. As John Watson pointed out in his brilliant Secrets of Chess Strategy, use of rooks has evolved considerably, and Karpov demonstrates this perfectly in his game against Ho...
Nicky Nip of San Francisco is America's youngest master ever, still just 9 years old (the picture is from 2006). He earned the title in torunaments and matches such as the one in December where he beat me 4-2. He has a FIDE rating over 2...
Paul Morphy shows how to destroy bad opening play!
