The organizers of the London Chess Classic today announced the full pairings of the third edition which takes place 3-12 December in London. The third London Chess Classic will be the strongest tournament in the history of British chess. It will b...
In an interview taken by Anastasiya Karlovich and Anna Burtasova on the day after the decisive 8th game of the WWCC match, 17-year-old World Champion Hou Yifan from China talks about the match, the hospital story, her hobbies and her view on life....
In an interview today for German newspaper Frankfurter Algemeine Kasparov tells about his Chess Foundation, his attempts to get chess into schools and his problems with Vladimir Putin. What you wouldn't have read in other interviews: he's ...
Judit Polgar, the best female chess player that ever lived, is next in line for the Crestbook interviews series. At Chess in Translation you can leave a question (or ten), until Sunday, 27 November. After that deadline Judit will be sent all the q...
In a successful first edition of the Euwe Tournament, Zhaoqin Peng became the winner of group 1, and Robin van Kampen of group 2. A statue of Max Euwe, by José Fijnhout, stayed in the playing hall during the game | All photos © Euwe To...
Yesterday CVO #150 was sent to our subscribers. We started with our PDF & PGN magazine about openings in January 2009. Time flies! To celebrate this nice round number, we give a 15% discount to CVO subscriptions, until we reach #151 so... only...
This year's tournament in Reggio Emilia will be very strong. The full list of participants of the 54th edition was sent to us: Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2775)Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2758)Vugar Gashimov (AZE, 2757)Nikita Vitiugov (RUS, (2729)Fabiano...
The first round of the Euwe Tournament saw three draws today in the games Fridrik Olafsson - Paul van der Sterren, Peng Zhaoqin - Pia Cramling and Monika Socko - Robin van Kampen. The game between Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant and Stuart Conquest had to...
Alexandr Fier (23) won the 2nd Latin American Chess Cup. The Brazilian Grandmaster edged out Diego Flores on tiebreak after both finished at 7.5/9. The tournament, held in Uruguay, was one of the most important of the continent. Alexandr Fier rece...
The Full English Breakfast #14 is out! Introducing Pub Talk, 60 seconds with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, big news round-up including Nakamura and Kasparov, Bilbao's "toiletgate", and an interview with Judit Polgar. About the Full English...
Already eleven GMs have entered the Waling Dijkstra tournament that will be held November 18-20, 2011 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. The list of participants includes Namig Guliyev from Azerbaijan and his strong compatriot Rauf Mamedov. The ...
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...
Thomas Luther won the 1st World Chess Games for Disabled which was held October 25-29 in Dresden, Germany. The competition was a 7-round open tournament that followed the Swiss pairings system, and only for disabled chess players. There was a sepa...
The Russian team won the gold medals at the World Youth U16 Olympiad in Kocaeli, Turkey. It was a 10-round Swiss tournament with 26 teams. Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa were allowed to enter multiple teams. The standings were d...
After he finished shared first with Ivan Salgado Lopez in Barcelona, Yasser Seirawan was interviewed by Ana Matnadze for El Butlletí d'Escacs, the official magazine of the Catalan Chess Federation. Matnadze generously shared the intervi...
On May 20, 2011, the Croatian Chess Federation filed an Appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision of the ECU from March 29, 2011 to award the European Club Cup (men and women) 2012 to Eilat, Israel. In the arbitratio...
The World Amateur Chess Championship 2011 took place October 1-11 in Kemer, Turkey. There were 67 players from 16 countries (Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syr...
Ivan Salgado Lopez edged out Yasser Seirawan on tie-break at the Casino de Barcelona tournament after both players finished on 5.5/9. EventTorneig Magistral d'Escacs Ciutat de Barcelona | PGN via TWICDatesOctober 12th-20th, 2011LocationBarcelo...
In an interview for Chess-News Vassily Ivanchuk said that his laptop was not stolen, last Monday during the robbery in Sao Paulo. Fortunately my laptop bag was between my feet and they simply didn’t notice it, clearly. Ivanchuk added that no...
In an interview for 1news.az, Teimour Radjabov suggests a new format for next year's European Club Cup: If the European Chess Union wants to make the tournament more interesting, it is necessary that the top ten teams play each other in a roun...
Sergei Karjakin, who declined an invitation for this year's Grand Slam Masters Final, is the top seed at the 12th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia. The event takes place October 4-13, with a rest day on the 9th. In this strong 10-player,...
Is it safe to speak of a comeback by now? Apparently his victories in two Haarlem weekenders and a real Swiss in August in Barcelona tasted sweet, and Matthew Sadler can now be found on the list of participants of another open tournament. The Engl...
Dejan Bojkov is giving two online fundraiser simuls tonight on Chess.com. The Bulgarian grandmaster, whose blog can be read at ChessVibes, is helping the father of one of the best female chess players in Bulgaria, Elitza Raeva. Her father needs a ...
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