Today is the 75th birthday of 10th World Champion Boris Vasilievich Spassky. Taking over the title from Tigran Petrosian in 1969, Spassky lost his title in the famous "Match of the Century" against Bobby Fischer in 1972. Spassky is the o...
Official Website Final Report An anti-climactic repetition of moves in what was hoped would be the crowning duel of the final round in one of the most combative chess events in recent years, earned Armenia’s Levon Aronian an unshared 10,000-eu...
FLASH REPORT The world's #2 ranked player Lev Aronian has won the 2012 Tata Steel tournament after a quick draw in the final round with close rival Teimour Radjabov. Aronian finishes with a score of 9/13 - 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses (to Magnus...
At the midway point the leaderboard has shrunk, though there are many players on 4/5. The rain has departed and the view of the Mediterranean Sea in the sunshine is spectacular. There are special events every evening. Judit Polgar and Mickey Ada...
Levon Aronian drew his last-round game with Teimour Radjabov in just 12 moves and thus secured clear first at the 74th Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Pentala Harikrishna won the B group while Maxim Turov emerged as t...
After beating Boris Gelfand in the 12th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, tournament leader Levon Aronian showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew. Enjoy!
Official Website Round 12 Report Armenian GM Levon Aronian is certain of netting at least a fair share of the 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Chess Tournament. A victory with black over World Title Challeng...
Levon Aronian beat Boris Gelfand on Saturday in Wijk aan Zee and is again leading the Tata Steel tournament by a full point, with one round to go. Both Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov, who were trailing by half a point, drew their games....
In all modesty, we're actually pretty proud of today's issue of ChessVibes Training! After sending #39 to our subscribers this morning, the editorial team agreed that it actually contains a number of classics: In Giri's Grab Bag t...
There were a few more draws on the top boards today in Gibraltar. 1 25 GM Hou Yifan 2605 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Adams Michael 2724 3 2 30 GM Brunello Sabino 2581 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Short Nigel D 2677 15 3 5 GM Le Quang Liem 2714 2½ 1 - 0 3 GM Felgaer Ruben...
Two videos in one report this time, produced by the Tata Steel tournament crew. To start, there's Veselin Topalov being interviewed by Ivan Sokolov during a sponsor's dinner. And, after beating Levon Aronian in the 11th round, David Navara...
Official Website Round 11 Report The 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament was up for grabs again after an exciting eleventh round played havoc with the standings on Friday. Tournament lead...
Tail-ender David Navara surprised everyone today by beating tournament leader Levon Aronian with the black pieces in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. In a very exciting game not without mistakes, Magnus Carlsen defeated Veselin Topalov to keep his c...
Besides the Tata Steel tournament, another strong event has started a few days ago: the 2012 Tradewise Chess Festival. After three rounds only Nigel Short, Mickey Adams, Hou Yifan, Sabino Brunello and Ruben Felgaer still have a 100% score. EventTr...
Nigel Short crushed Mamedyarov to remain atop the super field in Gibraltar. He allowed no counterplay in applying the Spanish Inquisition. Hou Yifan continued her perfect run, smashing Almasi. Adams sacrificed a pawn for pressure and prevailed a...
A quick report as the games were posted late. Make sure you check out the live GM commentary from 3pm local time. 4 GM Jussupow Artur 2569  ½ - ½  GM Svidler Peter 2749 1  2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 1 - 0 GM Nabaty Tamir 2563 3...
PRESS RELEASE On Thursday January 19th, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the newly elected Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) President GM Emil Sutovsky. The meeting took place after preliminary talks between GM E. Sutovsky, FI...
The International RSSU Chess Cup, featuring the Moscow Open 2012 will run from 28 January - 5 February. The chess festival has eight different events, including two round-robin competitions for 10 young men and women players. There are also two ...
We have some great news: from now on you can enjoy our magazines ChessVibes Openings and ChessVibes Training not only in PDF and PGN format, but also on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! This was made possible thanks to our cooperation with SmartCh...
The recent Reggio Emilia tournament won by Anish Giri in Italy certainly delivered lots of excitement on the board, but there was some off-the-board disquiet about the last-minute exclusion of defending champion Vugar Gashimov from the event. Gas...
After beating Anish Giri in the 10th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, tournament leader Levon Aronian showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew. Enjoy!
Official Website Round 10 Report Armenian GM Levon Aronian seemed well on his way to win the 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A of the 74th annual Tata Steel Tournament at Wijk-aan-Zee on Wednesday. With just three more rounds to go ...
Levon Aronian maintained his full point lead at the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. On a "Black Wednesday" for the A group, the Armenian grandmaster won an excellent game with Black against Anish Giri. Vassily Iva...
I wanted to make the best tournament, at the best possible place. This is how Murray Chandler explained his decision to choose Queenstown as the place of the Classic tournament, an extremely rare event in the chess calendar which takes place every...
