After beating Magnus Carlsen in the 9th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Sergey Karjakin showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew this time. Enjoy!
The 2012 Armenian Chess Championships were held from 11-22 January in the capital city Yerevan. The format was an 11-player round-robin competition, and 27 year-old Tigran L Petrosian (pictured) won the title for the first time with a score of 7/...
Official Website Round 9 Report Levon Aronian took an important leap ahead in his neck-and-neck race with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen for the 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Steel Tournament. In what may turn o...
In the 9th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Levon Aronian increased his lead to a full point. On Tuesday the Armenian grandmaster beat Fabiano Caruana, and saw his main rival Magnus Carlsen lose to Sergey Ka...
The chess cartoons by José Diaz, published here at ChessVibes, are very popular. Therefore we decided to let you upgrade your wardrobe! From today on you can get T-shirts (and longsleeves!) with cartoons printed on them! We've uploaded ...
Last week the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) agreed on working together more closely. It was decided that the ACP will be actively involved in the decision-making process within FIDE and that fo...
The 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic ran from 15-23 January in Queenstown, New Zealand (previewed here). Over 140 players competed in the Open event incorporating the 119th New Zealand Chess Championships, with a guaranteed prize fund of NZD 30,00...
Today it's the 10th anniversary of Ruslan Ponomariov's victory at the 2001-2002 FIDE World Championship in Moscow, Russia. On January 23rd, 2002 the then 18-year-old Ukrainian defeated his compatriot Vassily Ivanchuk 4.5-2.5 in the final. ...
Official Website Round 8 Report A flurry of draws and just one decision in eighth-round action brought little change to the standings in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk-aan-Zee on Sunday. Levon Aronian ...
Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen remain in first place at the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Both players drew their game in the 8th round. In fact only one encounter in the A group ended decisively: Vugar Gashimov won his...
Not long after we mentioned the Crestbook interview with Judit Polgar, we received a notification that the very same chess player was also interviewed recently by the Brazilian site Rádio Xadrez. Polgar, who will visit Brazil ne...
The 2012 edition of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival marks the 10th anniversary of an event which has grown to become a popular fixture on the chess calendar. This year's festival runs from 25 January - 2 February and the Masters tournamen...
Official Website Round 7 Report Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defeated Israel’s Boris Gelfand in seventh-round action to regain his place on top of the standings in the premier division of the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament at the rain and win...
Once again Magnus Carlsen joined Levon Aronian in the lead at the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. In the 7th round, Carlsen beat Boris Gelfand with the white pieces while Aronian drew his game with Black against Vassily Iva...
Until January 29th, 2012 you can vote for ChessCafe's Book of the Year award. There are three finalists and one of these books happens to be written by one of our co-editors, Yochanan Afek. The following books were sent in as nominees for...
PRESS RELEASE HHCF Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary With Youth Tournament, Jiu Jitsu Exhibition and Live Performances Rapper Asheru from Boondocks & MMA Fighter Ralek Gracie Team with Hip-Hop Chess Federation for Nonviolence The Hip-Ho...
Official Website Round 6 Report Armenia’s Levon Aronian defeated Azerbaijan’s Vugar Gashimov in a sixth round plagued by blunders and narrow escapes to become the sole leader in the standings of the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament Friday....
For the second time, it's Levon Aronian who is the sole leader at the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. On Friday the Armenian grandmaster defeated Vugar Gashimov, while Magnus Carlsen had to be satisfied with a draw agai...
Finally, we hear you say. Here's the first video from the Wijk aan Zee press room, with Jan Timman showing his victory over his compatriot, grandmaster Sipke Ernst. In fact it was the first press conference organized so far, so that's why ...
Official Website Round 5 Report With the two tournament leaders both settling for a draw in fifth-round action, the 500 euros set aside for the best game in Tata Steel’s Grandmaster Group A Thursday went to Israel’s Boris Gelfand for a victory wi...
In round 5 of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen maintained their half-point lead over the rest of the field. Hikaru Nakamura scored a quick win against David Navara while Boris Gelfand won ...
Tata's top pairing Carlsen-Aronian, played last Tuesday, analyzed in CVO #159, published last night! Two highly topical opening variations, which always seem dauntingly difficult to chess amateurs, are the famous Berlin Endgame and the Queen&#...
The Austrian Bundesliga may not be one the very top chess leagues but still is a significant competition. The line-up of top teams SK Sparkasse Jenbach, Champion of 2010 and 2011, and SK Advisory Invest Baden, Champion of 2008, reaches an average ...
In less than a one week yet another big chess festival starts: the 10th anniversary edition of the Tradewise Chess Festival in Gibraltar. It promises to be the best edition ever, with Peter Svidler and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov topping the list and an...
