Everyman has published: Attacking Chess: The French.GM Simon Williams presents an ambitious opening repertoire for Black in the ever-popular French Defence. By picking the most aggressive, exciting and sound variations playable he combines his a...
Hikaru Nakamura beat Ruslan Ponomariov in the third game of their 10-game match in St.Louis. After barely hanging on for a draw in another disappointing performance from the American in the second game, he won with the King's Indian in the third ...
The first game of the Candidates final in Kazan, Russia between Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand ended in a draw. Grischuk was slightly better for a long time in an ending but Gelfand defended accurately. The final consists of six classical ga...
By Ken West In both games, white played e4; in both games white refused to trade queens to remove blacks castling privilege; and both games ended in a draw. I had a pleasant position with two bishops, said Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov abo...
This week's CVO #124 is chuck full of hot opening theory, coming from the Candidates matches in Kazan right into your mailbox. Learn more about Kamsky's intriguing attacking concept 8.h3/9.Qf3 in the 6.Be3 Najdorf, or Gelfand's 4.Bg5 Grünfeld. Did...
The final of the Candidates matches to decide who will challenge world champion Vishy Anand for the title next year got underway today in Kazan. Alexander Grischuk from Russia and Boris Gelfand of Israel played the first game of a six-game match,...
For the ChessBase founders it is not easy to determine the exact date when their company was born, but in the end they decided that it was on May 19th, 1986. In other words: exactly 25 years ago. We congratulate the Hamburg based company with reac...
Today Viktorija Cmilyte won the European Women Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia. The grandmaster from Lithuania finished clear first with a score of 9 out of 11. Former World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria took the silver medal with 8...
Wang Yue and Yu Yangyi had a good start at the Hainan Dangzhou Super GM tournament. Both GMs scored 3/4 in this second edition that has the full Chinese top 10 playing, including stars like Wang Hao, Hou Yifan, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi.As we mention...
Ruslan Ponomariov and Ray Robson took the honours on the first day of the international chess matches at the St. Louis Chess Club. Ruslan Ponomariov beat Hikaru Nakamura, ending the game with a demonstration of technique in mating with KB+N v K. ...
At the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba three GMs are sharing the lead at half time: David Navara, Le Quang Liem and Dmitry Andreikin. They scored 3/5, half a point more than Vassily Ivanchuk. Cubans Leinier Dominuez and Lazaro Bruzon follow wi...
We have just received two new DVDs: Killer Endgames 1 & 2 .GM Nick Pert presents a series of lessons, categorized according to rating, to familiarise players with basic endgame theory. He provides real-life examples where superior endgame techni...
World's Best Battle in Saint Louis By Ken West SAINT LOUIS, May 16, 2011 -- The first-ever international match at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis begins 3:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday. The marquis match-up features GM Ruslan Ponom...
Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk have qualified for the FIDE Candidates final in Kazan, Russia. In a thrilling tie-break on Monday they defeated their opponents, Gata Kamsky and Vladimir Kramnik respectively, in the blitz session. Full report ...
FLASH REPORT The result of both Candidates semi-finals matches in Kazan were on a knife edge and it took blitz games to finally split the players. But first Grischuk and Kramnik traded 4 draws in the rapid playoff, while Kamsky took the lead in ...
Also on day 4 of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan, Russia both games ended in a draw. Gata Kamsky was well prepared in another 4.Bg5 Grünfeld and quickly equalized against Boris Gelfand. On the other board Vladimir Kramnik pushed hard and came ...
Two more draws in the last semi-final games in Kazan ensured that both matches will go to tie-breaks on Monday. Kamsky improved on his opening play in game two, and soon equalised out of the Grunfeld leading to an early draw offer from Gelfand wh...
In Kazan, Russia yet again both games ended in a draw. On the third day of the FIDE Candidates semi-finals, Alexander Grischuk switched to 1.e4 but was held to a draw by Vladimir Kramnik in a Petroff. Gata Kamsky played the ambitious 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb...
The third games of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan produced one thrilling encounter that will live long in the memory, and one exemplary display of preparation from Kramnik. Kamsky managed to surprise Gelfand in the Najdorf with the rare 8.h3...
Also on the second day of the FIDE Candidates semi-finals in Kazan, Russia both games ended in a draw. Vladimir Kramnik won a pawn against Alexander Grischuk in a Symmetrical English, but with a good knight vs a bad bishop and an active rook Grisc...
The second day of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan produced two extremely tense contests as the players battled for supremacy. Kramnik obtained a nice position against Grischuk from an English opening, achieving a dangerous passed d-pawn. How...
We have restocked: Formation Attacks .2007 US Sr. Chess Champion Joel Johnson was in search of a book that covered a wide array of attacks against many pawn formations in an organized fashion, but he came up empty handed. As a result, he felt com...
While the whole chess world is following the developments in Kazan, obviously there's more in chess than the Candidates matches. Baadur Jobava finished first at the strong Bosna open, and Pentala Harikrishna won the Asian Individual on tie-break. ...
After two free days the FIDE Candidates matches resumed on Thursday in Kazan, Russia. Both Grischuk-Kramnik and Kamsky-Gelfand ended in draws. These semi-finals are also played over four classical games and, if needed, a tie-break on Monday.Genera...
