Day two at Amber didn't manage to match the decisive game count of the manic opening day, but there was just as much excitement to thrill the fans. Game of the day was Carlsen's win with black in the rapid game against Gashimov, earning him €1,00...
Levon Aronian, Vugar Gashimov, Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand all had an excellent start at the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, winning their mini-matches 2-0. Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand won 1.5-0.5 against Hikaru Nakamura an...
The first round of the Amber tournament in Monaco provided plenty of spectacle and (nearly) all decisive results. In such a strong field all games are special, but the pairing of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura helped start the event with a ...
The French Chess Federation is not allowed to use SMS text messages as proof for their claim that GMs Hauchard and Feller and IM Marzolo have cheated during the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad. This was ruled by a Nanterre court judge on Thursday.It'...
The 20th and final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will take off with some spectacular pairings. The first round, played on Saturday, will see Carlsen-Nakamura and Anand-Topalov. The other match-ups are Aronian-Giri, Ivanchuk-Gashimov, Karjak...
We have just received: The Scotch Game .In this book, Yelena Dembo and Richard Palliser team up to take a modern-day look at this popular opening. They provide thorough coverage of the critical main lines, recommend the best options for both sid...
The F.E.B. #8 is out! French cheating, open letter feuds, Carlsen in New York, Cappelle la Grande, and the best team names from the World Amateur Team Championships. With special guest Malcolm Pein, plus a Kiss parody band's ode to bughouse an...
GMs Gregory Kaidanov and Ray Robson won the final two qualification spots for the 2011 US Championship in April. Kaidanov scored 6/9 and clear first at the Saint Louis Invitational on Wednesday, and a day later 16-year-old Robson earned the final ...
Please note that you now can download the full index of ChessVibes Openings 0-114 in PDF for free. Click here to know what we covered so far. For fans of the Ruy Lopez, CVO #114 is a must. And who isn't? The opening of all openings comes along dif...
The 20th, and final, Amber tournament starts on Friday 11th March, with the first games taking place on Saturday. The tournament is certainly going out with a huge bang, having the top EIGHT ranked players in the world in the 12-strong field. T...
Gregory Kaidanov has won the St.Louis Invitational to earn himself a place in the 2011 US Championships which take place from 13-28 April. Kaidanov (pictured) had to work hard to earn the draw he needed against a determined Jesse Kraai in the fin...
Today the 2011 edition of the Reykjavik Open starts, with one of the strongest and largest groups of chess players in years. The top 10 of registered players has Luke McShane, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Jan Gustafsson, Ivan Sokolov, Ahmed Adly, Yuriy...
Just in from Hamburg: A Modern Way to Play the KID .In this DVD Bulgarian GM Dejan Bojkov presents the topical way to play the KID: with 6...Na6. The Knight heads for the centre without obstructing its own bishop. Bojkov gives the key strategic ...
Next Saturday already is the first round of the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. This year Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Grischuk, Vasily Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Boris G...
Grzegorz Gajewski won the strong open tournament in Cappelle la Grande, France. The Polish grandmaster finished clear first with a score of 7.5/9. In Fajr, Iran it was Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov who won on tiebreak, after finishing shared first with...
The St. Louis Invitational is currently taking place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. The 10-player round robin event takes place from 4-9 March and the top two finishers will fill the final qualification spots for the 2011 U...
The 2011 Capelle-la-Grande Open featured more than 550 players, and after nine hard fought rounds it was 21st seed Grzegorz Gajewski of Poland (pictured receiving his award) who took clear first with an excellent score of 7.5 points. Gajewski's c...
It was practically impossible, but Humpy Koneru did it anyway. In the last two rounds the Indian caught Elina Danielian in the standings at the FIDE Grand Prix in Doha. In doing so, Koneru finished ahead of Nana Dzagnidze in the overall GP standin...
There was an incredible finish to the final Women's Grand Prix in Doha today, as Humpy Koneru won her last round game to earn a share of first place. Long-time runaway leader Elina Danielian shared first place with Koneru in the event, but a hal...
Just in stock: The Cutting Edge Sicilian Najdof.This book is part of a new series from Quality Chess on the most important theoretical battlegrounds. GM Milos Pavlovic concentrates on 6.Be3, heading for the English Attack, and has found many imp...
With one more round to go in the final event of the FIDE Women Grand Prix series, anything can happen. Friday's results were excellent for Humpy Koneru: she won her game against Lilit Mkrtchian while tournament leader Elina Danielian lost to Pia C...
Miyoko Watai, the widow of 11th World Champion Robert James Fischer, should inherit his estimated $2 million estate. This was the result of a Reykjavik municipal court decision on Wednesday, in which the marriage between Fischer and Watai was rule...
Just when all seemed hopeless for Humpy Koneru, everything went her way in the penultimate round of the Doha Grand Prix. Humpy won her game against Lilit Mkrtchian when her opponent blundered, and the leader Elina Danielian lost to Pia Cramling. ...
At the FIDE Women Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar Elina Danielian leads by a point after nine of eleven rounds. Humpy Koneru probably missed a win against Xu Yuhua, and so a qualification for the world title match is far away for the Indian.One of the p...
